Odisha Govt soon to integrate ‘Disaster Management’ in school syllabus

Bhubaneswar, October 30: Soon the Odisha government is in plan to integrate ‘Disaster Management’ in school syllabus. While speaking on Disaster Preparedness Day and National Day for Disaster Reduction, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that the government is planning to integrate youth power for disaster management. This year theme is ‘Early Warning to Save Lives’.

Volunteers of NCC, NSS and YRC of different colleges have been trained on disaster management skilled by OSDMA, said the CM.

The CM stated that ‘In our effort to strengthen the participatory approach, the ownership and management of all shelters have been handed over to the local management committees and task forces, formed at the shelter level. With provision of equipments and training, their levels of awareness and skills to face disaster have been upgraded’.

School Safety Policy of 2016 designed by NDMA will be implemented by the School and Mass Education Department soon, informed OSDMA MD Pradipta Mohapatra on Sunday. Odisha has become a model to the world in Disaster Preparedness and Risk Mitigation. The state faces the fury of cyclone often.