Role of Teachers in Disaster Management

Nalini R. Chondekar

Abstract: Developing countries like India suffer major losses due to disasters. Reducing disaster losses is a fundamental goal for most governments. Teachers play a crucial role in class especially in aspects of disaster education. School teachers must be aware of disasters and its consequences to tackle the disasters at school. Teachers with dissimilar backgrounds need to be taught different materials in the samecourse in order to reach the same level of disaster preparedness and the required related knowledge. In thisregard, the paper discusses regarding the impact of disaster on education and schools, role and need of teachers in disaster management, the training methods and contents of disaster management training of teachers.

Keywords: Disaster management, teachers, education, training