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Section 10.
Case 20:
The Case Studies
Chile (synoptic case)
Overview
Chile offers an example of a country with
a great number of natural hazards that
has relied on a transversal approach
to infusing DRR in the curriculum.
The strategy is based solely on the input
provided by a ministry document sent to
schools; there has not been capacity
building or monitoring.
The Integral Plan for School Safety was produced by the relevant
national agency as a methodological tool to help schools be
prepared for evacuation and to improve the safety of the
educational community. It includes some elements concerning
the development of a culture of prevention. The plan has been
disseminated in most schools and more than 2000 teachers
have been trained in its application, but there is insufficient
funding for its generalization to all teachers and for any
subsequent monitoring activities.
A website 93 addressed to children that includes some materials
about school safety, and short explanations of different disasters
and appropriate behaviour in each case (earthquakes, tsunamis,
volcanoes, floods, forest fires and landslides) has been developed.
Some projects funded by international cooperation agencies
have promoted the inclusion of the DRR approach at a pilot
scale, but the policymakers have not yet committed to funding
the promotion and disseminating good practices.
The National Curriculum was analyzed by the Education Ministry
to identify places in which topics of DRR could be included
as a transversal dimension. A document for schools has been
produced, but there has been no further action on capacity
building in this direction, nor with the topic of the initial training
of teachers.
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