Disaster risk reduction efforts through education in Indonesia: A literature review

Abstract

Indonesia is a country that is prone to natural disasters, such as earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. To reduce the risk of disasters, efforts through education are important. This article aims to conduct a literature review regarding disaster risk reduction through education in Indonesia. Education has an important role in increasing public awareness, increasing knowledge, and developing the skills needed to reduce the impact of disasters and increase responsiveness in dealing with them. This research wants to find out other forms of approaches that have been implemented to reduce disaster risk in education in Indonesia and find out what the results are. A review of existing literature shows that there are 3 efforts to reduce disaster risk through education, namely formal education, informal education and non-formal education. The research results show that the three educational pathways are implemented quite well in Indonesia. Forms of disaster risk reduction through education include integration of learning in schools, local wisdom, training, outreach and disaster mitigation simulations from disaster awareness activist groups and from certain institutions/institutions to the community, as well as disaster mitigation programs from community groups themselves. To reduce disaster risk in Indonesia, sustainable and coordinated efforts are needed between the government, educational institutions and the community. Increasing the role of education in protecting and preparing people for disasters is important to minimize the negative impacts of disasters in the future.