Social exclusion. What is it? What does the term mean? Discussions in the classes on Human Rights at the South City International School often revolved around this. When the school played host to the Anne Frank- A History for Today exhibition, students took part in an activity that drove home the fact that social exclusion…
‘Ma’am, exactly what is a peer guide meant to do? Do we just take the guests around the exhibition?’—a slightly hesitant question from a student before we set up the exhibition. The international travelling exhibition ‘ Anne Frank—A History for Today’ was set up at the South City International School, Kolkata, having been to Bangalore,…
‘Why can’t people think? Do they not have a mind of their own?’ These were questions raised by the group of students who are a part of the human rights course at South City International School in response to discussion on mindsets and bias. On the face of it, simple and straightforward questions. We started…
Azim Premji Foundation in collaboration with the Directorate of School Education, Puducherry and The Seagull Foundation for the Arts, Kolkata hosted the exhibition in three venues over a period of eighteen days from 24 January to 11 February, 2016. The exhibition was held in three places: Vivekanand Government Higher Secondary School, Villianur, Government Technical School, Lawspet and…
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights—the first line of the first Article in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. Human rights—the term, is one that is very frequently used. Yet, when the simple questions ‘what are human rights’ is put forward to people, most will come up with…
