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Indo-Pak Peace Exchange through Education

September 6th, 2010: Six SSC and HSSC students had a four-days exchange visit to India from 31st

August to 4th September 2010. The group was headed by the school principal Ms. Faiza Shahrukh, project coordinator Ms. Saima Shaukat and IT Teacher Mr. Zulfiqar Ali. The contingent, hosted by the Millennium School Noida, India, participated in different workshops, discussion forums on Indo-Pakistan Peace through Education and visited different places in India.

Sanjan Nagar Public Education Trust Higher Secondary School (SNPETHSS) affectionately welcomed the joint project idea by Shankar Musafir, Manager, Education Empowerment - Millennium Education for Sustainable Development Program (MESDP). This is the second successful exchange program between India and Pakistan by Sanjan Nagar Trust, previously with "Bluebells International School, New Delhi. The proposed name for the project "Indo-Pak Independence Day Project" was purposely changed into "Indo-Pak Peace Project through Education" by the Managing Trustee of Sanjan Nagar Trust, Baela Raza Jamil with the optimism of a sustainable project for the promotion of learning, sharing and peace. The first exchange was due from 11th to 18th of Aug 2010 from both sides but it could not happen because of the severity in visa issuance .Finally, being the vital part of the project the first exchange Visit from Pakistan happened from 31st Aug to 4th Sep.

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Sanjan Nagar School principal, Mrs. Faiza Shahrukh, 6 students from class 8 to 11 and 2 teachers crossed Wagah Border (Attari in India) on foot and were warmly received by the Principal The Millennium School (TMS) Amritsar, SHYAMAL DEY and his team on the other side of the border. The group spent next 3 days in TMS NOIDA. The welcome ceremony in Amritsar and Noida with the titles, "ZARA YAD KARO QURBANI" and "UMEED" respectively, represented marvelously cultural events incorporating hope for Indo- Pakistan friendship with music, dance, drama and a lively interaction. The visit went productive with the workshops by "World Comics India", "PRAVA", Prof. Anil Sethi (Head History Department, NCERT), Prof. Krishna Kumar (Former Director, NCERT) and ESD workshop with Shankar Musafir.

Baela Raza Jamil, the management trustee of the Lahore-based school, said in an interview to a newspaper, "We are trying hard to establish a Joint Knowledge Production Forum between the two nations so that students get to interact and work with each other. That would also reduce the long standing differences among the future generations."