Continuing Education in Disaster-Affected Schools in Bangladesh: An Evaluation of the Education in Emergencies Project

This field report describes the Education in Emergencies (EiE) pilot project. EiE was implemented in 1,000 primary schools in ten districts in Bangladesh and designed to address the fact that project schools had been unable to continue providing education during previous natural disasters. Through t...

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Published in:Children, youth and environments youth and environments, 2012-01, Vol.22 (2), p.249-262
Main Authors: Akram, Owasim, Chakma, Jefarson, Mahbub, Amina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities
Alternative Approaches
Bangladesh
Continuing education
Continuing education centers
Disasters
Education
Educational administration
Elementary Schools
Emergency management
Flood damage
Interest Groups
Intervention
Learning
Primary education
Professional Training
Reports from the Field
Schools
Teachers
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Summary:This field report describes the Education in Emergencies (EiE) pilot project. EiE was implemented in 1,000 primary schools in ten districts in Bangladesh and designed to address the fact that project schools had been unable to continue providing education during previous natural disasters. Through the EiE project, however, school stakeholders participated in trainings and workshops, developed participatory contingency plans, and implemented various preparedness activities. Of the activities implemented, the selection of alternative learning places was found to be the most important because it enabled the disaster-affected schools to continue schooling when the school buildings were not usable. As a result of EiE implementation, schools were not closed for a single day in 2010. The pilot project has also benefited non-project schools as they have begun voluntarily adopting the project's strategy to cope with disaster. The results of EiE show that simple interventions (e.g., capacity building and contingency planning) can enable disaster-affected schools to continue providing education during and after emergencies.
ISSN:1546-2250
1546-2250
DOI:10.7721/chilyoutenvi.22.2.0249