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of all types, especially targeting programs for girls, boys, women and men. Disaster
related curriculum should also be integrated into standard educational programming,
such as teaching swimming as a part of the physical education program. This
flood demonstrated the importance of this – of the 610 deaths, 535 were caused
by drowning.
• Mental health support should be provided to students and their families. Such
public awareness programs need to target the particular needs of different
stakeholders, including girls and boys, women and men, the elderly etc. There is
an urgent need for the MOE to put in place and for schools to implement a
concrete education institutions contingency and emergency plan, with specific
evacuation centers officially assigned. Designated emergency response teams
should also be established and mobilized in all institutions. Evacuation plans
should be developed and yearly emergency drills should take place at all
educational institutions. Schools with capacity should be assigned as shelters and
be provided with sufficient budget to effectively operate as shelters. These
designated schools should store emergency medicine and relief materials to be
ready to respond. Guidelines for ensuring safe conditions for disaster victims in
shelters should be taken into consideration. 117
• All education institutions (especially HEIs) should prepare action plans related
to space management for the short, medium and longer term. Building codes for
all education institutions should be reviewed, taking into account safety standards
– all buildings should be disaster resilient and flood resistant. For HEIs severely
affected by the flood, a study to review campus area usage, to include flood ways,
should be conducted.
Strategy for Long-term Recovery and Reconstruction
• All new education institutions and those under repair in flood-prone areas need
to adhere to proper building standards to avoid future damage and losses, and
should consider the BBB principle.
• For those needing new locations (especially Non-Formal Education centers), the
MOE should discuss with communities to ensure that these centers are moved to
higher grounds where access is easy.
• Incorporation of safe building codes into school construction and construction of
safer schools as emergency shelters will prevent future damage in the education
sector.
117 Rigorous registration process to keep track of victims, sufficient food and water supply; ensure appropriate, adequate
and un-crowded shelter; discuss sanitation with victims; protect the water supply from pollution and ensuring steady electrical
supply; assess health issues in shelters; plan for message dissemination on health and hygiene among victims and
make available various modes of communication.
170 THAI FLOOD 2011 RAPID ASSESSMENT FOR RESILIENT RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION PLANNING