Today’s “Word of the Day” is “contingency plan“ and it is a noun meaning “a proactive strategy that describes the course of actions or steps the management of an organization (or the leadership of a government) needs to take in response to a potential negative event or situation (such as an economic recession, pandemic, natural disaster, terrorist attack & etc.,) that might happen in the future”.
Example Sentence: Particularly when it comes to education, there has been an apparent absence of contingency planning by the government, and inept strategic management. Across the country, it is school and college leaders who have had to pick up the pieces.
This word is present in The Guardian article Education in England is in turmoil, yet the government is still ignoring headteachers and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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