The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will be organizing its second 'International Life Skills, Values, Gender, School Health and Well-being Summit' next month, with a change in format. The summit for 2013 has been planned over two stages, with the first being a regional level event to increase visibility throughout the country. For schools in Nagpur, the two-day regional summit shall be held at Pune, while the international summit of the same duration is scheduled at New Delhi.
CBSE announced last week that a total of 14 regional level summits will be held in collaboration with a private entity, Expressions India(EI). According to its web site, EI is a community-based outreach programme for promotion of life skills education, school health and community wellness. EI says it was launched by a group of "dedicated mental health professionals for creating awareness, responsibility and empowerment among school going adolescents, their parents and teachers".
In the summit, every school has been requested to send five representatives - four students and one teacher. The summit shall discuss various issues related to the theme and how it is relevant to adolescents. CBSE director Sadhana Parashar reminded schools that the central board has introduced the summit's theme as "an integral part of the curriculum, in tandem with educational reforms to empower the affective domain of the learners, so that they are able to develop a sense of self-confidence, eco-sensitivity and right approaches to life processes, health well-being and gender".
With crime against women on the rise, school principals acknowledge that gender sensitization is rather important. Reena Dargan, principal of Ira International School, says gender sensitization has to be taught to kids as well. "It is all about respecting the opposite sex and there is no age connection to it due to changing social set up. Whether the person is your classmate, friend, colleague or spouse, respect has to be mutual and not stereotyped. Why should women only cook food or hang the clothes to dry? This stereotypical view about females has been imbibed in us and that needs to change. Sometimes males say if females want a level playing field then they should do similar kind of work, but females are not built for heavy muscular work, hence this kind of comparison is unfair," said Dargan.
Lucky Sadrani, vice principal of Podar International School, said, "Gender sensitization is the need of the hour as it will bring change in attitude and perception of students, especially boys. With proper education, they'll become more sensitive and more concerned about issues affecting females. They'll become more vigilant against prevailing biases and awaken to emerging opportunities."
CBSE will be announcing a detailed schedule of the summit shortly and, in the meantime, has requested schools to complete registration by August-end.
CBSE announced last week that a total of 14 regional level summits will be held in collaboration with a private entity, Expressions India(EI). According to its web site, EI is a community-based outreach programme for promotion of life skills education, school health and community wellness. EI says it was launched by a group of "dedicated mental health professionals for creating awareness, responsibility and empowerment among school going adolescents, their parents and teachers".
In the summit, every school has been requested to send five representatives - four students and one teacher. The summit shall discuss various issues related to the theme and how it is relevant to adolescents. CBSE director Sadhana Parashar reminded schools that the central board has introduced the summit's theme as "an integral part of the curriculum, in tandem with educational reforms to empower the affective domain of the learners, so that they are able to develop a sense of self-confidence, eco-sensitivity and right approaches to life processes, health well-being and gender".
With crime against women on the rise, school principals acknowledge that gender sensitization is rather important. Reena Dargan, principal of Ira International School, says gender sensitization has to be taught to kids as well. "It is all about respecting the opposite sex and there is no age connection to it due to changing social set up. Whether the person is your classmate, friend, colleague or spouse, respect has to be mutual and not stereotyped. Why should women only cook food or hang the clothes to dry? This stereotypical view about females has been imbibed in us and that needs to change. Sometimes males say if females want a level playing field then they should do similar kind of work, but females are not built for heavy muscular work, hence this kind of comparison is unfair," said Dargan.
Lucky Sadrani, vice principal of Podar International School, said, "Gender sensitization is the need of the hour as it will bring change in attitude and perception of students, especially boys. With proper education, they'll become more sensitive and more concerned about issues affecting females. They'll become more vigilant against prevailing biases and awaken to emerging opportunities."
CBSE will be announcing a detailed schedule of the summit shortly and, in the meantime, has requested schools to complete registration by August-end.
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