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Kathmandu,Saturday February 19, 2000 Fagun 07, 2056.
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Books on social justice for students
By
a Post Reporter
KATHMANDU,
Feb 18 - Three books entitled "Social Justice Education" were launched in a
two-day seminar "Teachers’ Workshop on Social Justice Education" that ended
here today.
The
books provide an awareness to the problems affecting youth and the children today in the
Nepali society. Although not in the school curriculum, the books are meant for providing
social justice education to the students of grades 7, 8 and 9.
The
two-day seminar also focused on social problems such as child labour, women trafficking,
male prostitution and alcoholism. Ways to providing help to HIV victims, making of an
ideal family and paying proper wages were also discussed.
Head
of Social Work Department of St Xavier’s College Fr Charles Law, Senior Policy
Research Officer of Action Aid Nepal Manavi Bista, Deputy Inspector of General of Police
Govinda Thapa spoke on the seminar that was attended by teachers from 15 different schools
inside the Valley.
As a
project work, the books were prepared by three students of Bachelors in Social Work (BSW)
Sabera Gurung, Kushum Sharma, Barsha Pradhan under the direction of Fr Charles Law and
sponsorship from the International Labour Organization (ILO). Writers who contributed were
Chandra Bosh and Fr Law.
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