Bhubaneswar, May 29 (PTI) The odisha government on saturday decided to include disaster and pandemic management in high school and college curriculums. A resolution in this regard was passed at a meeting of the Council of Ministers, chaired by chief minister naveen Patnaik. The Council of Ministers said it felt that everyone in the state should be well prepared to face the challenges posed by disasters such as frequent cyclones, and also the pandemic.
“The time has come for us to create a massive knowledge infrastructure in the State that will make everyone a warrior. Today, we are taking a futuristic decision. We will train our people at large on how to deal with known emergencies and how to respond to situations where the outcome cannot be predicted,” the chief minister said. From now on, every high school and college student will learn about disaster and pandemic management as part of the curriculum, he said. The State will also train its employee on the fundamental nature of different kinds of disaster and pandemic management. Disaster and pandemic management will be in the government recruitment syllabus as well, naveen said. Elected representatives will be trained on disaster and pandemic management, he said.
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