Comprehensive School Safety and Security in the context of TCI takes the learning from existing approaches to include broadly concerns related to school facilities and environment, various security and protection related issues faced by children and the risks arising out of hazards (natural and man-made).

1. Education in Emergency Coordinator
UNICEF, Barbados
Department of Education, Ministry of Education, Youth and Library
Providenciales
Turks and Caicos Island
Mob.+16493481847
p:+919435619573
Skype:
29th January 2019
Bibhuti Bhusan Gadanayak
Education in Emergency Coordinator, UNICEF,
Barbados
Department of Education, MoE, Youth and
Library Services
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Island
Presented at DDME jointly with Department of Social Welfare 29th January 201
COMPREHENSIVE
SCHOOL SAFETY &
SECURITY
POLICY GUIDELINE
OUTLINE TCI
CSS
SP

2. CONTENTS
1. Country profile of TCI
2. Child population
3. Disaster & Hazard events in TCI
4. Hazard and vulnerability of TCI
5. 3 pillars of CSSS-Global frame work
6. Goal CSSS
7. School Safety initiative: GLOBAL
8. SFDRR 2015-2030
9. SFDRR 7 Global targets
10. SFDRR 2015 - 2030
11. SDG
12. SDG – SFDRR Link
13. What is CSSS
14. Proposed 3-pillas of CSSS – Issues
15. Objectives
16. Governing principles
17. Part I: Introduction
18. Part II: The Guideline
19. Part III: Implementation of the guideline
20. Part IV: Roles and responsibilities
21. CSSS proposed process
22. Thank you

3. COUNTRY PROFILE
Total population: 31,458/ 53,701 (est. 2018)
Total no. of Islands & cays: 40
No. of habituated Islands: 6
Total area: 948 sq km.
Coastline areas: 389 km
Natural resources: Spiny lobster, Conch
Agricultural land: 1.1% (2011 est.)
Arable land: 1.1% (2011 est.) /
Permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) /
Permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
Forest: 36.2% (2011 est.)
Other: 62.7% (2011 est.)
Natural hazards: Hurricane frequent
Env. current issues: Limited Natural fresh water ressources
GDP per capita: $ 22,813
Belongers Number: 42.5%
Non-Belongers Number: 57.5%
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tk.html

4. CHILD POPULATION
Youth popn. (20-24 years): 8.0%
Total children popn. (0–19) years: 28.5%
Adolescent popn (10-19): 13.7%
15-19 years: 7.1%
Total boys popn.: 16365
Total girls: 15834
No. of Schools: 40
No. of public Schools: 15 (10primary+ 5 secondary)
No. of private Schools: 25
Total no. of Students: 5627
Boys: 2829
Girls: 2798
Source: Child and youth population, 2012, http://www.gov.tc/; http://www.tcimall.tc/

5. DISASTER & HAZARD EVENTS
TCI SINCE 1852 TO 2015Hazards Year Frequency Total
Hurricane 1852, 1856,1866,1871,1882,1888,1891,1893
1906,1926,1928,1932,1933,1938,1945,1954,1956, 1966, 1985, 1989, 1999,
2000,2003,2004,2008,2011,2012
32
163years/149
Tropical Storm/Hurricane 34
Tropical depression 16
Flooding 4
Tornado 5
Earthquake 1842, 2000 2
93
Influenza AH1N1 1
Tuberculosis 2010, 11 1
Hand, foot and mouth
diseases 2012
Noro virus 2012 1
House/Structure fire 2015, 12, 04 10
Bush fire 2015 5
Road accidents 6
Ware house fire 2015 1
Rubbish fire 2015 6
Kitchen fire 2015 1
Vehicle fire 2015 4
Crash landing 2007 1
Emergency Landing 2015 11
Boat fire 1
Rubbish fire 2015 6
Cargo vessel ran ground 2009 1
56Source: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1282pk7kes4ZXZwZEZfdlVHc28/view DDME, Turks & Caicos Island

6. HAZARD & VULNERABILITY OF
TCI
• Hurricanes and tropical
storms; winds, storm surge
and wave action,
• Earthquakes,
• Floods,
• Droughts
• Tsunamis.
• Cruise ship/maritime
accidents
• Oil and Hazardous material
spills
• Aviation accidents
• Road transport accidents
• Environmental hazards
• Health and epidemic
hazards
• Marine accidents
• Fire and explosion
• Utilities shortages
• Security threats, etc.
Year Hazard Affected are Damages
2004 Storm GT,
Providenciales
200 people affected
2008 Hurricane
GUSTAV
10,270 people affected
$500,000,000 m
2008 Hurricane
HANNA
Providenciales
2008 Hurricane IKE GT
2011 Hurricane GT,
Providenciales
2017 IRMA, MARIA South caicos
damaged mostly
99% houses
$2289.6 m17% public
and 83% pvt. sectorSource: British Red Cross 2010, EM-DAT, ECLAC 2008, TCI NDMP 2014, CARICAD Recovery plan,
TCI
Source: TCINDMP 2014
List of
hazards
experien
ced in
TCI are;

7. THE THREE PILLARS OF
COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL SAFETYCSS Global framework
in support of the global alliance for DRR and resilience in the education and worldwide initiative for safe school
GOALS OF COMPREHENSIVE
SCHOOL SAFETY
 Protect students and educators
from death, injury, and
harm in schools
 Plan for continuity of education
through all expected hazards and
threats
 Safeguard education sector
investments
 Strengthen risk reduction and
resilience through education

8. SFW FOR DRR 2015-30Taking into account the experience gained through the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-15, and in pursuance of the expected outcome and goal, there is a need for focused action
within and across sectors by States at local, national, regional and global levels in the following 4 priority areas:
Priorities for action

