Read more about our Member School, Pragnya Bodhini High School, Mumbai

Pragnya Bodhini High School

12, Rd Number 2, Jay Prakash Nagar, Goregaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400063 Phone No.: 022 - 26864996

From Being We & Them To Being Us

Yes, we have been lucky to have opportunies to be a part of some reciprocal visits, but for being truly accepng of the differences it has to be an ongoing integraon in their day to day learnings, and this is where our specially designed acvies pertaining to global issues sprinkles the garnish. “Every person sees the world from his own perspecve, unless there is someone who takes the onus to widen that key hole. We, teachers at Pragnya Bodhini High School, assume the responsibility is on Us, of turning those 4 walls of the classroom into a canvas on which theywill paint the picture of the world as theyview it. And we have to make sure, that the picture is a beauful one.

One idea that we as a school believe in, is thinking Globally & acng locally, and one thing that has been affecng the enre human race since the past fewyears is the rapidly deteriorang environment. As our kids indulged into collaborave work with NGOs such as The Future Earth, Srusgyan, The Climate Acon and Young People Mumbai Stockholm, Sweden, we chose to work with Sweden for the cultural exchange because it’s the only country that has worked tremendously on zero waste and trying to work on no polluon.

As a part of the Environmental & Climate Change, our students exhibited immense enthusiasm in developing Eco friendlyworking models for disaster management, taking plumbing training, celebrang Bio diversityweek & Earth Hour, using various devices & instruments to build a weather staon in school, learning to make devices that run on solar energy thus conserving energy & many more..

These acvies were shared with our partner schools through Skype sessions & concalls. However, the presence of two students from Sweden, helped them get a magnified vision of the ideologies that the children are reared with. While conversing with their Swedish counterparts they admired the sense of belongingness they had towards their country and it definitely rubbed off. They realized that taking the responsibility of keeping our country garbage free is every cizens responsibility.

thoughtless acons of humans living at one end of the world can have consequences which have to be borne by people who are not even remotely known to them.

Branching out from this thought it was easier for them to understand that if the bad can have consequences, even a lile good can spread ripples of happiness. Making sure that goodness prevails, Pragnya Bodhini High School have been working on building peace outside & within the children. Right from lile things like having a Mulfaith prayer, learning to resolve conflict amicably, to wring peace slogans & preparing posters, there is a lot of emphasis on developing a feeling of Gratude amongst children.

As a school we strive to nurture our children into true Global Cizens, who we envision as individuals who take pride in their own culture, history & origin but at the same me are ready to learn about, understand & appreciate cultures that are alien to them.

However, amidst all the differences they see whilst they compare their own culture to others, we always encourage them to find ways in which they are similar as human beings, how making someone happy is not a culture thing, how lending a helping hand has nothing to do with what faith you follow, how comforng someone in distress has nothing to do with which country to you belong.

And most importantly through these opportunies of learning other cultures, our children understand the delicate relaonship of humans with their religion, culture, tradions & spirituality and how each phenomena plays a different role in making us whole and yet how these aspects are not something that can solely define us.