Human Rights Commission Visits
Human Rights Commission Visits
As a part of our mandate to bring about awareness and to promote human rights education, the Human Rights Commission has embarked on a series of educational sessions that has taken the staff to the various schools in South Caicos, Grand Turk and Salt Cay. The educational training focused on the Fundamental Rights and Freedoms guaranteed by the TCI Constitution and the Rights of the Child guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The Commission’s objective was to incorporate the foundation of basic human rights knowledge into the school curriculum for the 2014/2015 school year. “We believe that by educating children about their human rights will serve to further enhance their overall learning experience and would teach them respect for themselves and respect for others”.
The HRC commenced each session by displaying a video about the “Story of Human Rights” which explained the history of how human rights came about. It prompted the students to think that if human rights are inherent to all human beings why are so many persons in the world deprived of their basic fundamental rights daily. The presentation was led by the Director, HRC Mrs. Doreen Quelch-Missick and Staff Ms. Donessia Gardiner and Ms. Kabatha Smith.
The educational sessions commenced in South Caicos on February 10th 2015 with the Iris Stubbs Primary School and Marjorie Basden High School consecutively, the students showed an ardent interest and actively took part in the discussions. February 25th and 26th the Commission continued its visits at Mary Robinson Primary School in Salt Cay where the group was the smallest but most pleasant. The children displayed a high level of interest in the topics and asked many thought provoking questions. In Grand Turk, the staff visited the Eliza Simmons Primary School in South Back Salina, the Ona Glinton Primary School in North Back Salina and the H.J. Robinson High School on Mission Folly. The Human Rights Commission would like to express sincere thanks to all the Principals and staff of the participating schools, and most of all thank all the students. The HRC see these visits as vital and will continue with the educational sessions with planned visits to Enid Capron, Oseta Jolly, Ianthe Primary Schools later in the year.
As a part of our mandate to bring about awareness and to promote human rights education, the Human Rights Commission has embarked on a series of educational sessions that has taken the staff to the various schools in South Caicos, Grand Turk and Salt Cay. The educational training focused on the Fundamental Rights and Freedoms guaranteed by the TCI Constitution and the Rights of the Child guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The Commission’s objective was to incorporate the foundation of basic human rights knowledge into the school curriculum for the 2014/2015 school year. “We believe that by educating children about their human rights will serve to further enhance their overall learning experience and would teach them respect for themselves and respect for others”.
The HRC commenced each session by displaying a video about the “Story of Human Rights” which explained the history of how human rights came about. It prompted the students to think that if human rights are inherent to all human beings why are so many persons in the world deprived of their basic fundamental rights daily. The presentation was led by the Director, HRC Mrs. Doreen Quelch-Missick and Staff Ms. Donessia Gardiner and Ms. Kabatha Smith.
The educational sessions commenced in South Caicos on February 10th 2015 with the Iris Stubbs Primary School and Marjorie Basden High School consecutively, the students showed an ardent interest and actively took part in the discussions. February 25th and 26th the Commission continued its visits at Mary Robinson Primary School in Salt Cay where the group was the smallest but most pleasant. The children displayed a high level of interest in the topics and asked many thought provoking questions. In Grand Turk, the staff visited the Eliza Simmons Primary School in South Back Salina, the Ona Glinton Primary School in North Back Salina and the H.J. Robinson High School on Mission Folly. The Human Rights Commission would like to express sincere thanks to all the Principals and staff of the participating schools, and most of all thank all the students. The HRC see these visits as vital and will continue with the educational sessions with planned visits to Enid Capron, Oseta Jolly, Ianthe Primary Schools later in the year.