Safety & Security while on
the SAGE Program
The safety of your child is of major concern
to us at the SAGE Program. While it is impossible
for anyone to guarantee the absolute and
complete safety of a child – whether
at home or on the other side of the globe
– we go to great lengths to control
the risks we can.
Travel Safety:
All SAGE students are met at either
the New Delhi or Chennai International
airports upon arrival by a designated
school representative.
All students travel together to the
schools accompanied by a school chaperone.
All school vehicles used for school-sponsored
trips are licensed, registered and inspected
regularly, and all vehicle drivers are
licensed and insured.
General Safety background:
Woodstock and Kodaikanal Schools are
over 100 years old and have an excellent
track record concerning the safety of
their students.
The schools are located in small towns,
several days’ travel distance from
the border with either China, Pakistan,
or Sri Lanka, and to date, no political
turmoil has affected the school communities.
The schools have a long history of
good relations with their neighbors in
the local town and communities and maintain
close contact with security officials.
The SAGE Program has sent hundreds
of students to India since 1990 without
incident.
Campus Security:
Both schools have a full force of security
guards, many who have military training.
School security guards work around
the clock, guarding the main entrances
to the campus, patrolling the campus during
the day, standing at the crossings whenever
students cross the roads, and are posted
outside each of the residences all night
long.
School security fencing surrounds all
the main and residential campuses, and
all campus gates are locked at night.
All security guard stations, residence
halls and classroom buildings have inter-campus
telephones.
The school maintains and practices
protocols of evacuation and lock down
drills.
Each residence hall has several adult
residence supervisors who share “call”
duty during the night.
