Dutch King, Queen Visit Govt School in Northeast Delhi, Hold Interaction with Students

New Delhi: Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima took a guided excursion of a government faculty in northeast Delhi on Tuesday where students confirmed them how they have got followed Sustainable Development Goals of their curriculum.

Rakesh Semalty, the principal of the Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya in Nand Nagri, explained to the king and queen the idea on which the college is primarily based.

“We have adopted 12 desires, consisting of health and sanitation, gender equality, climate motion, and first-rate education,” Semalty instructed them. The king and the queen, who arrived within the countrywide capital on Sunday night time, have been welcomed via Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.

“Students have been extremely joyful to meet them and vibrantly introduced happiness curriculum and entrepreneurship attitude curriculum to the royal couple,” he stated.

The college students who gave the couple a guided tour of the college explained that their training is going past traditional textbooks, examinations, and reminiscence-primarily based examinations.

“We are transferring in advance of it. The idea of schooling right here is to make coaching and gaining knowledge of fun, sensible and sustainable,” they informed the king and queen.

They further stated that they’re working closer to making the curriculum “humane, holistic and healthful”.

Khushboo Dikshit, one of the college students who gave a presentation to the dignitaries, said the king and queen requested her how she is incorporating the sustainable development desires in her day to day life.

“We advised them about the happiness curriculum and entrepreneurship lessons. We have discovered that everyone does not need to emerge as a doctor or an engineer or a teacher but can also be a job company,” Dikshit said.

The college students also painted an SDG wall, depicting diverse Sustainable Development Goals accompanied by means of them. Brijesh Sharma, an English instructor, said displays had been given on the topic of the significance of gender equality.

The king and queen were additionally advised approximately the faculty’s ‘Go-Girls-Go’ assignment.

This task, funded through the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in New Delhi, supports ladies in finishing their training, becoming a member of vocational schooling, and strengthening their organization to steer alternate.

It also sensitizes adolescent boys to gender identical norms and prevention of violence in opposition to girls and ladies.

During the visit, the king and the queen had discussions with students for you to understand the program from their angle and how it helped them of their standard improvement.

The royal couple are on a five-day tour to India. It is King Alexander’s first country go to to India, following his ascension to the throne in 2013. The royal couple may also go to Mumbai from Wednesday and attain Kerala on Thursday. They will head home on Friday.