Rwanda: Universities advised to offer training in disaster management

Source(s): New Times Publications, the

The Ministry of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs in Rwanda is asking universities to introduce disaster management and risk reduction courses to overcome the problem of lack of experts in the field, reports the New Times. Justin Kayira, the Director of Disaster Management and Programme Coordination in the ministry said that the ministry developed disaster management modules for secondary education and that 168 secondary school teachers have received training in Disaster Risk Reduction.

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