NDRC NICSS Safe School Learning Sharing 2019
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The National Disaster Risk Reduction Centre of Nepal presented on their efforts to promote Comprehensive School Safety. Their work includes: 1) Conducting studies, training teachers and students, school safety assessments and planning, and awareness campaigns. 2) Identifying gaps such as limited understanding of safety, lack of school safety mainstreaming and resources, and scattered capacity building. 3) Recommending raising awareness of policies and tools, mainstreaming school safety funding, maintaining standards, and strengthening monitoring.
NDRC NICSS Safe School Learning Sharing 2019
- 1. Safe School Learning Sharing 14 January 2019 Presentation by National Disaster Risk Reduction Centre (NDRC) Nepal National Initiative on Comprehensive School Safety “Ensuring resilience in education system through dissemination of the Comprehensive School Safety (CSS) Master Plan and implementation of the CSS Minimum Package” A joint venture of UNICEF and NDRC Nepal to provide technical assistance to MOEST on Comprehensive School Safety, funded by USAID
- 2. Efforts on School Based (SB) DRR/ School Safety • Safe School Campaign • Safer city • Building community resilience in earthquake affected communities • Promotion of resilient and sustainable urban growth through DRR
- 3. What are the major accomplishments? • CSS/School Based (SB) DRR Knowledge Attitude and Practice (KAP) studies • Capacity building – School teachers, students • SBDRR Assessments and Planning – CSS Action planning • School Retrofitting Demonstration • Awareness and sensitization campaigns – journalists, LG representatives, national level stakeholders • CSS Advocacy – CSS champions, trainers
- 4. KAP Survey
- 5. CCDRR/SBDRR Assessments and Planning – CSS Action Planning
- 6. Capacity building, Risk assessment and School retrofitting pilot & demonstration
- 7. National level CSS Orientation/Discourse
- 9. Orientation, Sensitisation Training sessions on CSS for local government representatives
- 10. Orientation, Sensitisation Training sessions on CSS for Media and Journalists
- 11. • Multimedia show on DRR • Special day celebration • DRR Games • Extra curriculum Activities School level CSS activities IDDR Day Celebration Multimedia show on DRR Simulation exercise
- 12. School level CSS activities IDDR Day Celebration DDR Game
- 13. Gaps identified • Knowledge/know how – Understanding of “safety” limited to pillar 1, very limited know how of assessments and available tools/ plans and policies • Resource/ funding- CSS not mainstreamed in local plans • Plans, Policy and tools – Stakeholders’ awareness very limited regarding available documents, new tools- in process of formation
- 14. Gaps identified … • Capacity – Scattered and limited capacity development programs • Technical backstopping – Government backstopping for DRR focused on community based DRR only • Monitoring and follow up – Not focused on school safety per se
- 15. What are the key recommendations? • Awareness on available policies and tools – At schools and different government levels • Resource/ funding – Mainstream in local annual plans, encourage private investment through dialogues, more discourse and discussion to attract funds • Tools – Maintain national standard, wider dissemination of available tools
- 16. What are the key recommendations? • Capacity – Specific programs at different levels (government, institutions) • Technical backstopping – Separate focal persons for CSS at governments and schools • Monitoring and follow up – Strengthen CSS specific monitoring and follow-up from local governments
- 17. Materials/tools developed so far • Safe school toolkit • School safety audit booklet • IEC posters/ pamphlets/ stickers • SBDRR Behavior Change Communication guideline • CSS Implementation guideline • CSS Communication and Dissemination Strategy • DRR Awareness visuals • CSS Radio jingles/ PSAs
- 20. Development of CSS Guideline and C & D
- 21. Areas Covered District/Municipalities Details Kapilvastu 2 schools Kavre, Dhading 10 schools Lalitpur and Kathmandu Schools of 4 wards Shankharapur Schools of 2 wards 14 Earthquake Affected districts 28 schools