Thousands of security guards have been deployed in kindergartens and schools on September 1, 2010.

Thousands of security guards have been deployed in kindergartens and schools on Tuesday, one day before the launch of the autumn semester in China, in a bid to better safeguard campus security.

About 2,000 specially trained safety personnel, uniformed and wearing helmets and knife-proof vests, are deployed at kindergartens, primary and secondary schools in Beijing.

All schools in China should take student safety as their first priority and enact concrete measures to protect students from accidental injuries, Vice Education Minister Chen Xiaoya said last week.

Similar moves have been carried out across the country following six deadly school playground attacks within just three months from March to May this year.

Authorities in southeast China's Fujian Province sent 22,384 security guards to 16,197 kindergartens, primary and middle schools, according to figures from the provincial public security bureau.