On 2^nd July 2016 a seminar on moral education was conducted in St. Mary’s Convent School Sikkim for the teachers. Sr. Lucy John, Principal welcomed and introduced the resource person, Mrs. Joita Shah of Macmillan publishers. Teachers from six different schools of West Sikkim participated in the seminar.

Sr. Lucy John, the principal of St.Mary’s Convent School in her welcome addressed  stressed that the children are the wealth of the nation and are looked upon as future leaders of the country. So children are our assets. Education is a great challenge for us today. We need to impart values, and form the character of the child from the very early stages of life.

Ms.Joita Shah in her input session focused on the moral values such as

Respect others, Fairness, Caring, honesty, responsibility, integrity etc.

The 6 pillars TRRFCC which forms the personality of a person is:

T-TRUSTWORTHY

R-RESPECT

R-RESPONSIBLE

F-FAIRNESS

C-CARING

C-CITIZENSHIP

Through mono act she brought out the contemporary moral issues. The seminar highlighted the value and moral responsibility of educators to be good role models and to build relationship with students.

 Seminar was comprised of activities, screening of video clips, and discussion on the importance of emotions. Importance of 4c’s CONNECTION– having the sense of belonging, CAPABILITY–having the ability to take care of oneself, COUNTING–having the knowledge that can make a different and COURAGE–beliving,one can handle what comes.Seminar ended with the song “Light the lamp” where teachers raised their voice to sing together and pledge themselves to light the flame in the hearts of every young child.

All the teachers were grateful to the Management for organizing the workshop.

Sr.Sandhya Minj