Abstract
This paper discusses school safety mainly in relation to safety education and examines measures for the comprehensive development of systems to ensure the safety of children at school, including those requiring medical care. The number of children requiring medical care is increasing in general schools following the promotion of inclusive education. The government of Japan has established the School Health and Safety Act and Guidelines on School Curricula. Municipalities have developed education systems that cover the safety education specified in disaster preparedness plans for schools. Safety education has been promoted through problem-oriented and experience-based methods as well as other methods of learning to date. Considering the outcomes of these systems and approaches, it is expected that safety management systems in schools, especially general schools that include children requiring medical care, will also develop in combination with safety education.
Highlights
In recent years, there have been many natural disasters in Japan
In schools admitting children requiring medical care using medical devices, such as mechanical ventilation systems, the availability of power sources, duration of batteries for medical devices, and measures to be adopted when the electricity fails should be confirmed in advance by those working for schools and parents
Measures to ensure the safety of children requiring medical care during disasters are still decided within a framework of safety management by each school, those working for schools, medical institutions, related medical/welfare institutions, and parents
Summary
In 2019, a linear rain band caused localized heavy rainfalls mainly in the Kyushu area, and a typhoon, which was the largest ever in terms of intensity at the time of landing, led to record-breaking rainfall affecting the Kanto area. Under these circumstances, schools are adopting disaster safety measures. In 2012, the year after the Great East Japan Earthquake, the Central Council for Education discussed safety management and safety education, which were summarized in a report entitled: “The Creation of a Plan to Promote School Safety” [1].
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