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Global Schools and SDGs Mandates

Q.

 

Have you ever conducted any lessons or projects on the SDGs or ESD within your school community? 

a.    Classroom lessons or activities

b.    Long-term projects in the classroom

c.     School-wide campaigns

As a classroom teacher, I have been educating students of various grades on some applicable SDGs goals through daily teaching or lessons. SDG goals like "no poverty, good health and well-being, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, life on land, life below land and climate action" all begin with individual action is what I always embed into teaching-learning activities. 

 

To overcome the "clean water and sanitation" challenge, I have taken various initiatives within my organization and beyond. Through the "Rotary Club of Thimphu" I have installed SkyHydrant water filter, which has the capacity to filter around 12,000 liters of "safe and clean" drinking water for school kids. As a BTO (Bhutan Toilet Organization) ambassador, I've also worked closely to uplift the sanitation (clean toilet challenge) within and outside the school campus and in recent few years the sanitation around school campus has improved a lot. Working everyday with young individuals of below 20-year gave me a lot of space to work beyond my actual role as a teacher to improve 6th SDG goal to the grassroots level.

 

 

Q.

Describe your interest in Global Schools and why you want to be an Advocate. (Please answer with bullet points and not in paragraph form. 250 words max.)   

 

a)    Self interest to eliminate some pertinent SDGs goals

b)    Know the mission, vision and objectives of SDGs and beyond

c)     Interest to share the common problem, if possible want to get some funding from different organizations like international or local organization

d)    Get ideas and doable ways to over these challenges in an effective ways

e)    I want other people to know and understand that all these challenges are man-made that can be solved easily. 

f)     Impart and instill the collective and moral responsibilities to every individual human being

g)    To let the world know that every one of us has the power to change our lifestyle. 

h)    To make this world a better place not only for present times, but also for the future generations

i)     To come up with some local ideas to this global problem

j)      Make a strong and a vibrant network among different leaders to address these challenges

k)    To instill a civic sense to the grassroots level on some important SDGs

l)     To build a strong and reliable network among educators of various regions and country

Q.

If you were tasked with creating a movement in your school around local and global issues, what steps would you take to inspire students and other teachers? (Please answer with bullet points and not in paragraph form. 250 words max.)

 

a)    I'd take some SDGs with daily lessons to teach and impart the knowledge to students of various grades and its impact for local, national and global level

b)    I'd take social media platform to create awareness on the pertinent issues around the locality and even to national level

c)     For the organization I'm working for past many years, I'd raise a voice on behalf of students about the problems and way forward to address the issue

d)    I'd include management or leaders of the organization to take a role, inspire to support the movement that would ultimately benefit everyone

e)    I'd raise a voice for the voiceless as per the constitution right

f)     I'd take a move for some important SDGs to be address based on need and situation

g)    I'd work with different organization on the need and support they required to address some SDGs

h)    I'd instill good values to individual human being for the agent of change

i)     With right resources and trainings, I'd continuously impart good sense of humanity to care everyone –even life in water

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