This school year, schools and high schools in the province of Alicante will teach pupils how to avoid floods. This is because experts are already predicting more floods and weather warnings for this area.
The President of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, said that schools will start giving talks on this subject in the second and third trimesters. He also said that “progress will be made in the generalisation of emergency content across all educational centres” starting in the next academic year, 2026-2027. He added that this initiative, which is part of the “Endavant” Recovery Plan, “is here to stay.”
The head of the Consell said that children in elementary and secondary schools in the Valencian Community will get lessons “to better understand the risks that most affect us and how to respond to them.”
He said that spreading and reinforcing this knowledge in schools across our region “will also help this information reach families and the general public, which will help build a more informed and better-prepared society.”
Mazón used the Diagnostic Report of the Endavant Recovery Plan to show how few people are aware of the risk of flooding and how little training there is to help them avoid it.
The leader of the Valencian government stressed the Consell’s determination to change this by providing “training and practical knowledge” so that the Valencian Community may “move towards greater and better understanding of the risks and their impact.”
Mazón talks about how people aren’t aware of the risk of floods and how they should be trained to avoid it.
Posters, films, and books
The Generalitat, or Catalan Government, is giving primary and secondary schools a package of pedagogical and informational materials to use when it rains heavily. These include specific posters, pamphlets, a movie, and an audiobook.
The posters will be sent to elementary and secondary schools. They have QR codes that let people download the 112 app and get tips and information on the flooding. The movie, audiobook, and pamphlets were made with younger pupils in mind and will only be given out in schools.
Also, centres that provide vocational training or special education, as well as official language schools, conservatories, arts education centres, and sports education centres, will get links to download resources.
The Consell says that these resources are meant to raise awareness and give clear and useful advice to both students and the education community in audiovisual format. They include activities so that kids can review the material or do short drills to learn what to do in an emergency.
There will be posters and movies at the centres to get people to download the 112 app.
Teacher training
Ivaspe and Cefire are working together to run a teacher training program that started last September and is still going on this week. This training plan, which will be given to all teachers, includes important information about civil protection, what to do in case of natural disasters, and the dangers of industrial, chemical, and other mishaps.
Author: Derek Appleton
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