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more-inWith different rules for education institutions in the State to obtain No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Fire and Rescue Services Department, there are differences between schools and colleges, government and private institutions and arts and science colleges and technical institutions in the fire safety norms adopted too. Commenting on the different yardstick, consumer activist K.
Kathirmathiyon said implementation of the fire safety rules should be uniform for all institutions as every life was valuable. As for colleges, technical institutions (engineering and management colleges) had of late begun obtaining the NOC as the All India Council for Technical Institutions had said that it would insist on those from the 2018-19 academic year, said a college correspondent. Nursery and play schools had also begun applying for the NOC only after the School Education Department began a crackdown on such institutions about two years ago. Officials in the Fire and Rescue Services Department said they did not inspect as many colleges as schools..