From August 4 to 10, two SSA representatives Ms Josephine Poon, Chairman of SSA Education Committee and Mrs Angelina Tay, Principal of Soka Kindergarten, were invited for an educational exchange with St Lawrence High School in India. Both of them conducted workshops for the teachers from the Kindergarten and Primary levels, carried out class observations and exchanges with the local educators.
Ms Poon also spoke at a symposium entitled, “Role of Education in Building a Peaceful Society” organized by the school. Other speakers of the panel included Vice Chancellor of Yashwantrao Chawan Mahrashtra Open University, Director Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management Dr Gangadhar Joshi, and Head of Education Division of Bharat Soka Gakkai Dr Ashok Aurora.Some 50 people were present at the talk.