Disaster data app for educational units (IDJOG0002)

Commitment ID

IDJOG0002

Commitment Title

Disaster data app for educational units

Problem

Disasters deeply impact the education sector, causing infrastructure damage, financial loss, limited access to education, and major disruptions that increase risks for students and staff. Events like earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions require rapid data collection and response to restore normalcy and ensure safety. Yet, challenges remain in promptly gathering and reporting disaster impacts in education, as seen in the 2018 NTB earthquake, the Palu tsunami, the 2021 Mamuju earthquake, and the 2022 Cianjur earthquake.
In these instances, it often takes 7 to 14 days to collect critical data on damages, losses, and educational disruptions, delaying emergency response. This prolongs uncertainty for schools, affecting repairs, access to learning resources, and psychological support for affected students and staff. Addressing this issue requires an efficient, accessible system for rapid post-disaster assessment and data gathering, leveraging technology to allow educational units to promptly report impacts.
For Yogyakarta, a high-risk area with over 8,000 educational units, a disaster impact data application would be a significant advancement. Such an application would enable quicker, data-informed decisions, facilitating resource mobilization, restoration of educational functions, and enhanced safety for students and staff. This resilient, tech-driven approach to disaster response would help protect educational outcomes, supporting long-term sector resilience.

Status quo

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) reports that over 57 percent of Indonesia's educational institutions face multiple disaster risks. With over 500,000 schools serving more than 60 million students and employing over 5 million educators and staff across 2.5 million classrooms, the scale of vulnerability is substantial. Specifically, 78 percent (413,000 institutions) are at risk of earthquakes, 38 percent (202,000) face flood threats, and 9 percent (49,000) are exposed to landslides. Additionally, 1.5 percent (8,000 schools each) are vulnerable to tsunamis and volcanic eruptions, while 3.5 percent (17,000 schools) are at risk of flash floods. Over the last 15 years, 15,356 schools have been damaged by disasters, with an additional 49,997 institutions affected by smoke from forest and land fires.
Given these challenges, a robust approach to disaster mitigation in the education sector is critical. Yogyakarta Special Region (DIY), with a strong disaster management background, exemplifies the importance of collective response strategies. Leveraging technology is essential for enhancing disaster management in education, as it fosters cross-sector collaboration. Effective planning and the selection of suitable technologies are key to ensuring resilient, proactive disaster management in schools across the country.

Action

• Forming a Substance Team
  • Identification of disaster applications owned and used by BPBD both at the provincial/district/city level.
  • Identification of general applications owned and used by the education sector, namely Dikpora both at the provincial/district/city level and the education sector of the DIY Ministry of Religious Affairs.
  • Coordination with the DIY ICT Office, partners as the Technical Team for Developing Disaster Impact Data Applications in Education Units.
  • Coordination with the DIY Ministry of Religious Affairs Office, especially in the education sector.
  • Designing a timeline for various activities from the start of the activity to the end of the project (team and inter-team coordination meetings, coordination with multi-parties or related stakeholder, workshops, related thematic discussions/fgds, etc.), namely the achievement and realization of the Disaster Impact Data application for the Education Unit for the DIY region.
• Forming a Technical Team for Disaster Impact Data Application Development in the Education Unit.
• Data will be integrated with the public service portal and there will be reciprocity and interaction between the government, NGOs, and citizens.

How will the commitment contribute to solving the public problem described above?

Improve coordination of disaster management in DIY Education environment and develop a safe and disaster-ready educational unit model for learning.

Primary Policy Area

Open Data, Regulatory Governance

Primary Sector

Education, Environment & Climate

What OGP value is this commitment relevant to?