ASEAN Safe Schools Initiative (ASSI) established a Research called “Enhancing the Enabling Environment for Education Continuity in Multi-Hazard Settings in ASEAN. This research aims to examine education continuity management efforts in the region during or post-disasters or emergencies. It intends to update and bring new evidence and findings on educational continuity efforts and challenges, with multihazard perspectives and based on more recent disaster cases in ASEAN Region. The research looks to illustrate the linkages among education development programming, disaster risk reduction in education sector and emergencies and provides a reference for the governments in enacting their policies in school safety, with depth investigations in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Cambodia.

ASEAN Safe Schools Initiative (ASSI) established a Research called “Enhancing the Enabling Environment for Education Continuity in Multi-Hazard Settings in ASEAN. This research aims to examine education continuity management efforts in the region during or post-disasters or emergencies. It intends to update and bring new evidence and findings on educational continuity efforts and challenges, with multihazard perspectives and based on more recent disaster cases in ASEAN Region. The research looks to illustrate the linkages among education development programming, disaster risk reduction in education sector and emergencies and provides a reference for the governments in enacting their policies in school safety, with depth investigations in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Cambodia.

TOWARDS SCHOOL SAFETY IN ASEAN
A compilation of case stories from the children who participated in promoting school safety.

It also captures progress and achievements, good practices, challenges, and lessons learnt in school safety implementation across 8 ASEAN countries. This was made as a collaborative efforts of ASSI consortium partners (Plan International, Save the Children, World Vision and MERCY Malaysia) that collected and provided data and information about school safety progress in their countries.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Safe Schools Initiative, or ASSI, developed the ASEAN Common Framework on School Safety (ACFCSS), a regional framework to enhance school safety against the adverse impacts of natural and man-made hazards for ASEAN nations. This framework has been operationalised in 10 ASEAN nations and is aimed to create a safe and secure learning environment for children.

Documentation : Publication ASEAN Common Framework

The rollout manual primarily aims to assist country focal agencies on school safety (e.g. Ministry of Education and National Disaster Management Office) in translating the conceptual framework into implementable actions through detailed steps to generate the outputs, key actors, and timelines, as well as elaboration on working mechanisms at national and regional level for school safety.

These guidelines were developed by the ASEAN Safe Schools Initiative (ASSI) through a series of national and regional consultations with key Ministry of Education (MOE) and National Disaster Management Offices (NDMO) from 10 AMSs. The guidelines are aimed to support school-based risk assessment and planning, educational continuity planning, and development of response skills (such as temporary and locally-built learning facilities). These guide teachers and students to the 5 steps to achieving comprehensive school safety: 1) know your risks, 2) plan for safety and educational continuity, 3) implement you plan, 4) monitor and evaluate your plan and 5) share, reach out, and advocate. They also recommend associated tools for each step.

Purpose:

The compilation of case studies showcases the good practices in 6 ASEAN countries in school safety, conducted within ASEAN Safe Schools Initiative (ASSI) programme.

Overview:

This compilation covers 6 country case studies:

• Three case studies on Cambodia, Indonesia and Lao PDR showcase ASSI’s good practices and key learnings.
• Three case studies on Myanmar, Philippines and Thailand showcase good practices, key learnings and enabling environment from various school safety initiatives in the countries including ASSI in Myanmar and Thailand.