Jokowi Visits Banten, Inspects Disaster Education Program

Pandeglang: President Joko Widodo inspected a disaster risk reduction program during his visit in Banten province on Monday, February 18, 2019.
 
President Jokowi departed from Atang Sendjaja Air Force Base in Bogor by an Indonesian Air Force helicopter and arrived in Tegal Papak helipad in Pandeglang at 8:20 a.m. Western Indonesia Time (WIB).
 
President Jokowi was accompanied by Chief of Presidential Staff Moeldoko and a number of presidential staff. Banten Governor Wahidin Halim as well as Commander of the Siliwangi/Military Regional III Commander Major General Tri Soewandono greeted President Jokowi upon the arrival.

Meanwhile, President Jokowi has called for the implementation of disaster education in every educational institution starting this year.
 
"I want this disaster education to be implemented, and it must start this year for the public and in schools, particularly in disaster-prone regions, up to the community level," President Jokowi stated while speaking during a coordinating meeting on disaster mitigation 2019 in Surabaya early this month.
 
Earlier, Education and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy had revealed that character education will include material on student resilience to disasters as Indonesia is vulnerable to natural disasters.
 
Indonesia is blessed with fertile soil and various natural resources, but concurrently, the country is prone to natural disasters, as it is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, where numerous volcanoes and earthquakes occur.
 
During the period from January to mid-December last year, a total of 2,572 natural disasters had hit the country, leaving at least 4,821 people dead or missing, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB). 
 
Of the total, 2,572, or 96.9 percent of the natural disasters, were hydrometeorological in nature, such as floods, landslides, and whirlwind, while 76, or 3.1 percent, were geological disasters, such as earthquakes. (Antara)

 
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