All of us had noticed this behavior were prevalent in almost all the classes. To understand this, we had some casual discussions with children from classes 1 to 5. Many of the primary school boys said girls cannot play like them and thus cannot be their friends! Some girls mentioned they are hesitant to play because of their uniform. A boy mentioned his mom advised not to sit beside girls wearing skirt, which was strange and shocking equally.<\/p>\n
In discussion with students from Classes 6th<\/sup> to 12th<\/sup>, girls mentioned that boys are always naughty and teasing which they don\u2019t like. Boys said teachers always support girls and they don\u2019t like it. One of the common concern was teachers restrict boys and girls to be friends with each other.<\/p>\n Our group discussed with other teachers as well. It made them realize gender discrimination prevails everywhere like in text books, classrooms, etc. The teachers follow practices like grouping students for activities based on gender, restrictions to mingle with each other, supporting or opposing based on gender unknowing these leads to gender discrimination in the school. This could be one of key reasons, which reflects in their behavior and relationship between them.<\/p>\n We wanted to spread awareness about this to all the teachers. We presented this report to the management and discussed some solutions to rectify the problem. Our first step was to conduct an eye-opener session for teachers and thus approached an organization called \u2018Aware\u2019. They conducted a two day session which gave teachers a better clarity on sex and gender. Gender sensitivity, in terms of a school context was discussed. After the session, it was our first success when we watched students sitting together in classrooms. Now our focus is on designing a comfortable uniform for girls!<\/p>\n One more important decision on which we influenced management was \u2018Let us not celebrate Women\u2019s day\u2019, this year and always. That\u2019s a small gesture towards gender equality!<\/p>\n Article written by:<\/p>\n Gowri, Babyruth, Anupama, Yamuna (Teachers, Partner School of Vidhya Vidhai)\u00a0 Shrikarpagam D (Vidhya Vidhai)<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was a brisk and sunny morning of a Friday. I was in the playground of my school. 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