Goals of the framework
• Protect learners and education workers from death, injury
and harm in schools.
• Plan for educational continuity in the face of all expected
hazards and threats.
• Safeguard education sector investments.
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• Safe site selection
• Building codes
• Performance standards
• Disaster resilient design
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• Builder training
• Construction supervision
• Quality control
• Remodelling
• Building
• Structural safety
• Retrofit
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• Non-structural
• Construction as
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• Fire safety
• Assessment & Planning
• Formal curriculum
• Physical & Environmental Protection
integrations & infusion
• Response Skills & Provisions
• Teacher training & staff development
• Household
disaster plan
Pillar 2. School
Pillar 3.
• Family
Disaster Management reunification
Risk Reduction and
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Resilience Education
• Representative/participatory
• School
SDM committee
• Consensus-based key messages
drills
• Educational continuity plan
• Extracurricular & community-based
• Standard operating procedures
informal education
• Contingency planning
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• Strengthen risk reduction and resilience through
education.
Comprehensive school safety is impossible without a safe
physical structure. In countries with robust building codes
and established regulatory systems, safe schools are
possible by enforcing existing standards.11 In areas with
weak or non-existent systems, greater community-based
oversight and capacity building is necessary. Regardless
of context, school construction provides an opportunity to
increase community awareness of hazards and engage
people in disaster risk reduction.
SECTION I: INTRODUCTION
Comprehensive School
Safety Framework
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