CSSI Antigua y Barbuda - School Emergency Plan

The implementation of a School Emergency Plan in Antigua y Barbuda is a good practice implemented by Guyana as part of the Caribbean Safe School Initiative (CSSI).


The CSSI was launch in April 2017 during the Caribbean Ministerial Forum on School Safety.
The CSSI is the suggested framework to advance school safety in the Caribbean. The initiative is the Caribbean contribution to the Worldwide-Initiative on Safe Schools (WISS) and shall be a partnership for advancing safe school implementation at the national level among Caribbean countries. Ministries of Education will lead the implementation supported by international, regional and national partners.

Within the framework of the Model Safe School Programme Training which is currently undertaken in six Caribbean countries, CDEMA and UNISDR is looking for good practices how students contribute to making their school safer from disasters. The objective is to increased awareness on school safety among school children, teachers and parents how they can contribute to make their school and home more resilient. This initiative is an activity under the Caribbean Safe School Initiative (CSSI), the framework to advance school safety in the Caribbean which was launched during the Caribbean Safe School Ministerial Forum in April 2017. The CSSI is the Caribbean contribution to World-wide Initiative of Safe School (WISS) and it guided by the Antigua and Barbuda Declaration on School Safety as well as the Caribbean Road Map for School Safety.


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