Learning in Ladakh from K K on Vimeo.
Ladakh is ‘little Tibet’ culturally speaking and geographically it provides a habitat for the shy and reclusive Snow Leopard which is on the verge of extinction and which is why the Snow Leopard Conservancy exists, to stem their demise. Headed ably by Rinchen Wangchuk in India. SLC, India has been in the news recently for making it to the finals of the GeoTourism Challenge conducted by the National Geographic Center for Sustainable Destinations and Ashoka’s Changemakers. [...]
It is not that the kids here are removed from outside influences like TV or other social distractions like the cell phones, the ‘good’ behaviour one could put it down to Culture and Religion of the land – Tibetan/ Buddhist –and be done with it, but the Munir Ahmed says that this is how this area has always been. They have always appreciated good education. Hence many in Hemis Shukpachan are well educated. Some have set up Homestays to provide accommodation to the weary trekker and thus generate some extra income. […]
People work hard, go down to the plains to study true (as in ‘far away’ Chandigarh or Shimla) but they return home once they are bored out of their brains with the heat, with a degree or two in tow. [...]
Source: Stories from the Ground – Environmental Education in Ladakh « The India Research Group
Address : http://tirgroup.org/ops/environmental-education-in-ladakh
Date Visited: Fri Dec 16 2011 18:18:41 GMT+0100 (CET)
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