DepEd, partners launch RADaR app to ensure learning after disasters
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO--- The Department of Education (DepEd), in partnership with Save the Children Philippines and Prudence Foundation, launched the Rapid Assessment of Damages Report (RADaR) mobile and web applications nationwide last September 22 and 24 to ensure immediate response interventions and learning continuity in the event of disasters and other emergen ci es.
Even before the onset of the COVID19 pandemic, DepEd had been working on enhancing the safety for all learners and DepEd personnel through the development of the Disaster Risk Reduction Management Information System ( DRRM I S) .
“The RADaR mobile and web applications will support our regional, division, and schoolbased Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Coordinators in reporting and rapidly assessing the impacts of disast er s,” sai d Undersecretary for Administration Alain del B. Pascua.
Usec. Pascua also noted that the reports from the RADaR app will provide estimates of the damages caused by disasters and will serve as the basis for response interventions to these school s.
Save the Children Philippines Chief Executive Officer Atty. Alberto Muyot emphasized that the mobile and web application will be vital in ensuring the safety of learners and personnel once the safe resumption of face-to-face classes will be allowed.
“Children will bear the greatest impact if a disaster takes place in a school environment, and we must guarantee their safety during emergencies while they are away from their parents and guardians,” said Atty. Muyot.
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Department’s partner organizations, the accurate and timely data provided