Share some wonderful news. :>
The straits time recently published an article “Animal welfare included in syllabus on building character”:
Both primary and secondary students will learn the importance of animal welfare in the new upcoming Character and Citizenship Education (CCE) syllabus to be introduced next year.
Through this, they will gain an understanding of “how they can contribute towards developing a caring society”, using their daily experiences as a guide, an Education Ministry (MOE) spokesman said.
MOE was responding to queries from The Straits Times, after Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam – who has championed animal rights in recent years – revealed in an interview with a magazine this month that the CCE syllabus would teach students about animal care and handling.
He had said: “I’m a strong believer that children are automatically interested and loving towards pets, so we should encourage them and educate them so that the future generation will be even more loving or at least tolerant of animals.”
Excerpt from: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/animal-welfare-included-syllabus-building-character-20130422
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I’m glad that Animal welfare would be included in school syllabus. :>
As Mahatma Gandhi once said “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated.”
Teaching and encouraging the children/youths to treat animals kindly would inculcate values such as compassion, kindness in the child/youth and would go a long way towards building a more civil/caring society. :>
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For your information, some Animal welfare organizations in Singapore do conduct Assembly talks / classroom talks/ programs for schools. In this mail, I’ll introduce some programs offered by SPCA & ACRES.
- SPCA (Society for Prevention of Cruelty for Animals)
SPCA does conduct talks for primary/secondary schools/ JC/ tertiary institutes and CCA group gatherings. I had attended one of their Assembly talks for primary school previously. The presenter presented on how to take care of pets/ responsible pet ownership and teach the students not to mistreat animals. They also bring along a live cat to interact with the students. :>
If your school is interested to engage their services, pls check out their program @
http://www.spca.org.sg/services_education.asp
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- ACRES (Animals Concern Research & Education Society)
ACRES is another animal welfare organization which conduct talks for primary / secondary schools/ tertiary institutes. I had attended one of their primary school Assembly talks before. The presenter presented an overview of animal welfare, wildlife trade/ wildlife rescue, the works of ACRES and teach student how they can make a positive difference for the animals.
Details of their talks can be found in their website:
http://www.acres.org.sg/humaneeducation/schoolandcorporatetalks.html
[ there is a minimal fee of $50 for their assembly talk.]
For primary schools, ACRES also offered a customized HEAL (Human Education for All Life) program:
HEAL comes with 4 modules:
3 interactive modules (including Assembly talks, exhibitions in schools etc) &
1 trip to ACRES wildlife rescue center
Details of the HEAL program can be found @
http://www.acres.org.sg/humaneeducation/heal.html
If your school is interested to engage their services, pls request your teacher-in-charge to contact them directly. :>
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I’m glad that animal welfare is now “in” in schools. :>
Let’s hope that humans would live more in harmony with the animals in the future. :>
Low ck