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Lapid wants elem, HS schools to teach disaster awareness, mitigation subjects


Senator Lito Lapid on Friday said all primary and secondary schools in the country should be required to teach subjects on disaster awareness and mitigation.

Lapid said it is important for the Filipino youth to appreciate sufficient preparedness for calamities that may strike the country anytime.

He said he filed Senate Bill 1140 in November 2019 seeking to integrate in the curricula of primary and secondary schools subjects that fully explain the natural and man-made disasters in order to instill disaster preparedness.

The bill also seeks to teach students active participation in disaster mitigation, which will help the country in the long run.

“Mahalaga na bago pa man tumama ang kalamidad sa ating bansa, nakahanda na ang ating mga kababayan. Hindi na sapat ang rumeresponde na lamang tayo dahil may nasira ng istruktura o may nasaktan na tayong kababayan. Kailangan maaga pa lang ay maiwasan na natin ang may masaktan at masirang mga ari-arian,” he said.

He said in response to disasters which are likely to hit the country every year, the government, along with the educational institutions, should promote a proactive disaster preparedness program.

“Napapanahon na gumawa tayo ng hakbang para lubos pang maprotektahan ang ating mga kababayan sa pamamagitan ng panukalang ito na siguradong makapagpapababa ng pinsala,” he said.

Because of the country’s geographical condition, it is vulnerable to earthquakes, tsunami, floods, droughts, and volcanic eruption such as the recent explosion of Taal Volcano in Batangas. —Amita Legaspi/KBK, GMA News

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