Sri Vijaya Puram, Sept. 9: The Directorate of Disaster Management (DDM), A&N Administration, in coordination with the Directorate of Education, organised a two-day Training of Teachers Programme on School Safety and Disaster Preparedness on 8th and 9th September, 2026 at the Training Hall of Aapda Prabandhan Bhawan, Link Road, Goalghar for the fourth batch of school teachers. The training programme was attended by 50 teachers from various Government and Private schools.
In the inaugural session held on 08.09.2026, Shri Janik Ram, Assistant Director (Admn.), Directorate of Disaster Management, welcomed the participants and highlighted the importance of strengthening disaster preparedness and safety measures in educational institutions. He emphasised the need for developing awareness, preparedness and response capacities among teachers and students to effectively deal with emergencies and disasters.
The technical sessions of the two-day programme covered important aspects of Disaster Risk Reduction and School Safety, including Basics of Disaster Management, School Safety, Search and Rescue (SAR), Medical First Response (MFR) and Fire Safety. The sessions comprised classroom lectures, interactive discussions, practical demonstrations and hands-on activities conducted by experts/resource persons from the Directorate of Disaster Management, Directorate of Education, Health Department, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Fire Services. At last, Ms. Sunanda M.V, Scientist ‘F’, INCOIS, Hyderabad also explained about tsunami threat in ANI and its preparedness measures to all the participants.