The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) has launched a ‘Lockdown Learners’ series of online dialogues with students and educators in India on COVID-19 and its impact on Sustainable Development Goals, peace and rule of law.
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The aim of the initiative is to teach the students on concerns of vulnerable groups and emerging issues like cybercrime, misinformation, gender-based violence, discrimination, corruption among others.
The Lockdown Learners series will provide a platform for students to receive mentorship and knowledge support through activity-based learning, and use their talent and skills.
The day also promotes awareness and shares their ideas and solutions to address some of these problems.
Under the initiative, Educational resources have been shared with partner schools in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru.
It also focuses on conducting interactions convened with hundreds of students and educators, Samarth Pathak, UNODC’s Communications Officer for South Asia.
The initiative invited schools to join UNODC’s efforts to create a positive framework for students to be productive and engaged during the period of lockdown, reduce stress through positive messaging, and empower young people.
The products of the initiative include free-to-use educational material, comics, board, and online games, The Zorbs cartoon series, and other modules and videos. It can be used by teachers and students at home to develop an understanding of peace and the rule of law.
