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Road Safety Education in Schools

Road Safety Education in Schools. Prof. P K Sikdar President ICT Pvt Ltd, New Delhi pksikdar@ictonline.com. 21-22 May 2011 1 st Intl. Conference on Road Safety – Vision 2020 MS University, Udaipur. Road Safety Scenario - World. Injuries - 50 million every year.

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Road Safety Education in Schools

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  1. Road Safety Education in Schools Prof. P K Sikdar President ICT Pvt Ltd, New Delhi pksikdar@ictonline.com 21-22 May 2011 1st Intl. Conference on Road Safety – Vision 2020 MS University, Udaipur

  2. Road Safety Scenario - World Injuries - 50 million every year Deaths - 1.3 million every year And still rising…

  3. Road Safety Scenario - India 127,000deaths every year 10% of global road fatalities 348 deaths per day, equivalent to a jumbo crash everyday – no survivors 15 deaths per hour One of the top three causes of death for 5-44 yr age group

  4. Road Accidents….. A Disaster Society carries the burden of death, disability and despair in more than 100,000 families every year It costs the nation Rs 75,000 crores every year, which is 2-3% of GDP

  5. A few Scenes of road crashes

  6. A few Scenes of road crashes

  7. Road Fatalities, by Age group Road Fatalities Data of year 2008

  8. About half of all the victims are in the key wage earning age group (25-65 years) • Although the victims of < 14 years age group have a share of 11%, this is the first step in the ladder to make them aware of the problems

  9. Initiatives Required for Road Safety We need to have definite Initiatives for Road Safety • Engineering measures & standards • Public Education/Awareness • Enhancing Driver skills • Stricter Enforcement of Laws • Emergency Services

  10. WHY IN SCHOOLS? • Children are the future road users • Most effective strategies in developing road safety awareness • Best developmental ideas can be ingrained • Behavior change can be promoted • Life long benefits to a population at risk • Relieve socio-economic burden on public health resources and society Attempt to safeguard children and prepare them as they gradually start making use of the road

  11. WHAT IS ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION • Attitudes and behaviour • Self esteem and valuing others • Valuing safety • Risk management • Rules of the road • Education of road • Decision making • Engineering Safety to be ensured in the environment surrounding the children at any point of time

  12. Road Safety Education in Schools • To understand the traffic environment and how to function in it • To develop independence with due responsibility • To know how to use road safely • To develop self-esteem and valuing others’ rights on the road • Recognize the features of the roads in the local area

  13. Road Safety Education in Schools • To recognize and understand that the children need to play in safe places • To know where to stop, look all around and listen before crossing a road • To know the safest route to school • To understand the use and principles of Zebra Crossing

  14. FRAMEWORK FOR RS EDUCATION

  15. WHO NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED?

  16. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS KEY ELEMENTS • A coordinating body, giving responsibility for developing and monitoring the plan • A long term implementation plan • Well informed champion to animate the program • Program for psychological development of children • Monitoring and evaluation

  17. Current scenario of road safety EDUCATION IN school

  18. Road Safety Education in School • Wide variety of road safety education in school curriculum • Some are a bit elaborate, while others are very elementary • No structured and uniform road safety education curriculum in the country • NCERT text books do not have any road safety content • CBSE curriculum had some road safety and traffic related lessons before the recent changes (3 years back) but it doesn’t contain it now

  19. Road Safety School Curriculum • In Class I to V there are some road and traffic related materials included in elementary way • Recent addition in curriculum of CBSE on ‘Disaster Management’ has a small portion called Traffic Accident in elementary way • A few states like Maharashtra attempted to develop school curriculum on road safety, but these are sporadic efforts without continuity of purpose and implementation • All state boards have similar lessons (elementary details of road and traffic) in the primary section

  20. Road Safety School Curriculum, Andhra Pradesh • Course materials on Road Safety and traffic education included in ‘Social Sciences’ by Directorate of School Education, Govt. of AP (2009) • Class VI: Road – Safety Education • Pledge of Road Safety • Classification of Roads • Division of Roads • Designing roads at junction • Class VII: Traffic Education • Prevention of Road Accidents • Parts of a Road • Pattern of Roads and Marking on Roads • Some traffic slogans and some Traffic Offences

  21. Road Safety School Curriculum, Andhra Pradesh • Class VIII: Traffic Education • Road Safety Pledge • Electronic Signals 4. Class IX: Traffic Education – Manual Signals • Nine Hand Signals • Railway Level Crossings 5. Class X: Traffic Education • Safety Measures • Use of Bicycles on Roads • Use of Motor Cycles and Scooters on the Roads

  22. Structured Road Safety Curriculum • On pursuance of IRF India, the GoI has appointed an Expert Committee under chairmanship of CBSE • The Committee is making structured Road Safety Curriculum for different age group of children in different classes • The Curriculum is going to be enforced for uniform adoption across all the state boards

  23. PROPOSAL • As it is seen, the coverage in the primary section (class I to V of NCERT books) and also in CBSE on Disaster Management are grossly inadequate and prepared without consideration of the learning ability of the age groups • There is a need that a consistent curriculum structure for class I to class X be prepared keeping in mind the learning abilities of children of different age groups and the complexity of lessons

