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
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
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