Project Introduction

Independence Day is celebrated in Pakistan on 14^th August and in India on 15^th August…though we are talking about the same independence from British rule.

Indo-Pak Peace Project through Education is a project to

·          first understand the meaning and value of independence and

·         second, to relate with independence day celebrations in the neighbouring country i.e India or Pakistan.

·         Thirdly, it is also a project to ‘learn from conflict’. As India and Pakistan have a lot of conflict areas…lets try to learn from these conflict issues based on Prof. Krishna Kumar’s critically acclaimed book ‘Learning from conflict’.

Some core principles of collaboration are as follows:      

• Commitment to the value of learning collaboratively encapsulated in the notion of  ‘education without borders’ 
• Sharing and creating knowledge for greater harmony, healing ,peace building and cooperation
•  The engagement will be a medium to long term one which will go beyond the immediate Independence Day. activities in 2010. The program will be sustained through an expanded learning opportunity across borders. 
•  Exploring an evolving relationship to improve the quality and processes of learning across education systems
• Ensuring that there is no discrimination on the basis of class, gender, ethnicity or religion