Original Research

Exploring safety in disaster-induced displacement relocation site schools in Tokwe-Mukosi, Zimbabwe

Munyaradzi Chidarikire, Dipane Hlalele, Kudzayi S. Tarisayi
Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies | Vol 13, No 1 | a842 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v13i1.842 | © 2021 Munyaradzi Chidarikire, Dipane Hlalele, Kudzayi S. Tarisayi | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 01 May 2019 | Published: 13 August 2021

About the author(s)

Munyaradzi Chidarikire, School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pinetown, South Africa
Dipane Hlalele, School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pinetown, South Africa
Kudzayi S. Tarisayi, Department of Curriculum Studies, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Abstract

The victims of the Tokwe-Mukosi disaster-induced displacements in Zimbabwe were relocated to Chingwizi, Chisase and Masangula. This qualitative article explores the safety of learners in Tokwe-Mukosi disaster-induced displacement schools. The safety of learners in schools influences the education’s agenda. Most of the studies on the safety of learners focus on rural and urban schools at the expense of schools located in disaster-induced displacement sites. This article seeks to explore learners’ safety in disaster-induced displacement schools in Zimbabwe. The 2013 Zimbabwe Constitution and the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education Act 1987 (Section 25:04) emphasise the importance of learners and teachers’ safety. The critical emancipatory research (CER) was used as a theoretical framework in this article. The participants responded to the research question: Are school authorities ensuring safety in disaster-induced displacement relocation site schools, Tokwe Mukosi? Data were generated through photovoice. Participatory action research was used as a research methodology with 15 participants being purposively selected. This article found that learners were not safe in the schools located in disaster-induced displacement areas in Tokwe-Mukosi. To mitigate safety problems, participants recommended that the government and other stakeholders should collectively build a safe learning environment.

Keywords

safe schools; photovoice; disaster-induced learning ecologies; displacement; learners; Zimbabwe.

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