62 Schools in City are in Calamity Free Category
Reported by Erna Martiyanti | Translated by Rizky Mawardi
As many as 62 schools in the capital are in calamity free category. Jakarta Regional Disaster Handling (BPBD) and Jakarta Dept. of Education together with other stakeholders have started this program since 2014 ago.
Free of calamity is important to protect student and teacher during learning activity
Denny Wahyu, Chairman of Implementer of BPBD, said that of 5,000 schools in capital, 62 of them have implemented the category. It is targeted that next year all schools in the capital will be able to apply the category fully.
“Free of calamity is important to protect student and teacher during learning activity. The program also aims school to respond when disaster hit,” he said, Tuesday (1/19).
Basuki: 47 Percent of School Buildings in Jakarta Are DamagedThe program is focused on three things such as disaster management, safe facility and infrastructure for student and teacher.
The declaration of this program is participated by 400 headmasters starting from primary, secondary, and senior high school. After this, his side will develop the program at five schools as the role model.
