A ‘Video-conference’ of the academic year 2017-’18 was held on 25th January’18, on the topic, 'Essentials of Dialogue, Global Education & Challenges of Globalization' was held at IST 11:300 a.m. at Podar World School, Sherkhi, with three partner schools of Pakistan.
The V.C. was a great success as our students have almost got habituated being a part of the international community, interacting and sharing views about the topic quite eloquently and most of the times going far beyond the topic in their urge to put forth their thoughts and beliefs about the topic. The interactive session which lasted for 90 min. (1:30 hr) was indeed a great learning experience as each one interacted differently and quite confidently in their own ways adding their personal experiences, their attitude, beliefs and thought process on Global Education and Globalization. Some of the responses were; Globalization is a process of getting in one way or the other with countries around the world; it is a term for economic growth, prosperity, being more digital and thereby getting connected to different parts of the world; one of the students opined that the interactions with schools across the other countries have brought them so close that having become a doctor in future, she aspires to serve not only her country but the whole world. To the question of the facilitator, Mr Cory, as to; ‘How do you prepare yourself to become a global citizen or do you get opportunity for the same?’Our students were so eager as one after the other they shared their views such as the immense opportunity given by their school in the form of Video conferencing, getting connected to classrooms across through initiatives of British Council, choosing patriotic themes like ‘Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam’ for school’s Annual function etc. During ‘Reflections’ one of our students shared that through the interactions he found a lot of similarities in the thought process and perceptions on the topic between all the schools of Pakistan and India inspite of the political differences that exist between the countries, which is a clear indication that no matter how grave are the differences, they can be resolved provided people have the patience to listen and communicate with one another. Thanks to the Chairman Shri Raghav Podar and to the Principal, Ms Preeta Pillai for taking such initiatives which can have far reaching progressive benefits in the long run. Thus the globalization process can lend support to building a better structure which is not only environment friendly but also economically feasible.
