CONSCIENTIZATION PROGRAMME 🇮🇳 @ G.G.H.S.S Cotton Hill

Conscientization programs, often associated with Brazilian educator Paulo Friere, are educational initiatives designed to raise awareness and critical thinking about social, political and economic issues . The goal is to empower individuals to analyze their ciscumstances, understand power dynamics, and actively participate in transforming their society for the better. 

As part of the B.Ed curriculum, all students are expected to be part of a conscientization programme in their respective schools. We, the student trainees who did the first phase internship in Cotton Hill Girls Higher Secondary School, conducted a conscientization programme on the topic 'CONSTITUTIONAL LITERACY' on the 4th and 5th of December, 2023.

DETAILS OF THE PROGRAMME 

Topic : Constitutional Literacy 

Date : 4, 5 December 2023

Venue : 8G and 9H classrooms 

The first step was the preparation of a brochure for the programme. Keerthara Anil (Mathematics) created the brochure well. The topics to be included in the programme were discussed together and duties were alloted. Bushra Ansary (English) prepared the the PowerPoint slides for the presentation.

All the fourteen students could not manage to find free hours together for the presentation. Since classes were to be engaged promptly, we decided to conduct the programme in two groups and in two different classes - 8 G and 9 H.This was arranged in such a way that all the student teachers could be a part of the programme without having to sacrifice their class hours.

The programme, we believe, was helpful to all the students. To be aware of the Constitution and the rights and duties engraved in it are of great relevance in the current times when crimes and violations are recurrent. This programme and the topics included in it benefitted us too. The need for proper planning and lucid execution made us read more about this topic, during which we came across various information that we, otherwise, would not have been aware of. It was an interactive session with the students. We were able to plan and execute the programme well.