Making the economic case for safe school
This report investigates the economic argument for investing in safe schools - programmes which include measures to protect children’s lives by building safe infrastructure and educating children around early warning, evacuation, and wider disaster risk reduction.
The report reviews the existing evidence on the cost-effectiveness of safe schools interventions and identifies measures which have higher cost-benefit ratios, and uncovers evidence about the importance of investing in the ‘whole child’ in order to ensure educational outcomes during and after emergencies. The report specifically looks at evidence around the three pillars of the Comprehensive Safe Schools Framework (CSSF), namely: 1) safe learning facilities; 2) school disaster management; and 3) risk reduction and resilience education.