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Forty engineers received training in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, recently as part of the world\u2019s largest Star Rating for Schools assessment of 300 school areas kicking off in the Kingdom.<\/p>\n
Ensuring the safety of children on their journey to school is a priority for the\u00a0Riyadh Municipality<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to the\u00a0iRAP Safety Insights Explorer<\/a>, road crashes claim an estimated 55 young lives each year in the country of children aged 5 to 14 years, and nearly 19,000 additional injuries.<\/p>\n Star Rating for Schools (SR4S)<\/a>\u00a0is an award-winning evidence-based programme of tools, training and support to measure, manage, and communicate the risks children are exposed to on their journey to school.<\/p>\n The 300-school areas (961 schools and 160 mosques) assessment project (Phase-1) will serve more than 320,600 students, and be delivered by\u00a0Consolidated Consultants Group (CCG)<\/a>\u00a0and supported by iRAP. It will quantify the safety of road infrastructure surrounding the schools and identify the highest risk locations for investment in safety upgrades.<\/p>\n