2.2Survey on Schools

2.2.1 Survey for primary school students
Number of samples: 1,016
Q1. Do you discuss what you have learnt in the school with your family athome?

No, 20%Yes, 80%

Comments: most of students discuss the subject at home with their family

Q2. Where did you stay when the Tsunami occur?
53

Other
Beach

33

Town

23
6School

898

House
3

Sunday school
0100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1000

Comments: most of the students were at home because the tsunami occurred on
Sunday morning that most of the students were still at home with their families.

Q3. What type of natural disasters are you aware of?

Floods, 10%

Tsunami, 40%

Landslides,
20%

Erathquake,30%

Q4. Have you ever talked about natural disasters (Floods Landslides
Earthquakes Tsunami etc.) with your family before the Tsunami
occurred on 26th December?

Yes, 48%
No, 52%

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Q5. Have you discussed with your family about the Tsunami after it
occurred on 26th December?

No, 16%

Yes, 84%

Q6. Have you ever studied about natural disasters such as floods,
landslides, earthquakes and tsunamis before?

No, 35%

Yes, 65%2

Q7. Would you like to study about natural disasters such as floods,landslides, earthquakes and tsunamis in the future?

No, 11%

Yes, 89%

Q8. Do you know the cause of a Tsunami?

Anger of
GOD, 32%

No idea, 34%

Strongwind,1%
Earthquake,33%3

Q9. What should be done when tsunami occurs?

No idea, 2.7%
Head out
offshore by aboat, 0.4%

Stay at home,
1.4%

Escape to ahigh place, 96%

Q10. What do you do in an event of a sudden big sea drop?

Go for fishing,3.7%

Play there, 1.9%

Escape, 94.4%

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Q11. Have you studied how to escape from a natural disaster either atschool or home?

School, 22%

Never, 61%
Home, 17%

Q12. Which of following items are available at your home?

Internet19

Mobile phone

317

Telephone

160

Radio

628

Television

496
0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

Number of children

5Characteristics of the survey samples of school children
1. Age9 years old,
13.0%

11 years old,
53.0%
10 years old,
34.1%

2. GenderMale, 45.9%
Female, 54.1%

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3. Grade

Grade 6,17.2%Grade 3,4.4%Grade 4,29.2%

Grade 5,49.1%

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2.2.2 Survey on primary school teachers

Number of samples: 100

Q1. Do you have subjects for learning about natural disasters in thecurriculum? If yes, do you think that they are effective for disaster
reduction (or to reduce human losses)?

No, we don’t havethe subjects, 19%

Yes we have but it
does not effective.
15.0%

Yes we have. I thinkthey are effective,46%

Yes we have. But
they need to be
improved, 20%8Q2. Do you think which education material is most effective for disastereducation?

Videos44

Posters 0Brochures 0Picture books

32

Reading books

240510152025%

3035404550

Comment: Most of the teachers said those education materials which mosteffective for disaster education are videos, picture books and reading books.

Q3. Do you think the regular evacuation drill will be effective for disaster
reduction (to reduce human losses)

No, I don’t thinkso, 19%Yes, it will beeffective, 81%

9Characteristics of the survey samples of class teachers
1. Age:between 51-60,
3%between 21-30,34%
between 41-50,30%

between 31-40,
33%

2. Gender:

Male, 23%

Female, 77%

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3. Type of school:

Religious
school, 13%

Public school,87%

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