The Out of Syllabus Project aims to document, design and celebrate the wisdom of our teachers, through their stories and life lessons, to build a meaningful connection, personal learning and to enhance immersive conversations with their students. By collecting the life lessons of the teachers we create a unique database of learnings that can act as a repository on human-interest stories and an advice bank for budding change-makers.

The stories are documented through personal interviews by a curated set of students (called the ‘Wisdom Club’) on both paper and film with a larger goal of benefiting the school. Post the collection of data, the stories along with the photo of the teacher are exhibited in the school space as a wisdom gallery exhibit. Thus, making the stories available to all the students. The ‘Wisdom Club’ members then take charge to continue the project in their school using their own creative ideas and learnings.

Through the Out of Syllabus Project, our focus is to work towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 (Quality Education). Teaching students at a young age to learn from the stories of others helps them acknowledge that everyone person in the world brings a certain amount of unique experience and value with themselves. These stories increase relatability to problems and motivate students to empathize, promoting a culture of peace and non-violence.

See the project in action: https://youtu.be/O-Sv_YUuIss