Disaster-risk reduction management and education in Indonesia: Prospect and challenge

As one of the countries which are vulnerable to various kinds of natural disasters, Indonesia requires a well-organized system of disaster management and disaster prevention education to be able to overcome and minimize impacts of disasters for the sake of sustainable country's development. Through comprehensive literature review, this paper explores development of disaster risk reduction management and disaster prevention education systems in Indonesia in order to identify its prospects and challenges. The findings show that the country is still in transition phase in implementing both the newest system of disaster management based on the Law No.24/2007 and the recent school level curriculum on disaster risk reduction education based on the Circular Letter of Ministry of National Education No. 70a/SE/MPN/2010 on Mainstreaming of Disaster Risk Reduction at School.