School Safety Preparedness Drill (SSPD) is an annual earthquake preparedness drill being organised in schools of North and North Eastern states of India commemorating 4 April 1905 Kangra earthquake.
In the year 2009 both the organisations along with Library of Tibetan Works and Archives together decided to mark the most destructive Kangra earthquake at Dharamshala in India.
About 7,500 children participated in the first ever such kind of a drill in India on 4 April 2009 in 25 Tibetan schools.
During the SSPD the schools prepare for an earthquake scenario and when the shaking starts the children along with staff perform a Drop Cover Hold on under sturdy tables and desks preparing to save themselves from falling objects.
With every passing year the drill started expanding to new areas covering more children both at Tibetan and non-Tibetan schools.