Press release for the launch of the Stanmore College and Rajagiri Public School Project.

Press release in the Harrow Observer.

I managed to get our project covered in the Harrow Observer, London. This article marks the launch of Stanmore’s partnership with the Rajagiri Public School, India. This project is exploring Human rights infringements that occur in Kerala and London.  

http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/local-harrow-news/2011/06/16/stanmore-college-students-link-up-with-india-116451-28889831/

Press release for the launch of the Stanmore College and Rajagiri Public School Project.

     9/6/11

Stanmore College LINKs with Rajagiri Public School, India to learn about global issues

Teachers and students from Stanmore College, London, are working with Rajagiri Public School in India as part of a government-funded education initiative to widen young people’s knowledge of the world around them. The Global School Partnerships programme, funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development, supports teachers and students from the UK to learn about global issues, together with partners in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

With the support of the principal, Jacqui Mace, Stanmore College’s IB CAS coordinator Eugene Collins is leading on a project to develop a sustainable relationship with the Rajagiri Public School, Kerala, India. Eugene said “Stanmore College and the Rajagiri Public School hope to foster a relationship between the two schools that will benefit students in both countries. The key aims of the project are to promote international understanding and expand the horizons of learning beyond geographical limits and to uphold a commitment to traditional values, human rights, social justice and gender equality. Students in both countries will be exploring human rights infringements in both countries in an attempt to raise awareness of their importance.”

Ruby Anthony of the Rajagiri Public School, Cochin, India stated that “the project hopes to
forge a friendship with the UK school and expand the horizons of learning.
We hope to give students a forum to voice their concern on issues like human rights, social justice and gender equality. Students will involve themselves in community development projects which are inbuilt in the curriculum in collaboration with Stanmore. There is a strong desire to clear misconceptions about India as a poor country divided on caste and religious lines.”

The partnership will enable the schools to take part in reciprocal visits and work on joint classroom-based projects, with the aim of developing young peoples’ commitment to a fairer, more sustainable world. Students will be working with human rights organisations in both countries and exchanging in information via skype, email, and blogs.

The scheme offers participating schools grants and support to fund visits to their partner schools and develop joint project activities. Teachers involved can attend professional development workshops to help them make the most of the partnerships within the school and the local community. They can also gain accreditation for their Global School Partnerships work.

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For further information about Stanmore College, please contact Rebecca Halpin, Marketing Department, 020 8420 7888 or email r.halpin@stanmore.ac.uk.

For more information about Global School Partnerships, please contact  Sharon Williams on 020 7389 4808 sharon.williams@britishcouncil.org  

The Road Ahead !

This fledgling project is finally taking shape. The  students are agog with excitement waiting for the visitor from England. There is a little nervous tension about how perceptions on the project may vary on both the sides. We are focusing on power point presentations and surveys currently. As a part of acquainting UK about our country the topic Unity in diversity and the custom of arranged marriages was prepared. This is being posted on the school website.


www.rajagiri.ac.in