Over
many years I have been wondering to what extent the community-built primary and
community schools was earthquake resilient. This is because when such schools
were built, no engineers were involved. And obviously no calculations.
It was built by the local people who lacked scientific knowledge and experience
of natural disasters such as earthquakes. In precise, what they required, after
all, was just the roof over their heads. So they cracked boulders and chopped
woods to stand a so-called ‘building’.
Although
these buildings stood to shelter many children, they also posed great danger to
their safety. It was found that the worst affected during the 2009 and 2011
earthquakes were the community built schools. This shows how dangerous they are.
And
this time around, the Ministry of education has come up with a program to
assess the school buildings built by the community people. This is a plausible
step towards providing our young learners a safe place to live and learn.
And
in addition to this, there are many old buildings around the country that
houses our students. It is time that we reconstruct and offer a better learning
environment, which is conducive, to our learners.
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