Disasters spark competition for education programmes
- Published: 11 Jul 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: Life
Recent natural disasters causing massive loss of life and devastating effects on communities in Southeast Asia and Japan have prompted a renewed focus on risk reduction education.
The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (Seameo) is running the Seameo-Japan Education for Sustainable Development Award, a competition which looks for the best education programmes in schools for disaster risk reduction.
The theme for this year's award is "Education for Disaster Risk Reduction".
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