Taking the Global Goals to Indian classrooms.
In June 2020, Brainwiz and GD Goenka Public School, Bahadurgarh ran a live capacity-building session for principals, heads and teachers of GD Goenka schools across India — on how to teach the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Session led by Tarush Jain, Founder, Brainwiz
- 1No Poverty
- 2Zero Hunger
- 3Good Health
- 4Quality Education
- 5Gender Equality
- 6Clean Water
- 7Clean Energy
- 8Decent Work
- 9Industry & Innovation
- 10Reduced Inequalities
- 11Sustainable Cities
- 12Responsible Consumption
- 13Climate Action
- 14Life Below Water
- 15Life on Land
- 16Peace & Justice
- 17Partnerships
- Agenda 2030
- 57
- educators
- 10
- GD Goenka schools
- 6
- states
- 17
- goals, made teachable
Teachers wanted to teach the SDGs. They didn't have the tools.
Before the session, we asked every participant how the SDGs showed up in their classrooms. The answers set the agenda.
30%
had ever discussed the SDGs with their students
35%
felt the curriculum left room to teach them
73%
had never used an online resource on the SDGs
1 in 7
said everything online was about the Western world — not India
From the pre-session survey of participants.
One live session. Built for the people who shape classrooms.
Tarush Jain, Founder of Brainwiz, designed the train-the-trainers programme and led the session himself — with live polls, videos and open discussion, so principals and teachers worked through the ideas instead of just hearing them.
Every participant left with a handbook on the SDGs made for GD Goenka schools, and a method to turn any goal into a lesson their students could relate to.
- When
- June 2020
- Format
- Live online, 2.5 hours
- Who
- Principals, vice principals, heads of department, coordinators, counsellors and teachers
- Where from
- Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh
Three parts, from big idea to lesson plan
Development, sustainability and who acts
- What development means — and what it costs
- The three pillars: environmental, economic, social
- Local, national and multilateral actors, from citizens to the UN
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals
- From the Brundtland Report to the MDGs to Agenda 2030
- Why the SDGs are universal, integrated and inclusive
- Each goal through Indian data and examples
The SDGs for students
- Why the future generation is the biggest stakeholder
- SDG 4.7: education for sustainable development
- Tools, activities and a lesson-plan method teachers can use tomorrow
A toolkit for any classroom
Remember all 17 with the 5 Ps
- PPeople
- PProsperity
- PPlanet
- PPeace
- PPartnerships
Make every lesson
- ComprehensiblePlain language, no jargon about goals, targets and indicators.
- AccessibleResources students can actually reach and use.
- RelatableIndian examples from students' own lives.
Build a lesson in six steps
- 01Define outcomes
- 02Research
- 03Contextualise
- 04Pick tools
- 05Design activities
- 06Set actionables
Ways to teach it
- Classroom instruction
- Reading material
- Project-based learning
- Group activities
- Debates & MUNs
- SDGs in school life
What came out of it
57
educators trained
Principals, heads and teachers — the people who decide what happens in a classroom.
10
GD Goenka schools
One session reaching a network of schools, not just one staffroom.
6
states
From Kapurthala to Varanasi, Udaipur to Kashipur.
1
handbook for the network
An SDG guide made for GD Goenka schools, shared with every participant.
6
step lesson-plan method
So any teacher can turn any goal into a class their students relate to.
4.7
SDG target, in action
Educating teachers on sustainable development is itself progress on SDG 4.7.
Because students grow when they act on real problems
- 01LeadershipTaking ownership of a goal builds interpersonal and leadership skills.
- 02ResearchFinding and weighing evidence about real issues.
- 03EmpathySocial-emotional learning through other people's realities.
- 04Current affairsUnderstanding the world beyond the textbook.
- 05Active citizenshipSeeing themselves as people who can change things.
- 06Real fulfilmentThe pride of a tangible contribution.
We've spent years helping schools prepare children for the world they'll inherit.
From training teachers on the SDGs with GD Goenka schools to Futures of Education consultations with UNESCO New Delhi, Brainwiz and Tarush Jain have long championed 21st-century skills, social-emotional learning and education for sustainable development.
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