9. SFDRR 7 GLOBAL TARGETS TO ACHIEVE NEXT
15 YEARS

10. SFDRR 2015-30 – INDICATORS &
EDUCATION SECTOR
Section 24 (d)- promotion of investments for disaster risk
management in education sector
Section 24, (k)- incorporation of disaster risk reduction
knowledge, in all forms of education
Section 24, (i)- strengthen disaster resilience of school
infrastructure,
Section 29, (C) and 33 (C)- Recognizes children as agents
for disaster risk reduction and requires creation of scope
for doing so through curricula
SFDRR
4 …..promotion, incorporation,
strengthen, recognition

11. SDG
Target 4.A- Provides for upgrading
and building safe educational
facilities,
Target 4.4- Provides for elimination
of gender disparities and ensuring
equitable access to all levels of
education for vulnerable children
and
Target 4.7- Provides for enabling
learners acquire the knowledge and
skills needed to promote
sustainable development.

12. SFDRR - SDG LINK
Understanding risk is central to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development.
SFDRR speaks to reducing risks in the context of disasters caused
by nature, man-made, environmental, technological and biological
hazards.
SDG refers to global health threats, disasters, violent conflict,
climate change, and other humanitarian crises threatening to
reverse the development progress made in recent decades; and
the Paris Climate Agreement
17 Sustainable Development Goals Speaks about establishing
the role of DRR as a core development
strategy
10 Goals
25 targets

13. WHAT IS CSSS?
Comprehensive School Safety and
Security (CSSS) in the context of TCI
takes the learning from existing
approaches to include broadly concerns
related to school facilities and
environment, various security and
protection related issues faced by
children and the risks arising out of
hazards (natural and man-made).

14. PROPOSED 3 PILLARS OF CSSS
–ISSUES…….
Safe School facilities and
school environment
Protection from violence and
other forms of abuse
Disaster Risk Reduction
 Safe and healthy school
facilities (drinking water
for all, toilet, check list to
assess the existing
structural risks, safe
classrooms)
 Safe environment
around and outside of
School (Road to and
from School, campus,
playground, safety for
infrastructure
arrangement, field trips)
 Protection from emotional and
physical abuse (training of
teachers on the issue of
punishment, monitoring visits
by academic/administrative
officials)
 Sexual safety (at least 1 male
teacher, changing gender
stereotypes as part of pre-
service training teachers
sensitization on eve teasing
/sexual abuses
 Mechanisms in place for
prevention and response
(antecedent verification of all
 School disaster
management (building
safety audits, disaster
preparedness and
response plan at
individual school level,
formation of disaster
management teams)
 Safe school
infrastructure (disaster
resilient building,
adequate emergency
exits)
 Risk reduction and
resilience education

15. OBJECTIVES
Promot
e
Assist
Enable
Establis
h
Delegat
e
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16. OBJECTIVE CONTD………
Promote
To promote a safe, secure and positive environment in school, conducive for learning
and development, in partnership with children
Assist
To assist the school to enable children to assess and anticipate risks and take
initiatives for reducing risks and subsequently adopt a policy on safety of children
Delegate
To define roles and responsibilities and accountability of school authorities and other
stakeholders
Enable
To enable staff and others recognize signs of safety violation, risks and abuse or
situations when a child may require protection and help; and importantly enable them
to report or bring to the notice of the concerned authority for immediate action
Establish
To set in place mechanisms for monitoring and review of the implementation of the
child safety and protection standards

17. PART I- INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
1.2 Need for CSSS Guidelines
The CSSSP is an attempt towards ensuring an effective mechanism for assessing, planning, implementing,
monitoring and redressal of grievances on safety and security of children in schools through a multi-
stakeholder engagement model
1.3 Legal and Policy Context
1.4 Objectives of this Policy Guideline- TCI
1.5 Obligations
1.6 Applicability and Scope
1.7 Approach
1.8 Governing Principles
1.9 Process adopted for development of the
guideline

18. 2.1 Defining Comprehensive School
Safety
2.1 Core Components of Comprehensive
School Safety and Security
2.2 Safe School Facilities and
Environment
2.3 Operational Guidelines
2.4 Disaster Risk Reduction in Schools
2.5 Operational Guidelines
2.6 Protection of Children from violence
and all forms of abuse in school
2.7 Operational Guidelines
PART II- THE GUIDELINE

19. PART III- IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICY
GUIDELINE
3.1Implementation
Mechanism
3.2Regular Monitoring of
Comprehensive School
Safety and Security

20. PART IV- ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
4.1 Role of Stakeholders
4.2 Review of the guidelines
Abbreviations
Glossary

21. CSSS PROPOSED PROCESS
Consensus and
partnership
Inter
departmental
consultation
Review and
validation of
the guideline
Islands level
workshops
Drafting of the
guideline
Submission
for approval at
the Parliament
Final CSSS
guideline

22. REFERENCE:
 TCI Disaster Management Bill 2013
 TCI Country Risk Profile, August 2013
 CARICAD Post Hurricane recovery Plan September 2018
 TCI, National Disaster Management Plan
 DDME, TCI websites
 Situation Analysis of Children in Turks and Caicos Islands (2016), The GoTCI and UNICEF Office for the
Eastern Caribbean Area
 Needs Assessment: TCI, Department for International Development, July 2012
 https://theirworld.org/news/thousands-island-children-still-out-of-school-after-hurricane-irma
 https://www.unicef.org/lac/en/press-releases/caribbean-unicef-works-developing-resilience-children-
and-communities-islands
 https://www.preventionweb.net/countries/tca/data/
 Others.........

23. Thank
you