The Fifth Estate Vol. VIII

the fifth estate

INNOVATION

Bal Raksha Bharat (Save the Children)

HCLTech Grant Project:

Promoting Quality Education through a Culture of Peace and Safe

Learning Environments for the Most Marginalized Children of Jammu and Kashmir

HCL

Grant

Recipient

Education,

2020

In the conﬂict-ridden geography of Jammu & Kashmir, children do not have peaceful and

safe spaces to learn. With ‘Peace Education’ and ‘School Safety’ as key solutions to continued

instability in J&K, this innovative Project uses a peace-education curriculum with ‘teachers

as peace champions’ (NCF’s 2015 mandate). Having secured J&K Education Directorate’s

‘Expression of Support’, the Project undertakes to involve stakeholders in peace-building

initiatives, safety audits, risk mapping, and child safeguarding - in classrooms, schools, and

neighborhoods. e larger ambition is to mainstream peace education and school safety into the

state’s education system.

• Transforming 60 villages and 60 schools into ‘safe, peaceful havens’

• Peace Curriculum (with Jamia University) designed and piloted across

15 schools in J&K

• Scaling up this initiative to 60 government schools in Budgam and

Leh Districts, J&K

• Building capacities of 5000 children, teachers, communities (SMCs/

VECs), and state administrators (DIET/SCERT/DDMA)