DHARAMSHALA, April 9: The two-day conference of the principals and head teachers on the ‘Child Rights and Democratic Development in School’ held at Songtsen Library concluded on April 5.
This project is particularly for the schools in Himalayan region which is why it is also called as the ‘Himalayan Project’.
Principals and head teachers from thirty Tibetan, Indian and Nepalese schools took part in the conference and engaged in various group activities and discussions.
The speakers, including Karma Chungdak, Director of Sambotha Tibetan Schools Society, Miss Aditi Kaur, President of Mountain Children’s Foundation and Geshe Jampa Dakpa, Principal of the College for Higher Tibetan Studies among others, discussed various topics such as ‘awakening intelligence in children and being original in teaching methods’ and the Buddhist perspective on corporal punishment.
In 2007, the Swedish Organisation for Individual Relief (SOIR-IM) started the Supporting Positive Alternatives for Raising Kindness in Education (SPARKE) project that seeks to remove corporal punishment and deepen the knowledge of positive alternative disciplining techniques.
SOIR-IM was founded in 1938 and is active in twelve countries worldwide.
