Scindia School hosts Model United Nations
The 3-day event, called The Scindia School Model United Nations (SCIMUN -2014), gave the young participants a taste of diplomacy, international relations, public negotiations, and the working of the UN.
The participating schools included Ryan International School (New Delhi) and Maharani Gayatri Devi School (Jaipur), along with many schools from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
Samik Ghosh, Principal, The Scindia School, said: “We treat students as future leaders of the world. The model UN was organized to give them a global outlook and boost their critical thinking, teamwork and leadership abilities. It provided them a platform to display skills in diplomacy, public negotiations, logic and research. The students researched world policy, brainstormed global problems and came up with unique solutions. We are extremely happy with their performance as they demonstrated a strong will to change the world.”
The Little Angels High School, Gwalior, won the award for the best delegation.
The students formed several committees and focused on various challenges including human rights violations during armed conflicts, rising extremism in the Middle East, international crisis management and operations of intelligence agencies. The session for Conference of Heads of Intelligence Agencies witnessed high drama when a “terrorist” entered the hall and kidnapped two delegates, testing the crisis management skills of students.
Looking back at history, the participants reviewed the 42nd Amendment of the Indian Constitution and debated the excesses of the Emergency. The Principal Mr. Samik Ghosh talked about the importance of the UN, UNICEF and NAM in the current global scenario and how they are working towards a common goal.
Located in the historic Gwalior Fort, The Scindia School is India’s premier boarding school for boys, spread across 110 acres dotted with artifacts, statues and monuments dating as far back as the 9th century AD. It was established by the late HH Maharaja Madhorao Scindia I of Gwalior in 1897 as Sardar’s School. It was renamed The Scindia School in 1933. The school has classes from grade 6th to 12th, with over 600 students.
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