Publication: The Education Sector
Date
2012-09
ISSN
Published
2012-09
Author(s)
Shaw, Rajib
Takeuchi, Yukiko
Arnold, Margaret
Arakida, Masaru
Abstract
Although the education sector sustained
considerable damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake
(GEJE), it also played a key role in protecting lives.
Importantly, it provided both civil protection hardware and
software: school buildings served as evacuation shelters and
transition shelters, and the school curricula ensured that
children knew how to prepare for and react in emergencies.
The performance of schools in responding to the GEJE
provided a number of important lessons about the role of the
education sector in disaster risk management. This report
gives findings; lessons; and recommendations for developing countries.
Citation
“Shaw, Rajib; Takeuchi, Yukiko; Arnold, Margaret; Arakida, Masaru. 2012. The Education Sector. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16166 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”