Environmental issues, fostering with global concerns stressed

Satff Reporter, Rangpur :

Some Project based learning activity addressing the environmental issues gets momentum in a Rangpur School.
Students of Robertsongonj High School & College, Rangpur have joined a venture of the US Department of State styled” Know Nature: Local to Global” that aims to establish a framework for learning projects in three high schools located in Indiana, Pennsylvania, West Bengal, India and Rangpur, Bangladesh. The goal of the programme is to engage the young learners to address local environmental issues while fostering an understanding of global environmental concerns.
A US State Alumna , Lizoon Nahar said, the task is to assist secondary school teachers by providing the necessary resources to identify local environmental problems and develop projects for their students from their perspectives. The collaboration between the schools for implementing extracurricular learning activities will help the students, teachers and community people to develop soft skills and knowledge on ecological issues with global implications by enhancing their environmental literacy.
Around 200 students and 15 teachers from the three countries have been taking part in the activity.
A lead teacher of Robertsongonj High School and College, Rangpur, Rawsan Jahan said, joining the program is a great experience for all of us. It is very effective and goal oriented. It is learning beyond syllabus and borders aligned to the curriculum. We have developed three project activities that included- ”Green Industry, Rooftop gardening and its impact and Aquatic life and fish species in Bangladesh Rivers have been gradually extinct” and shared with international counterparts. The activities help the young learners to know the reasons of climate crisis, loss of biodiversity and food security programs. They became aware of the global educational trends, thinking and learning exchange projects. It also helps them to develop knowledge, skills, attitude and values to live and work in a global economy and contribute responsibly to the society both locally and internationally. In fact, the young learners understand the sustainable development goals developing substantial extracurricular activity.
Jarin Tasnim Arnika , a seven grader of the school said, we are very pleased and happy to join the program as it has brought significant changes in the institute, widening our outlook and thought. We have to build a liveable planet for all.