Literacy Week

Literacy Week (24 September, 2012- 28 September, 2012)

'Padhega India tabhi toh badhega India'. Truly said. Knowledge is power. Education is something that helps you conquer any quest or any difficulty in this world. It leads us to prosperity and development. 
The educational facilities in India are not very good. India has a very high illiteracy rate. We being IB students wanted to spread awareness about this global issue. Hence 24th September to 28th September was celebrated as 'Literacy week' in our school. And we took up the task of organizing it as a part of our CAS activity. All the DP students were paired up and we had to conduct assemblies on the given topic. First assembly was conducted by Jagveer Vij and Sahil Jham on the topic Importance of Education. They put in great efforts and told the students how education can yield us success. They informed us about how education is necessary for our growth and also the growth of our nation. Director ma'am too presented her views about illiteracy. 

Second assembly was conducted by myself and Yongmin Cho.  We sat together and worked collaboratively to plan and conduct the assembly. Our topic was Life without Education.  In our assembly we explained the students how our life would be a nightmare and a disaster without education. Yongmin told us the reason behind the high literacy rate in South Korea. The reason is that in South Korea only Korean is spoken. But in India, language differs from state to state. Here eradicating illiteracy is one heck of a challenge.

Third assembly was conducted by Sohil Shahare and Stanis Marian. Their topic was ‘Education for all’. They stressed on the point the education should be provided irrespective of caste or gender. In some remote villages in India, girls are not allowed to go to schools and are forced to stay home and learn house hold chores. This taboo has to be removed from the Indian society.

Fourth assembly was conducted by Aditya Gupta and Sahil Jham. Their topic was ‘Pathanatya’ (Flashmob). Their assembly taught us the effects of illiteracy and how people take advantage of illiterate people. Their assembly consisted of a very meaningful skit.

The last assembly was conducted by myself and Meghan Kadam. We planned the assembly before hand and decided that i would carry on with the compering and he would conduct the interactive session with the students. We asked the students to express their thoughts on illiteracy. The Literacy Week was a great success. 

I personally learnt a lot from this week. I learned to how to conduct an assembly, making the presentations, running helter-skelter for getting things done correctly. It was one tiring, fun and a really great experience. I hope I keep getting further opportunities like these.. 

Till next time.. :)