While the SDGs are driving nations towards sustainable development, school students, who are the future citizens, know little about SDG Activites For School Students . Thus, teaching students about SDGs is fundamental to achieving the goals. 

The Need to Teach SDGs to Students

An estimated 26.5 crore school students study in India. As a collective group, they can enforce change. By teaching them SDGs, they take action and help achieve SDGs by 2030. 

Teaching sustainable development goals for students is vital in the following ways. 

1. Students Will Understand The World’s Reality

SDGs tackle issues like poverty, hunger, inequality, gender issues, health, environment, climate change and more. Learning SDGs will help students understand the reality of the world in which they live. 

They will know the diverse cultures and settings people live in. The problems communities face and the solutions implemented. The diversity of knowledge helps children generate global awareness and understand reality as is. 

2. Broadens Learning 

The knowledge of SDGs will help students improve their academic learning skills. Students can interlink SDG learning with their academic subjects. 

SDG teaching encompasses skills like collaborative learning, critical thinking, problem-solving, mental ability and communication. Students acquire these essential skills and are ready to face challenges. The skills also help them get a good job. 

3. Become Active Participants in Solving World Problems

Teaching sustainable development goals for students will nudge them to become active participants in solving world problems. They appreciate the cultural differences. Take responsibility to change the world and become true global leaders. 

4. Improves the Self

One of the best reasons to teach SDGs is it helps develop a student’s personality. Learning about poverty and hunger makes students grow empathy and compassion towards others. They understand the value of resources and the importance of protecting our environment and the earth. Knowledge of gender equality makes them responsible citizens. 

As involved citizens, students might lead community development initiatives and take action on pressing issues. For example, Licipriya, a 12-year-old girl from Manipur, is a climate activist and had recently protested at the COP28 summit.

How To Teach SDGs?

Introducing SDGs into the existing packed curriculum is challenging. It may aggravate the situation and lead to superficial learning of SDGs. Further, teaching SDGs requires adequate resources and training for teachers. It is even more challenging to implement in resource-constrained environments. 

Adding to the complexity is making SDGs relevant in a particular local context. Moreover, many teachers are ill-equipped to evaluate the learning outcomes regarding SDGs. 

The Way Out

Fairgaze has introduced a unique platform to teach sustainable development goals for students - the Fairgaze SDG Program. The program allows schools, teachers, students, and parents to participate in year-round campaigns on SDGs. 

Each campaign consists of unique activities that let students experientially learn SDGs. Subject matter experts and experts from NGOs will provide information on SDGs and ground-level experiences and share insights. At the end of the program, students will come out enlightened and skilful to tackle real-world problems. 

For more details about the Fairgaze SDG program, contact Fairgaze.