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Dobrindt requires disaster classes in colleges

Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) needs to anchor the subject of civil safety at school timetables. “Civil defense belongs in schools. Prevention creates security,” Dobrindt instructed “Bild am Sonntag”. In view of threats corresponding to blackouts, floods, terror or battle, Germany should be higher ready – within the classroom.

“Our students become clever crisis prevention experts: They bring the knowledge directly into the families,” argued Dobrindt. He introduced that the difficulty could be mentioned on the subsequent convention of inside ministers in June.

The Minister of the Interior beneficial a compulsory double lesson each six months for civil protection and disaster preparedness. There, college students ought to purchase sensible data, from the best way to behave within the occasion of energy outages and pure disasters to recognizing warning indicators, emergency contacts and precautions at residence. However, the states are chargeable for the schooling system.