Kathmandu– DFID has launched Nepal Safer School Project (NSSP) in province 5, 7 along with Karnali Province to help retrofit and reconstruct the schools vulnerable to earthquakes.
The NSSP is aligned with the Government of Nepal’s School Sector Development Plan (2016-2023) which includes a focus on School Safety and Disaster Risk Reduction, by upgrading physical infrastructure to be more resilient and ensuring the curriculum and teacher training integrates disaster resilience.
The Nepal Safer Schools Project(NSSP)is one of six components of the DFID ‘Strengthening Disaster Resiliencein Nepal’ that will help build the resilience of vulnerable people and reduce the impact of natural hazards in Nepal.
DFID has launched the Nepal Safer Schools Project (NSSP) program. NSSP is a five year program; running from 2018 to 2023 that will support 250 – 500 community and public schools (up to 2,500 classrooms) through retrofitting and reconstruction, and help them become hubs for community resilience.
Addressing the Launching program in Kathmandu, DFID Infrastructure Advisor Eleanor Bainbridge remarked, “I am very pleased to see this programme getting under way to reduce the risk of school children and communities to natural disasters in Nepal”
On the occasion, Director Mr. Deepak Sharma from Department of Education appreciated and thanked DFID for this support and noted‘This program will test new ways of protecting vulnerable communities from natural disasters that can be replicated across the country.’
