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PRESSR: Abu Dhabi Civil Defence Authority

launches 2nd phase of Bader Educational

Awareness Project to enhance school safety

Oct 7, 2025, 15:43 GMT+4Refinitiv4 min read

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Abu Dhabi: The Abu Dhabi Civil Defence Authority, in collaboration with Alef

Education, has launched the second phase of the Bader Educational Awareness

Project (2025–2029), following the success of the first phase (2021–2024), which

significantly contributed to enhancing safety and prevention culture among

thousands of students across schools in the emirate.

The new phase of the project focuses on expanding its scope to include all
public and private schools benefiting from Alef, with a total of 548 schools, 173

in Abu Dhabi and 375 across the other emirates. The initiative aims to reach

180,000 students in Abu Dhabi and 300,000 students nationwide, in addition to

training 6,000 teachers in Abu Dhabi and 13,000 across the UAE, as well as

administrators and school safety officers. This expansion strengthens
sustainable preventive awareness within the educational environment.

The Authority explained that Bader is the first initiative of its kind worldwide,
providing an integrated awareness curriculum that covers all educational

stages, from kindergarten to Grade 12. The curriculum embeds safety and

prevention concepts progressively and sequentially, with interactive bilingual

content addressing key topics such as evacuation and alarms, first aid, fires,

hazardous chemicals, and individual social responsibility. New lessons will be
added annually, reaching a total of 13 lessons per Cycle by 2029. The project

represents a pioneering national model for embedding a safety culture through

education, reflecting a commitment to supporting national efforts to build a

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