Disaster preparedness and education system in Botswana; time to act is now

The extract is therefore intended to alert the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW) and Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) on the fact that disaster strikes are evident in the education system but with little if not nothing in place for disaster preparedness; The Institute of Health Sciences (IHS) - Molepolole was used as a yardstick. MoHW has been included as IHSs fall under this Ministry. 

A disaster is an evident that disrupts the normal functioning of processes and causes destruction to structures, property and loss of lives. Common disasters in the education system in Botswana as documented and experienced include; floods, strong winds that blow off roof tops and destroy electric cables, fires, students’ riots, students’ deaths arising from road traffic accidents.  Below are instances to qualify the above;