New teacher guides target student safety

Education and disaster management leaders from eight Southeast Asian countries gathered in Phnom Penh on 16 December in a bid to encourage schools in areas prone to natural catastrophes to make children safer.

The two-day ASEAN regional conference on school safety gave officials and educators the chance to discuss the various ways countries in the region protect the 250,000 children estimated at risk from cyclones, earthquakes and other disasters.

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