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What is ASP Net
The Associated School Project (ASP) net work was launched by UNESCO in 1953. ASP is a network of schools throughout the world committed to the ideas of UNESCO such as human rights, peace, intercultural dialogue, nature conservation and cultural preservation. This is a world wide network of schools of children, young people and teachers whose activity strive to promote the above mentioned valuable theme. There are more than 7,000 associated schools spread over 172 countries. The number is steadily increased. Today, Associated schools conduct pilot projects in favor of better preparing children and young people to meet effectively the challenges of an increasingly complex and interdependent world. The ASPnet strategy and plan of Action places emphasis on reinforcing the four pillars of Learning for the 21st Century (Learning to know, to do, to be and to live together) and promoting quality education.
In Sri Lanka there are 85 schools under the ASP network. The schools belonging to this network through the clubs in the school endeavour to educate young people in a spirit of tolerance and international understanding enlisting the active participation of the pupils themselves. In this ASP network teachers and students have enough time to work together and this net work endeavour to bridge the gap between what is taught in the classroom and what is happening in the world to day.
What are the goals of ASP net
What does ASP net offer to students, teachers and schools
- New opportunities to improve the relevance of education content, develop participatory teaching methods and innovative educational resource material.
- Professional development and high motivation for teachers.
- Sharing ad exchange ideas and experiences worldwide and opportunities for school twining and interschool solidarity.
- Acquisition of problem solving skills as well as a sense of responsibility and empowerment.
What are some of the teaching materials developed by ASP net.
This creative resource material for elementary school teachers includes a teachers handbook, suggestions for classroom activities, worksheets, activity cards, wall sheets, a coloring booklet on the life of Gandhi and a videotapes of cartoons on peace and non violence made by children in all regions of the world. 
This package is now available in our library and you can obtain more details from the following web sites.
World Heritage in Young Hands
UNESCO’s Young People’s World Heritage Education Project was launched in 1994 to raise awareness among students and teachers around the globe about World Heritage Conservation. The project is coordinated by the UNESCO world heritage center and the ASP net and funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development cooperation.
Through the integration of World Heritage education in to secondary school curricula, the project aims to involve young people in world heritage conservation and to create a new synergy amongst teachers, curriculum developers, heritage experts and other relevant people from local to global levels.
Trans disciplinary in nature, this resource kit for secondary school teachers covers many aspects of educating young people in world heritage convention from the legal (The World Heritage Convention), to historical, cultural environmental and social perspectives. Following its successful experimentation by schools in over 100 countries, the kit is being translated and adopted in to some 20 different language versions.
Sri Lanka National Commission for UNESCO hope to translate this Kit in to sinhala and tamil languages. More details are available on.
National Coordination
Since, the ASP net is conducted in close cooperation with the National commission for UNESCO, it is usually coordinated under the auspices of the commission; to obtain good result it is of vital importance to have national coordinator. In this context Mr. R.A.D Ranasinghe, Director (Science and Mathematics), Ministry of Education has been appointed as the National Coordinator ASP net in Sri Lanka.
Recent Activities done by ASPnet
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Sri Lanka National Commission for UNESCO was organized three child camps one in World Heritage City of Kandy, Galle and Polonnaruwa with the participation of the all island school children.
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Participated a team of school children from Rahula college Matara for the World Children parliament in India
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Won a prize for Youth Envisioning contest- a student from Horana Thakshila Vidyalaya |
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