  24. Structured Road Safety Curriculum CONTENTS OF RSE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS • Age group 0 – 4 • Too young, should be taught only very basic elements • Recognize road are dangerous and play in safe place • Walk only on footpath • Recognize that road is for traffic • Age group 5 – 7 • Knowledge of various elements like road, footpath, zebra crossing • Know different vehicles on the road • Understand direction of traffic by sight and sound • Use of marked pedestrian crossing • How to go to school and come back from school safely • That accidents can lead to injury and death • Understand meaning of traffic lights • Responsibility on road, even to others

  25. Structured Road Safety Curriculum • Age group 8 – 12 • Understanding traffic light, signs, road markings • Safe place to play – away from the road • Concept of differing speeds by observing traffic • Learn when and how to deal with traffic risk • Help smaller children on road for crossing or other safety aspects • Age group 12 – 16+ (considered as mini-adults) • Understand road signs, markings and signals • Safety in public transport • Riding bicycle on the road • Understand the problem of alcohol, drugs and fatigue in relation to road accident

  26. Road Safety Education Campaign by IRF India • IRF has initiated school visits by Road Safety Experts to develop the safety consciousness amongst school children and adoption of safe road user behavior through lectures, computer games, competitions, and actual demonstrations

  27. Road safety awareness / public education

  28. Awareness Campaign for GQ • Upgraded highways (under NHDP) are carrying high speed traffic • Immediate hazard is posed to the communities living and growing alongside these highways • These communities are to be made aware of this fact • Their behaviour needs change to suit the new physical environment, to save them from risks • NHAI launched a Public Education Campaign for the Golden Quadrilateral

  29. Campaign & Training Material • Campaign Material (in 5 languages), • Booklets • Posters • Banners • Audio Cassette • Video Films • Training Material, • Power Point Presentations for Training of Awareness Raisers and Key Awareness Raisers • Demonstration events

  30. Stages of Campaign Delivery Cycle 2 Monitoring of KARs / ARs activities Review of KARs/ARs Cycle 3 Evaluation of Road Safety Campaign Cycle 1 Campaign Delivery & Workshops for Training of ARs in Schools 4 Months 6 Months 6 Months

  31. Monitoring & Evaluation

  32. Examples of road safety education in schools

  33. RSE IN COMBODIA SCHOOL • In 2007, an educational consultancy company from New Zealand was funded by NZAID to a develop a road safety education programme for the Combodian Ministry of Education Youth and Sport (MoEYS) • Educating NZ worked with HIB and local stakeholders to develop a RSE programme for Grades 7-9 • Initial outcome was a matrix of learning outcome identifying what students at those levels should know. • Developed a teaching handbook designed to achieve the above learning outcomes and a resource book containing attractive engaging material

  34. RSE IN COMBODIA SCHOOL Benefits • Experience shows that receiving road safety education as a part of formal school curriculum from the earliest stage is one of the most effective strategies towards awareness and behavioral change, reducing in the number of accidents in the long term • To date, more than 800 primary schools are implementing the Grade 1-6 RS curriculum, in 24 provinces • Over seven lakhs students benefited • Over 5,000 school directors/teachers, provinces/district education representatives received RSE curriculum trainings

  35. RSE IN COMBODIA SCHOOL • Future plans of expanding Grade 7-9 curriculum to all 24 provinces. • A curriculum will also be developed for upper secondary school funded by ADB and AusAid, under the management of the National Road Safety Committee and Ministry of Education and with technical support from Educating New Zealand and Handicap International Belgium

  36. RSE IN MALAYSIAN SCHOOLS • Identified best programs and initiatives from around the world • Identify the problem facing children and young people on the roads • Explored the preferred pedagogy in classrooms & students activities • Collaborated with the Ministry of Education about the intended program & implementation • Road Safety Education in schools was commenced in 2007. • In 2010 every primary school aged child received a minimum of 8 lessons.

  37. RSE in Viet Nam Schools • TRL, UK and ICT Pvt Ltd were engaged in revamping the already developed school curriculum • Project involved detailed testing and verification of adoptability in identified schools • It also included training the school teachers to establish the capacity building required in teachers to deliver the curriculum

  38. PASSPORT FOR LIFE Put forward by Bedford Borough Council Road Safety • STRATEGY • Recognizing the need and demand for structured road safety education • Stressing the need for clear responsible road safety objectives • VISION • Reduce number of casualties on the road and to make commitment to the safety for all • OBJECTIVES • Passport for life provides an overall policy objective and contain road safety measures for encouraging RS education

  39. PASSPORT FOR LIFE • POLICY • RESPONSIBILITY OF SCHOOL • LOOK AT THE CURRICULUM RESULTS AIMED • Reduce all traffic accident casualties by 40% and children casualties by 50% by 2010 • Promote, support and encourage a coordinated approach to road safety in all schools for all academic years • Concerned with both the present and future

  40. In Conclusion • Road safety education in school is truly a passport for life • A structured road safety education in schools is capable of developing a road safety culture in future generation • The rights and responsibilities of each road user is to be ingrained in the young minds • This is required to be uniform across the country • Targeted action plan with mechanism for monitoring and evaluation

  41. ROAD SAFETY IS NO ACCIDENT Building Road Safety Culture THANK YOU

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