The World School is now a long-established and proven program that has been operating in the Czech Republic since 2006. Within the organizations that provide it, a number of experts with rich personal experience on topics such as poverty, migration, fair trade or human rights have worked for a long time. long. You and your students can gain hands-on experience from them from where they work during their work, and thus better prepare students to live in a global world with all its advantages and disadvantages.

Three World School program ambassadors will tell you about the other possible benefits of this program in a short video message. They:

1) polar scientist and biologist Marie Šabacká

2) an actress Simona Babčáková

3) aerospace engineer Jan Lukacevic

What happened at the World School?

Prestigious World School Degree At the moment has been accepted by 125 schools throughout the country. Every year, a number of exciting projects take place in and around these schools. Let’s name them all, for example: Day for water, Stop plastic packaging, Fair breakfast… from recent ones, for example Dubský week for responsible consumption, Alšovka fight for human rights, Run for the health of oneself and others, Stop palm oil! We will help your school set up similar projects on global topics that you and your students choose for themselves. In addition, we will meet at seminars for teachers during the school year, and you will also receive a lot of materials from us that you can use immediately in your teaching. Throughout the year, World School teachers and students can meet at joint events (World Schools Summit, World Afternoons, Reflective Meetings, World School Inspiration Awards…) and exchange experiences and teaching tips at them.

If your school meets all of the specified criteria, at the end of the school year, it may receive authorization to use the World School branding for that school in ceremonial announcements.

The World School is a place where:

• global topics form a natural part of teaching and school life;
• with students under the guidance of a team of teachers who are active in dealing with world events and keeping abreast of the latest developments in developing countries;
• students, teachers and the wider community get information about global issues;
• students identify local problems with global implications and seek to solve them;
• holding events at least once a year in collaboration with local partner organizations;
• is a common goal to contribute to the solution of the chosen problem.

What projects is World Schools undertaking in the 2022/23 school year?

Watch a short video about a project taking place this school year in schools trying to earn the World School label:

Sign up for an introductory webinar for those interested in the World School program

If you are interested in the World School program and if you want to know more about it and your possible involvement in it, you can to register is not binding introductory webinarswhich we held at the end of August.

On it you will learn the answers to the following questions:

• What are the main objectives of this project and what methodological approach is it based on?
• How did you get involved as a school/teacher, and what are the conditions for involvement?
• What support will you get in this project?
• How specifically will this collaboration be carried out in the 2023/2024 school year?

The webinar is aimed at teachers and management of kindergartens, primary schools and secondary schools from all over the Czech Republic. Only by attending this webinar will you be able to decide at school whether or not to apply to a World School project.

Event Date: August 30, 2023
Time:14:00 – 15:00
Register for webinars you can Here.

They say about the World School

“This program gives us a solid framework for incorporating world topics into schools, better clarification on these topics, motivation, inspiration, collaboration with guides and children on things that make sense to me. Thanks to World School, we get a greater urge to connect with the neighborhood and forge relationships with local organisations. I am excited about the new contacts and all the events that have taken place. I appreciate the support from the World School.”

/Jana Zavackaguide from Gaudi Primary and Kindergarten/

“Students at our school are grateful that you talk to them, solve world-moving topics with them. I think that will be very enriching for them.”

/Vlaďka Řihoškováteacher at the Vocational High School of Commerce and Services in Olomouc/

“You can see that thanks to the World School project, young people have a clear understanding of global issues. Step by step the children went through the lesson and all said that it took off the patch that was on their eyes. Today, they look at the world’s problems much more intensely.”

/Martina Holikováteacher at Fryčovice Elementary School/

“The world school is a place where students, with the help of teachers, seek the connection of our lives with complex global topics. They learn to solve global problems at the local level, plan their own campaigns, involve parents and society in school events and show what it means to think globally, act locally.”

/Lenka Pánkovacoordinator of the World School from the organization ARPOK/

You can find more information about the World School on the website: www.svetovaskola.cz.

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The World School Program is financially supported by the Czech Development Agency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic as part of the Czech Republic’s Overseas Development Cooperation Programme.