OBJECTIVES:

At the end of this module, participants

should be able to:
•Discuss rationale of Education in
Emergencies (EiE)
•Explain INEE Minimum Standards in EiE
and the various EiE Technical Components
•Explain how the Cluster System works
during emergencies
 ACTIVITY
Within 10 minutes, discuss with your group your
answers to the question:

What are the situations and needs of children

that have to be addressed during emergencies?

Write your answers on the manila paper provided,

post on the wall and prepare to report to the
plenary for a maximum of 2 minutes.
 EDUCATION IN
EMERGENCIES (EIE)
EFFECTS OF DISASTERS ON THE EDUCATION SECTOR
• Injury and/or loss of lives of
personnel and learners
• Destruction of facilities and
learning materials
• Disruption of classes and
learning processes
• Realignment of resources from
development programs to
response, recovery and
rehabilitation programs
• Long term emotional/
psychological and economic
impact on personnel and
 WHAT IS EDUCATION IN EMERGENCIES?
The provision of quality
education opportunities that
meet the physical
protection, psychosocial,
developmental and
cognitive needs of people
affected by emergencies, and
that can be both life-
sustaining and life-saving.
 WHY IS EIE IMPORTANT?

EiE is life-
saving and
life-sustaining
(INEE)
 MINIMUM STANDARDS ON EIE (INEE)
Education
for ALL

UN Minimum
Convention
on the
Standards on
Rights of Education in
the Child Emergencies

Core
Humanita
-rian
Standards
Source: INEE
INEE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR EDUCATION:
PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, RECOVERY

5 DOMAINS
 EIE TECHNICAL
COMPONENTS
These are the different strategies and
interventions undertaken by education duty-
bearers to provide learning continuity during
periods of emergencies.
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EIE TECHNICAL COMPONENTS
DO 21, s. 2015
Education
Cluster
“C”
ANSWER:
EDUCATION
SECTOR
COORDINATION
 EIE TECHNICAL COMPONENTS

PDRA
RDANA
RaDAR
PDNA
ANSWER:
ASSESSMENTS
 EIE TECHNICAL COMPONENTS
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

BEIS/LIS
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT SERVICE
Rm401 BONIFACIO BLDG., DEPED COMPLEX, MERALCO AVENUE, PASIG CITY
Tel Nos. +632-635-3764; +632-637-4933
Mobile Nos. +63908-2630382; +63915-5153138
E-mail address: drrmo@deped.gov.ph

Typhoon (TY) Nona (Melor)

Situation Report (SitRep) No. 5
as of 17 December 2015, 1700H

3Ws
I. Situation
Track of TD “Nona” as of 8:00 AM, 17 Dec.2

Table 1: Situation Overview1

Location of 75 Km west of SBMA, Olongapo City,
Center Zambales

DO 21, s. 2015
Coordinates 14.8°N, 119.6°E

Per DOST-PAGASA’s Severe Weather Bulletin Number 21 issued on 17

December as of 11:00 AM, Typhoon (TY)3 Nona (Melor) has weakened into Low
Pressure Area (LPA). All Public Storm Warning Signals (PSWS) are now lifted.
However, the LPA is expected to bring light to moderate rains and isolated
thunderstorms over Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon.

Per DOST-PAGASA’s Rainfall Warning (RW)4 issued 17 December 2015

as of 12:30 PM, light to moderate rains affecting Metro Manila, Bulacan,
Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales, Bataan, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and the
rest of Quezon province which may persist for 2-3 hours. Meanwhile General

1 DOST- PAGASA, “Severe Weather Bulletin No. 21,” 17 December 2015, 11:00 AM
ANSWER:
INFORMATION
https://kidlat.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/index.php/tropical-cyclones/weather-bulletin-2/tropical-cyclone-nona
2 Ibid
3
A tropical cyclone with maximum wind speed of 118 to 220 kph
4
DOST-PAGASA, “ Rainfall Warning”, 17 December 2015, 12:30 PM
https://kidlat.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/index.php/2-uncategorised/10-rainfall-warnings
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MANAGEMENT
 EIE TECHNICAL COMPONENTS
Teaching and
Learning Materials
Warehousing,
Forwarding and
Distribution
ANSWER:
EDUCATION
SUPPLIES &
LOGICTICS
EIE TECHNICAL COMPONENTS

ANSWER:
TEMPORARY
LEARNING
SPACES
EIE TECHNICAL COMPONENTS
Art Therapy
Play

ANSWER:
PSYCHOLOGICAL
FIRST AID &
STRATEGIES
EIE TECHNICAL COMPONENTS
National Educators’
Academy of the
Philippines (NEAP)

