National Disaster Management Guidelines School Safety Policy

SCHOOL Safety
POLICY Guidelines
Annexure – 7
Process of Safety Needs Assessment through Hazard Hunt Exercise: Experience from Bihar
In collaboration with Government of Bihar, UNICEF and its partners NGOs have implemented a School
safety initiative in eight districts of the state. Their experience has highlighted the potential of Hazard
hunt as a tool for identifying safety needs of the school though a participatory methodology involving
students, teachers, and SMC members. The exercise culminates with the articulation of a well-defined
micro-plan that is then pursued with the PRIs for leveraging resources from various schemes besides
SSA. The process followed for Hazard Hunt is given below:
i. Orientation of School Disaster Management Committee members and Focal Point Teacher on
definition of risk and vulnerabilities;
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iv.
Discussion on the nature of risks that affect the physical wellbeing of children, and of the school
community;
Discussion on the nature of risks that affect access to education by children;
Organization of the group into smaller groups for Hazard Hunt.
v. Identification of risks and vulnerabilities inside and outside the school by separate groups;
vi.
Documentation of risks identified by smaller groups and presentation to the larger group including
Focal point teacher;
vii. Suggested format for documentation of Hazard Hunt exercise :
S.
No.
List of Vulnerabilities
that exist inside and
outside the school
Risks
involved
Probable
Extent of
Severity
Any past incident(s) relating to
this risk, vulnerability
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ix.
Prioritization of risks for action in the short and long term;
Development of Micro-plan to enlist solutions, sources of funding, responsiblities and timeline.
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