Project | PILOT SCHOOL WATCHING WORKSHOP |
Objectives | To introduce vital hazard mapping tools to secondary school students and teachers in the Muar district. |
Project Partners | Ministry of Education |
Activities | Conducted a workshop to identifying hazards and finding solutions to reducing the risks at schools. |
Locations | SMK (A) Maahad Muar |
Period | November 9 and 10, 2007 |
Accomplishments | It saw the participation of student and teacher representatives from 34 schools in the district who learned the essentials of hazard mapping and disaster awareness raising. The participants were exposed to a variety of theoretical and practical sessions. They undertook school watching in the school compound and identified and photographed potential hazards. They then created a map and identified solutions to the problems found. |