CONSCIENTATION PROGRAMME

CONSCIENTISATION PROGRAMME

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

INTRODUCTION

     The term ‘disaster’ meaning, ‘the bad star’ in Latin, is defined as an impact of a natural or manmade hazard that causes human suffering or creates human needs that alleviate without assistance. The word root is from astrology and implies that when the stars are in a bad position, a bad news or event is about to happen.

Man is concurring an environment for fulfilling his need, similarly he knows that it causes decay in natural resources. Though he knows it, he is avoiding the importance of nature in his life. Due to lack of natural resources, there arise global warming. We can see the effect of global warming on living things. Hence natural and manmade hazards are appearing as challenges.

Good environment education, like various awareness classes for protecting nature, must lead students out and on from their immediate perceptions and to a wider understanding. It must develop their capacity. Pupils must learn about natural phenomena in order to understand complex environmental matters.

There are a lot of environmental problems which are related to natural disasters and manmade disasters like earthquake, floods, drought, tsunami etc. Students should know that how and why these hazards appear; its impact and its preventive and mitigation measures. Individuals’ right kind of awareness about disasters as well as disaster management are essential for the welfare of any nation.

OBJECTIVES

*To develop an awareness about disaster management.

*To make them aware of different disasters and its effects on environment.

*To give an awareness about different preventive techniques of disaster.

*To make them aware of different precautions to be taken before a disaster.

ORGANISATION OF ACTIVITIES

                   The prospective teachers conducted the class on the topic ‘Disaster Management’ on 30/1/2017. The team selected this topic after identifying its importance in the present scenario. They decided to conduct the class on the students of the class 8 D and 8 E and they co-operated well.

                   The program started with a solemn prayer by a student, Athira .T. Mathew, teacher trainee from English option welcomed everyone, who were present there for the programe. Johnson .K. George, the headmaster of M.K.L.M.H.S.S Kannanallor inagurated the programe. In this speech, he shared his views about the topic and also adviced the students to make use of the class. Mrs. Shuhana, social science teacher delivered the felicitation. The team divided the topic into different sections. The introductory part was taken by Thasni.B she made a brief explanation on the topic by point out what is disaster management and what are the different kinds of disasters. Shifina Saifudeen, teacher trainee from English option showed a video about different disasters and its effects on environment.It was very effective and and the students showed great interest to listen the class and shifina teacher alaso gave a brief explanation to the video.The following part was about the detail explanation of various disasters like, earthquake, drought, wildfire, tsunami, tornados, land sliding, storm, flood, volcanos etc. The teacher trainees Reenu.S.suresh , Sharanya.S , Shifina Saifudeen and Shameema gave detailed explanation of each disasters , its aftereffects. After that, Athira continued the section by explaining the part of students in disaster management. What they can do as a student by giving awareness to illiterate people about disaster management, publishing notices about it ,fund raising, emotional support etc. The concluding section was taken by Thasni. B she recapitulates the whole class briefly and take an oath.Then the students were asked to write their feedback about the class.The section came to an end with a pledge and a vote of thanks delivered by a student. She expressed her sincere gratitude to the headmaster, the B Ed teacher trainees and all the students for their kind co-operation.

FEEDBACK

                        The prospective teacher were able to conduct the class effectively, according to the students. The student’s in their feedback stated that they understood deeply about the topic disaster management. Some of the student’s mentioned that, before this class they have little idea about what are the steps one have to follow during and after a disaster happen. They pointed out the video which showed in between the class was very informative

FINDINS AND SUGGESTIONS

                 *Conducting awareness classes in the school, helps the students to get an idea about disaster management.

                    *Give the students an awareness about the precautions that have taken for preventing disasters.

                    *Teachers and students should also know about various institutes of disaster management and their functions.

                    *Teacher’s should be trained for different techniques for disaster management.

                    *Make the students move aware of different disasters and its impact on environment.

                    *Government should renewed curriculum with content of disaster management.

CONCLUSION

                            The class conducted by the team on “Disaster Management” made an impact on the students. The students were able to understand class in the proper sense. The class added additional points to their knowledge and helped them to manage disasters effectively.