In just the past week alone, there have been two reported cases of armed attacks at schools in Malaysia’s Sarawak and the United States, with injuries reported in both cases and four fatalities in the Oregon elementary school case.
And while Singapore remains one of the safest countries in the world — according to the Law and Order Index in Gallup’s 2025 Global Safety Report — schools here do conduct emergency drills every year.
Such drills are supported by the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), with school leaders and teachers-in-charge holding post-drill briefings to reinforce established procedures to students and staff.
The Ministry of Education also regularly engages Institutes of Higher Learning such as polytechnics and the universities, with one such drill conducted at the National University of Singapore earlier in February.
On Thursday (Oct 22), Minister for Education Desmond Lee observed one such drill at Bukit Batok Secondary School, which involved an “attacker” who turned hostile after he entered the school’s premises.
The “attacker” was armed with a knife.
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