Break The Chains: International Women’s Day with NXT Gen

         Break The Chains: International Women’s Day with NXT Gen

Celebrating Women's Day is an opportunity to appreciate the remarkable contribution of women to our society. This day is to honor the life, grit and determination of women.

International Women's Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women's Day, is celebrated on March 8 every year. It is also known as the United Nations (UN) Day for Women's Rights and International Peace. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.

An event was conducted to celebrate this remarkable occasion with a group of girls of comparatively less privileged section of the society at one of the most picturesque location of The City Beautiful, Sukhna Lake.

They were involved in different simulative activities so as to provoke maximum self introspection, invoking self confidence and help them connect with each other on the level of critical and logical thinking, communicate their views and break through the barriers of inhibition by performing some real daring activities in the public.

The day was blossomed in the spirit of womanhood and these young women appreciated their persona as an individual identity.

The most acknowledgeable part of this event was that it was facilitated by young women from the elite group, who strongly felt that for real Progress and Upliftment, we need to Empower Women from all facets of the society.

Key to Professionalism - Practice what you Preach : A learning experience from Secretariat Officials of Central Tibetan Public Administration

Key to Professionalism - Practice what you Preach : A learning experience from Secretariat Officials of Central Tibetan Public Administration

Most people try to prevent any gaps in their behavior and beliefs. So if they can’t change their behavior, they sacrifice their beliefs.

Hence, even if you are a school student, an ambitious youngster, an experienced professional, a house maker or a retired citizen. Regardless of your age, role and objectives in life; here is a take away to practice which is indeed going to help you in all walks.

 We here wish to disclose the learnings from a session conducted by our team for Secretariat Officials of Central Tibetan Public Administration. They bring forth remarkable learning for the people from across the borders.

Herein lies the attraction, they 'practice what they preach’. The major value of the 'preaching' being compassionate for all living beings. They have been successful to strengthen their relationships in professional and personal lives.

The key life skills they practice and preach are -

* renunciation

* patience, tolerance, forbearance, acceptance, endurance

* truthfulness, honesty

* determination, resolution

* loving-kindness

* equanimity, serenity

* meditation

* generosity, giving of oneself

* virtue, morality, discipline, proper conduct

* one-pointed concentration, wisdom, insight 

 Through these skills, they have been able to accomplish how to -
* Deal with conflicts, authorities, stress, emotions, cultural and religious disharmony
* Develop cross-cultural relations and friendships across societies and countries
* Resist pressure, clarification of values and customs and negotiations
* Cope with disappointment
* Social adapt and respect
* Attain self-esteem, tolerance, trust, sharing and compassion
* Plan ahead, to be assertive and empathetic

In all, it was a great take away for us as well.

Need of Soft Skills for Teachers

                           
                                                    Need of Soft Skills for Teachers

Some specific areas of soft skills and why they are important for teachers besides being able to teach the students well as discussed below-

Communication Skills: It is important that the teachers become assertive and are able to exchange feedback with all the different guardians and parents of the students. It is also important that the teachers consult with previous teachers of the students to find out the learning’ needs of individual students and how to help them make progress.

  Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills: Teachers must be able to deal with unwanted problems that are not related to classrooms but can affect the learning outcome of the students. The ability to identify and analyze problems in difficult situation and to make justifiable is a skill which can come handy.

       Cultural Intelligence: When it comes to teaching at schools using the curricula of different cultures and societies it is important that they can help the learners understand the subject matter in their local context. Moreover, the student groups may represent pupils from different socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, who can understand the lessons better if they are taught by educators having cultural intelligence.

Team Work: There are lots of competitions in many countries' education system in
terms of the exams of the students where the students go through tough competitions. It is important that the teachers teach the students to build teams and solve problems collaboratively. If they are good team-players then they can induce the same type of skills and attitude among the learners. Furthermore, if the teachers and the parents/guardians can practice a good team-work then the child's creative potential and the academic performance will foster.

 Social Media and Networking: Long gone are the times when we used to wonder
which version of Microsoft Excel would be better to analyze the results of the learners. It is now the time to find out how computers and smart phones (and hence social media) can help us to connect with other educators and compare our teaching practices to help us perform better in the classroom.

How do these skills help teachers?

          * Helps them make their classes more interesting

          * To serve as an example for the students

          * To interact with students at their own level

          * Enables them to be good leaders

          * Makes them much more approachable

          * Allows them to be sensitive to the needs of the children