India, Dec. 3 -- Education minister Ashish Sood on Tuesday said digital threats should also be included under disaster preparedness training at schools, in light of the increasing instances of hoax bomb threats to schools.

Speaking at the launch of the 'Disaster Ready School' campaign at Springdales School, Pusa Road, he said, "I believe that in today's digital age, bomb hoax calls and other panic-triggering digital threats also need to be part of disaster preparedness."

"When a bomb hoax call is received how should teachers react? How should 'Aapda Mitras' react? How should non-teaching staff respond? Are we prepared for such digital disasters? We must integrate these into our disaster management framework," Sood said, adding teachers ...