Education and school safety

Policies and activities in the education sector to protect students and educators from disasters impacts, ensure continuity of education through all expected hazards and strengthen risk reduction and resilience through education.

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Latest Education and school safety additions in the Knowledge Base

'Local governments must carry out a thorough quality check on the public facilities from kindergartens to universities', says a note from the Ministry of Education ....
Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org

This paper introduces the concept of school safety and describes some of its approaches in Nepal, a country vulnerable to many disasters, in which schools are particularly at risk, because they are not built with earthquake resistant technologies, are

photo thanks to Walter Hays
The Chinese President showed particular concern over disaster prevention and reduction and called for 'giving priority to the study and to forecasting' of natural hazard-related disasters...
Xinhua News Agency

This publication was distributed by UNICEF to prepare children to a hurricane occurrence. It contains preparation facts, general information about disasters, preparation measures and safety tips.

photo thanks to Walter Hays
There are many schools in wealthy countries that could collapse someday, just like in China, from known seismic threats...
New York Times, the
photo by Flikr user, Groundreporter, Creative Commons attribution non-commercial generic 2.0
WMO stresses the urgent need for improving coordinated storm-surge advisory systems in the Gulf of Bengal and other parts of the world that at are risk of tropical cyclones...
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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Earthquake experts say the collapsed schools may be a sign of poor construction despite adequate building codes....
Christian Science Monitor
A Chengdu city government official said schools were allowed to resume classes after building inspections were carried out....
China Daily

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