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Main question: What are the advantages of a
learning environment that is diverse in
culture?
Final conclusion about the main question:
1. It helps students to grow intellectually and artistically.
2. It promotes objectivity in students.
3. It naturally instils tolerance and promotes peace and progress.
4. It contributes towards the making of better human beings by bridging
the gap between people, cultures, nations and religions.

3. Recommendation
We, at Vibgyor High, believe in a world beyond borders. The
curriculum matrix in our school includes activities that promote
multicultural education. If students at a young age get multicultural
education, they are exposed to rich learning and cultivate opinions
about various cultures in an appropriate way. This paves the way
for bringing in a positive change, globally. It helps in building
mutual understanding and accepting ideas from diverse sources,
and also improves positive socialisation behaviour among children.
Thus Vibgyor High realises the importance of teaching
multiculturalism and diversity.

4. Comparison
We have compared our results with a school called
Nehalennia SSG in Netherlands and Christ Church, in
India and have arrived at the conclusion that multicultural
schooling is beneficial as we learn immensely in the
process.

5. Our Research Distillate
Our research results underline that “Education is the most powerful weapon
that you can use to change the world”. At Vibgyor High, Goregaon (W), the
religious and linguistic diversity of the city is visible both in the students and in
the faculty members. The school offers both national and international board
education. There are no specific religious instructions in the curriculum. Even
the prayer recited in the morning is beyond religion. We lay emphasis on the
overall intellectual, aesthetic, physical and cultural growth of the child. This is
possible due to the multicultural curriculum which is a carefully thought out
strategy to make our children's early years more yielding and fulfilling.

6. Similarities between Vibgyor High and Nehalennia
SSG
 The population of the town / area is very diverse
 Both practise multicultural education in their schools and find it
extremely beneficial.
 The Netherlands counterpart is also receptive towards multiple
religions and cultures, just like us.

7. Differences between Vibgyor High and Nehalennia
SSG
At VIBGYOR High, Mumbai, the school brings in a rich cultural diversity in
its students and teachers, owing to the cosmopolitan nature of the city,
unlike Nehalennia SSG where the cultural diversity is relatively limited.

8. Similarities between Vibgyor High and Christ
Church
Just like us, the students at Christ Church also receive multicultural education. Both
schools teach their students to respect all religions and practise zero discrimination.

9. Differences between Vibgyor High and Christ
Church
At Vibgyor High, there is no influence of any particular religion. At Christ
Church, though the school imparts multicultural education, the majority of
students belong to a certain religion.

10. Reflection
The strategy that worked for us was the division of tasks, a process that was
carried out according to the expertise and forte of each team member. This
helped in clever planning of schedules and in timely uploading of the
information. Seamless team work and sincere efforts by each of us made us
meet our deadlines promptly.
What would be done differently?
To lend the project a different angle, the students could have interviewed
people from 4 to 5 like minded schools and brought in a comparative result.

11. What did you learn about the topic?
Working on the topic “Multicultural School” made us understand that a
multicultural society helps in developing equal respect for multiple cultures. It
minimises intolerance and helps us to communicate better with each other.
The project also brought in a greater degree of open mindedness in us,
making us more receptive towards new ideas and understanding the
perspectives of others.