CRISIS PLANNING IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Želimir Kešetović, Ivan Toth, Marko Toth

Abstract


At first glance, schools and kindergartens are safe places since they are free of hazardous materials, hazardous technological processes and workflows are more or less well-established, predictable and routine. However, as a places where almost every day gathers a number of people, educational institutions are subject to different types of crises. The fact that most of the population in these institutions are children and young people makes them extra vulnerable and susceptible to crisis events. This particular vulnerability of the population, combined with its symbolic value and importance, visibility and accessibility, and relatively weak defense system which makes them "soft targets", makes educational institutions almost ideal target for various types of malicious human actions. In addition, the crisis in educational institutions are under special scrutiny and interest of the mass media so that media amplification of particular excess can make a serious incident or crisis situation. In this context crisis planning in educational institutions is of special importance. In addition to general principles of crisis planning, drawing up contingency plans in this institutions their specifics characteristics must be taken in account.

Keywords


crisis, crisis planning, educational institutions

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