Educational Sector Impact & Recovery Roadmap
(Data as of May 10, 2025)
Date: March 28, 2025
Magnitude: Mw 7.7
Epicenter: Sagaing Fault, near 22.00°N, 95.93°E
Focal Depth: 10 km (USGS)
>50 aftershocks ≥ M4.5 recorded
Largest: Mw 6.4 on March 29
Hardest Hit: Mandalay, Sagaing, Magway, Nay Pyi Taw, Bago regions
Tremors Felt: Thailand, Laos, Bangladesh, India
Fatalities: 1,547
Injured: 8,912
Displaced: 200,000
Sheltering in temp sites: 42,000 in 145 sites
People in humanitarian need: 21.9 million nationwide
2,311
20% used as displacement centres.
~2.8 Million
Lost access to learning due to closure or relocation.
>94,000
10% reported personal loss/injury.
1.6 Million Textbooks
Warehouse fires, classroom collapse.
386
By UNICEF, JICA, local CSOs.
Aligned with Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF 2022-2030) pillars and local context.
Rapid structural assessment of 100% damaged schools; red, yellow, green tagging. Use UAV & remote sensing.
"Build Back Better" reconstruction using ASEAN School Design Guidelines (typhoon & seismic-resistant), local materials. Fast-track DRR-compliant designs.
National "Safe Schools Code" integrated into building regulations, enforced by subnational governments. Include inclusive/WASH norms & climate adaptation.
Activate/establish School Safety Committees; develop temporary evacuation & learning continuity plans. Target 500 hardest-hit schools first.
Rollout DRR microinsurance pilots for school facilities and assets. Link premiums to compliance.
Integrate community-based early warning systems (people-centered & low tech) with national seismic network; annual multi-hazard drills. Use mobile alerts + indigenous knowledge.
Develop "Healing Classrooms" psychosocial support modules for students/teachers. Translated into major ethnic languages.
Integrate DRR & climate modules into Grades 3-12 curricula; provide teacher guides & low-tech digital content. Use story-based, culturally-relevant materials.
Establish national "Youth DRR Leadership Network"; embed service-learning & citizen science projects (e.g., school-based seismosensors). Incentivize via scholarships & digital badges.
Ensure representation from ethnic-language education providers, faith-based groups, and student unions in recovery steering committees.
Leverage China, India, ASEAN & Global Partnership for Education (GPE) quake-recovery windows; explore debt-for-resilience swaps.
Deploy Education Management Information System (EMIS) add-on for hazard tracking, geotag recovery investments, and publicly share dashboards.
Adopt "Safe Schools Declaration" principles to prevent military use of schools; negotiate humanitarian corridors for material delivery.
$120 Million
Main Outputs: Assessments, Temporary Learning Spaces (TLS), Psychosocial Support (PSS) kits, establishment of safety committees.
$480 Million
Main Outputs: 1,200 "Build Back Better" schools, curriculum rollout, EMIS upgrade.
$310 Million
Main Outputs: Safe Schools Code enforcement, insurance scaling, youth DRR network establishment.