Posted on Sep 18th 2021
The CSS Assessment Suite uses a triaged assessment approach to assist education sector actors to assess Comprehensive School Safety and identify the schools with the most critical unsafe conditions. The tools support policymakers and other education sector actors in the design of interventions and the allocation of resources to enhance CSS.
The Suite includes three coordinated assessment tools:
- First Step raises community awareness and is intended for use by students.
- School Safety Self-Assessment assesses all three pillars of CSS and is intended for use by school staff.
- VISUS Lite or VISUS Pro conducts thorough technical assessments of school facilities and is intended for use by trained technical experts.
The CSS Assessment Suite Backgrounder document and PowerPoint presentation are available here.
A School Safety Self-Assessment Survey pilot implementation project is underway in Lao PDR. Additional pilots are planned for Fiji and Mexico in 2017. For further information please contact marla.petal@savethechildren.org.au.
The VISUS pilot implementation project has been completed in Italy, El Salvador, and Lao PDR. Current pilot implementation projects are underway in Indonesia and Peru. An additional pilot is planned for Haiti in 2017. For further information please contact J.Torres@unesco.org
Development of the CSS Assessment Suite is led by UNESCO, University of Udine, and RiskRapps, a partnership between RiskRED and Imagins.
