Singtam Govt School connects with UK school as part of British Council Project

SINGTAM, 21 Dec: Government Senior Secondary School, Singtam, is one of the 16 schools selected under the British Council Project. The Project was started in 2009 as an initiative taken under the guidance of the then Secretary, HRDD, R Telang and present Secretary, HRDD, CS Rao. The programme is funded by the UK government to “strengthen the concept of global village” and connect students of various countries wherein the British Council is working as the link. The main objective of the programme is to provide an opportunity for students here to understand students of the UK better from their own class rooms and develop a good relationship between the two countries.

Many activities were conducted under this programme in Singtam Sr Sec School such as World Environment Day celebration, quiz contests, debates, Independence Day celebration with an international dimension.
‘Connecting class rooms’ is one of the multi-dimensional programmes under this project wherein teachers try to teach the regular syllabus to students in the global context in order to broaden the students’ horizon so that they can understand the world better.
According to a press release, a competition titled ‘International School Award’ project was organised today wherein eight groups of students participated. The groups were assigned eight different activities which saw active participation from both teachers and students.
Under the ‘connecting class rooms’ programme the Singtam school is directly connected to the Sudley Junior School Liverpool UK and the students exchange their thoughts and ideas with their partners through various activities. [from NANDU DUTRAJ]