PHILIPPINES TYPHOON YOLANDA (HAIYAN) SNAPSHOT OF EDUCATION NEEDS, PROGRESS AND GAPS Key Figures Total Affected Population in Country 14.4 million Strategic Response Plan (SRP) Target April 2014 Total Progress SRP Status 550,000 pre-school and school age children (3-17 # of students provided with Total School Aged years) and teachers learning and recreational 514,035 provided with learning materials Population in materials and supplies Affected Areas 93 % 4.8 million Affected Schoolaged Children 1.4 million 5,000 temporary learning spaces established and damaged classrooms and day care centres repaired Indicator # of established Temporary Learning Spaces (TLS) and Classroom Repairs 10,000 education staff # of teachers trained on at trained on at least one least one emergencyemergency-related topic related topic 3,943 1,253 Over 2,500 schools reported damaged (over 17,000 classrooms) while 2,500 day care centers have been damaged or destroyed 2,650 schools and day care centers supported across the affected region 78 % 9% Out-of-school children in bunkhouses Recent assessments found that many children in relocation sites have stopped going to school since Typhoon Yolanda According to a survey conducted by DSWD in collaboration with CCCM Cluster, over 500 children are out of school in Tacloban City, Palo and Tanauan, most of whom are in high school DepEd and Education Cluster partners conducted a joint visit to bunkhouses on 15 March and provided consultation for children and their parents Distance to original schools and lack of transport has been the main reasons for children not attending school Region VI-B Region VI 695 Region VII 15 Region VIII 1938 Distribution of Educational Supplies Number of Children Recieved Learning and Recreational Materials REGION VIII 417,036 96,999 REGION VI Furthermore, children were reluctant to transfer to new schools as the end of school term was approaching As a solution, the Education Cluster, thanks to a partner organization’s financial support, organized multi-cabs to send children to their original schools so they could attend remaining classes Some of them are also included in the DepEd-led Summer catch-up classes during the summer break (see Page 2) 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 Over 200,000 school children received secondary and elementary school kits individual Over 2,200 Day Care Centers and Kindergartens received ECD kits benefitting over 60,000 children aged 35 years PHILIPPINES TYPHOON YOLANDA (HAIYAN) SNAPSHOT OF EDUCATION NEEDS, PROGRESS AND GAPS April 2014 Number of Teachers to be Trained* TOTAL 11,900 7343 8000 7000 6000 5000 4000 3,943 TLS established 78% of 5,000 cluster target 2856 3000 2000 Education cluster members have repaired over 1,000 classrooms as part of the recovery phase across the affected region This includes repair and rehabilitation activities of existing classrooms These activities are being significantly scaled up during the summer break in April and May 842 118 1000 415 338 CAPIZ ROXAS CITY (Capital) EASTERN SAMAR LEYTE SAMAR TACLOBAN (WESTERN CITY SAMAR) (Capital) *This includes all planned on-going and completed activities of the Education Cluster Gaps in the provision of TLS in Schools* Classrooms for Repair Summer Fun in School Programme GAP 2,229 5,000 4,000 2,874 3,000 2,000 2,159 1,126 59 19 33 46 140 653 2,321 628 1,000 190 1,205 922 21 *Data on school repairs as received by the education cluster 3Ws 276 180 443 254 649 Cluster partners are supporting DepEd Region VIII to help students catch up the subjects they missed due to disruption as a result of Yoland through the Summer Fun in School programme The programme consists of academics, DRR and fun activities for weeks Many children who have been displaced and are living in bunkhouses are also included in the new schools The Alternative Learning System (ALS) is also being prepared for those who have been out of school since Typhoon Yolanda The information presented in this snapshot is collected from Education Cluster 3W, DepEd’s assessment on damaged schools and Secondary Data Review Please send any updates to Matthew Swift (mswift@unicef.org), Naoko Imoto (nimoto@unicef.org) Sources available at: https://philippines.humanitarianresponse.info/clusters/education