EPIC (Education Priority Compact) Strategy as A Solution for Education of Post-Disaster Refugee Children in Palu City, Central Sulawesi

Abstract

Disaster victims’ children are required to live in temporary shelters provided by Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and the government. In the first phase, 699 units have been built in 72 locations. The focus of the government in the first three months after the earthquake and tsunami in Central Sulawesi was to rescue the emergency and clean up the area after that the focus then began to shift to improving the economy of the affected area. In handling post-disaster, the government does not prioritize education as its main aspect, so many of the victims of disasters do not go to school until they drop out of school. Focus Group Discussions conducted in several HUNTARA locations in the city of Palu, resulted in education being one of the concerns of the people living in temporary shelters. The community is concerned about the sustainability of their children’s school education, due to the absence of educational facilities in the shelter as well as the community’s economy that has fallen due to lack of work is exacerbated by the government’s lack of attention to the education of children in refugee camps / HUNTARA. These methods are Focus Group Discussion (FGD) that has the main target of refugee communities. On the other hand, researchers also the distribution of questionnaire in several refugee locations in the city of Palu, in order to obtain accurate data for supporting this research. By quantitative SWOT methods and AHP Analysis to determine priorities in determining the EPIC (Education Priority Compact) Strategy which is expected to be one of the solutions for post-disaster education in Central Sulawesi.