Education & School Safety

This case study explores how Japan developed guidelines to plan and implement assessment and retrofitting projects, and established a national subsidy programme, in order to strengthen all high school buildings to resist earthquakes.

This report presents a consolidated view of damage, loss and recovery needs estimates from the 2019 floods in Iran, based on data received from various line departments and the expertise of a multi institutional and interdisciplinary assessment team.

This report, conducted by the University of Lancaster in collaboration with other institutions, details the findings from a participatory research project that set out to identify key issues in children and young people’s experience in relation to

The briefing paper sets out the scale of mental health effects on children living in conflict zones and the role of education in responding to them.

This note provides practical guidance to national governments about key priorities for recovery in the education sector following a major disaster or crisis.

This report addresses educational infrastructure and the global issue of it being underfunded and overexteded. Schools are more vulnerable to natural hazards than other building types, not only putting children at significant risk, but also reducing the

This research project investigates the critical factors for educational continuity in urban floods in South and Southeast Asia.

This case study explores how Japan developed guidelines for local governments to plan and implement assessment and retrofitting projects, and established a national subsidy programme for school assessments and retrofits.

This document details Uzbekistan's efforts to retrofit or rebuild over 8,500 seismically unsafe school buildings. The initiative aimed to enhance earthquake resilience in schools with assessments, structural interventions, and interagency cooperation.

This guide provides up-to-date, authoritative information that schools can use to develop a comprehensive strategy for addressing natural hazards. It presents information and guidance on:

• Identifying natural hazards that could potentially impact a