3 Lahore schools win national laurels

LAHORE: Out of the 35 schools, which were chosen as winners by Design for Change Pakistan 2010, three belong to Lahore. These schools include Lahore Grammar School (LGS), Model Town; Laurelbank Public School; and Beaconhouse, Johar Town Girls Branch.

The LGS campaign was called Each One, Teach One. The school launched a literacy camp within its premises. The goal was for each student to teach one member of the school’s custodial staff. In the Quickest impact category, Laurelbank’s students won for holding an art exhibition to raise funds for flood victims. The students of Beaconhouse were awarded for battling noise pollution outside their school. They devised and disseminated a traffic plan and involved school staff to work with drivers to ensure that the new traffic plan was followed.

Five winners from the categories, Boldest ideas, The Jinnah Prize, Most people impacted, Quickest impact, Maximum potential for long lasting change, easiest to replicate and most environmentally friendly were selected by a jury comprising educationists and media personnel.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 21^st, 2010.