Chowk Bal Sansads - Understanding the Levels of Governance - 17th & 21st Sept, 2017
On the 17th and 21st September 2017, 31 Bal Sansad children from the various zones of St. Andrew's Parish, Chowk came together at Sahayog Samaj Kendra, Chowk for their weekly meeting. Each meeting begins with a short prayer conducted by one of the children. The minutes of the previous meeting was read and accepted by the group.
The Session on "Understanding the various levels of Governance" was led by Sr. Anita along with Ms. Suvidha from the CCO. The Session began with an ice breaking game where each child had to say one's name, the zone and their hobby. Each child shared these details very spontaneously without any fears. The children were then asked to select a name for the group. They decided on the name, "St. Andrew's Children Group"
The topic of the Session on "Levels of Governance" was introduced by first stating the objectives of the session namely, the children would need to come to know their village (area) representative in the Municipal Cooperation. i.e. "Nagar Sevak" and the person's activities. Further the children would also strengthen and develop their relationships in the group.
Understanding the need for children to participate, the animators asked two to three girls to come forward and teach the group an action song. All the children participated very actively in the three action songs.
During the session the Animator put various questions to the group, like - Are you going to school? Who is your Principal? What activity does she do in the school? Why are teachers teaching you? Do you like to do school activities?. Through an interactive dialogue, the children came to understand the role of Principals and Teachers and how similarly we need Nagar Sevaks/Sevikas to take care of village needs. They also understood the process of their election and how they work towards resolving social issues faced by the community in the village. Various needs of construction and maintaining roads, providing water, providing education and health facilities. Understanding this comparison the children were able to understand how at the community level they would need to identify and solve their own problems and keep their community clean.
Additionally, the three levels of Governance at the Central, State and Local levels were explained. The Prime Minister at the Central Level leads the Parliament along with 552 members, the Chief Minister at the State Level is the head of the Vidhan Sabha with 545 members. At the local level, the Nagar Sevak or Sarpanch in the village is the one who is responsible to take care the local needs of providing roads, sanitation, housing, health and also collect taxes.
The children were asked if they would be ready to elect leaders/ministers / Nagar Sevaks in their Bal Sansad to take up issues and identified village needs. They were motivated and were willing to start the process. This would be taken up at their next meeting. Also, it was decided that they would also need to understand the structure and functioning of the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation.
The Session on "Understanding the various levels of Governance" was led by Sr. Anita along with Ms. Suvidha from the CCO. The Session began with an ice breaking game where each child had to say one's name, the zone and their hobby. Each child shared these details very spontaneously without any fears. The children were then asked to select a name for the group. They decided on the name, "St. Andrew's Children Group"
The topic of the Session on "Levels of Governance" was introduced by first stating the objectives of the session namely, the children would need to come to know their village (area) representative in the Municipal Cooperation. i.e. "Nagar Sevak" and the person's activities. Further the children would also strengthen and develop their relationships in the group. 
Understanding the need for children to participate, the animators asked two to three girls to come forward and teach the group an action song. All the children participated very actively in the three action songs. During the session the Animator put various questions to the group, like - Are you going to school? Who is your Principal? What activity does she do in the school? Why are teachers teaching you? Do you like to do school activities?. Through an interactive dialogue, the children came to understand the role of Principals and Teachers and how similarly we need Nagar Sevaks/Sevikas to take care of village needs. They also understood the process of their election and how they work towards resolving social issues faced by the community in the village. Various needs of construction and maintaining roads, providing water, providing education and health facilities. Understanding this comparison the children were able to understand how at the community level they would need to identify and solve their own problems and keep their community clean.
Additionally, the three levels of Governance at the Central, State and Local levels were explained. The Prime Minister at the Central Level leads the Parliament along with 552 members, the Chief Minister at the State Level is the head of the Vidhan Sabha with 545 members. At the local level, the Nagar Sevak or Sarpanch in the village is the one who is responsible to take care the local needs of providing roads, sanitation, housing, health and also collect taxes.
The children were asked if they would be ready to elect leaders/ministers / Nagar Sevaks in their Bal Sansad to take up issues and identified village needs. They were motivated and were willing to start the process. This would be taken up at their next meeting. Also, it was decided that they would also need to understand the structure and functioning of the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation.
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