ANSWER:
MOBILIZATION
& TRAINING OF
TEACHERS
 EIE TECHNICAL COMPONENTS

Disaster Resilient Classroom Design DepEd Engineers

ANSWER:
REHABILITATION & CONSTRUCTION
OF SCHOOLS
 EIE TECHNICAL COMPONENTS
School Clean-up
Tracking and Monitoring
of Learners
Alternative Delivery
Modes
ANSWER:
RESUMPTION OF
FORMAL
EDUCATION
EIE TECHNICAL COMPONENTS
Tracking progress
Looking at results

ANSWER:
MONITORING AND
EVALUATION
EIE TECHNICAL COMPONENTS
Prevention and Mitigation
Preparedness
Response
Recovery and Rehabilitation
Contingency Plan
ANSWER:
DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION
 EIE TECHNICAL COMPONENTS
Response Rehabilitation & Recovery
Emergency Supplies and Logistics Rehabilitation of Classrooms
Temporary Learning Spaces Disaster Risk Reduction
Teachers’ Mobilization and
Training
Resumption of Formal Education
Psychosocial First-Aid
Education Cluster Coordination
Assessment
Information Management
Monitoring and Evaluation
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 THE HUMANITARIAN CLUSTER APPROACH: HCT CLUSTERS

Aims to “ensure a more coherent

and effective response by mobilizing
groups of agencies, organizations
and NGOs to respond in a strategic
manner across all key sectors or
areas of activity, each sector having a
clearly designated lead in support of
existing government coordinating
structure and emergency response
mechanisms.”

Source: NDCC Circular NO. 5 Series of 2007

Executive Summary
THE PHILIPPINE RESPONSE CLUSTER
Executive Summary
National
Chairperson, NDRRMC Disaster
Response Plan
for Hydro-
Meteorologica
Disaster
Vice Chairperson for (DRAFT)
Response (DSWD)

DepEd DOH OCD DILG

HEALTH
Education (WASH, Medical, Logistics Mgmt of the
Nutrition, & MHPSS) Dead and
Missing (MDM)
DSWD Emergency
DND through the AFP Telecoms

FNI Cluster
Search,
PCCM (Protection Rescue &
Camp Coordination Retrieval
and Mgmt)
Pa
Pa
 THE EDUCATION CLUSTER IN THE PHILIPPINES

“The goal of the Education cluster is to ensure immediate

access of all children in affected areas to quality
education in a safe and secure environment and
facilitate a return to normalcy and stability through
strengthened systems, tools and effective partnerships on
education in emergencies.”

Source: Education Cluster TOR, DepEd. 2014

THE EDUCATION CLUSTER IN THE PHILIPPINES

CSOs / PRIVATE
NGOs SCHOOLS
TASKS OF THE EDUCATION CLUSTER IN THE PHILIPPINES

1. Leadership
2. Coordination
3. Networking
4. Information & Knowledge
5. Management
6. Capacity Building
7. Monitoring and Evaluation
8. Resource Mobilization
THE EDUCATION CLUSTER: YOLANDA EXPERIENCE

Implemented and monitored an

Education Sector Response, Recovery
and Rehabilitation Program under
the Yolanda Comprehensive
Rehabilitation and Recovery Program
(CRRP)***
Formulated the
Education Strategic
Response Plan (SRP)
based on assessment
data which became the
Activated IASC basis for the HAC
Humanitarian Cluster appeal**
which included the
Education Cluster thru
the formal request of the 27
Philippine Government*
THE EDUCATION CLUSTER: YOLANDA EXPERIENCE

THE EDUCATION STRATEGIC

TARGETS
RESPONSE PLAN
Pre-school and school age children (3-
17 years) provided with learning 500,000 LEARNERS
materials and supplies
Children accessing temporary learning
5,000 TLSs
spaces (TLS)
Education service providers trained on 10,000 SERVICE
at least one emergency-related topic PROVIDERS
 EXERCISE (25 MINUTES)
• Discuss with your group what activities under the five Domains of the EiE
Minimum Standards have been carried out in your Divisions/Regions in the
previous disasters.
• Foundational Domain (Analysis, Coordination and Community
Participation)
• Access and Learning Environment
• Teaching and Learning
• Teachers and other Education Personnel
• Education Policy

• Discuss what other activities could have been carried out and how the
previous ones could be improved.
• Summarize your answers and come up with a visual presentation on the
manila papers provided to be posted on the wall for gallery viewing.
 SYNTHESIS
• EiE is a basic need of children during emergencies
• EiE is an important feature of an emergency response
• EiE has five domains and several technical standards that
must be considered during emergencies
• EiE should be contextualized in different settings depending
on the situation and needs
• The Humanitarian Cluster system is a coordination
mechanism that facilitates effective humanitarian response
during periods of emergency.
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THANK YOU!