Four child care service units of the Council, namely, the St. Nicholas' Nursery School, the St. Simon's Leung King Nursery School, the St. Simon's Tai Hing Nursery School and the St. Thomas' Child Care Centre, have been accredited as International Safe Schools (2012-2017) by the Occupational Safety and Health Council (OSHC) and are designated as members of International Safe Schools Network of the WHO. The certificates were presented by Mr Conrad Wong Tin Cheung, JP, Chairman of the OSHC, in the "Forum of Occupational Health Award and Presentation Ceremony" on 29th February 2012.
The Council’s Tung Chung Nursery School has already been declared the first International Safe School in Hong Kong in 2009. Therefore, the Council has a total of five child care service units gaining this accreditation so far.
The Council has been actively supporting the WHO's concept of the "Safe Community". A "Safe Community" is a community where people can live, work and play safely and healthily. "Safe Community" is an integrated approach to occupational safety and health promotion in Hong Kong to develop a safety culture in community level.
The objective of the International Safe Schools Program, under the framework of the WHO's Safe Community initiative, is to apply the best practices of proven injury prevention programs to protect the safety and health of teachers, staff, students and visitors in school environment. Supported by the Council's resources on occupational safety and health and through the health and safety management system, its nursery schools, complemented by its special characteristics in terms of service and environment, has provided its pupils and teachers with a healthy, harmonious, and pleasant place for study and work.