Goa Higher Secondary-Mock Parliament (SESSION 3)
OBJECTIVES
- To experience the parliamentary process to pass any bill related to school level policies.Â
SKILLS
Leadership, Communication, Research, CollaborationÂ
VALUES
Equity, FairnessÂ
MATERIAL REQUIRED
Notebook, pens. Â
PRE-ACTIVITY PREPARATION
Check with group representatives of each group will ensure their group preparation is done one day before the mock parliament session.Â
MAIN ACTIVITY
Bill 1 presentationÂ
1. Invite the Bill 1 group members to present the bill to Group 2. For this, half the group 2 students to be Lok Sabha members and other half to be Rajya Sabha members. Â
2. After Bill is presented by group, Lok Sabha members will get a chance to ask questions about the bill and then they will vote for or against the bill.Â
3. After their turn, Rajya Sabha members will get a chance to ask questions about the same bill and then they will also vote for or against the bill.Â
4. If majority from both the Houses votes in favour of the bill, the bill gets passed and the teacher will sign the bill as President.Â
5. In case the bill is not passed by a majority in either of the House, the Drafting Committee will amend the bill as per consensus and the voting will take place again until the bill gets passed. Similarly, follow the same steps for Bill 2, and for that session Bill 1 group will become Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members.Â
6. Start the session and follow the steps to accept/reject the bill.Â
(If time is limited, teacher can ask 1 group to present in Lok Sabha and 1 group to present in Rajya Sabha and decide on accepting/rejecting the bill) If both the bills need rework, then groups will come prepare and present again after the recommended amendments, voting will happen again, and bills get passed and signed by teacher as President. Â
(Note – Additional time will be required to rework.)Â
7. In case, both the bills passed, groups will decide on members of the committee to ensure execution of policy. (Members should be atleast 2 teachers, student council leaders, principal and 2 parents)Â
8. Take signature from the committee members after sharing the policy to them and display the bill on Desh Apnayen Wall.Â
9. Group leaders can present the policy in school assembly or to 11th Grade students if permission given by teacher and principal to spread awareness about the policyÂ
CONCLUDE THE ACTIVITY
NOTE - If time permits, teacher can conclude the activity as mentioned below. Incase if time is short, ask the students – What did they learn from the activity? Â
Invite 2-3 students from each group to share their experience (what did they enjoyed, what they think could be better/different, etc.) of Mock Parliament activity, any other examples of bills they know that have become laws, and their learning.Â
Teacher summarizes the key learning points for the activity. Â
- Law means the rule of a country or state for people for what to do or not to do.Â
- If in the existing laws changes are required, then proposed document is called the bill. Â
- If the bill gets approval from Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, and President then it is law or act.Â
DESH APNAYEN WALL
For this activity, the following can be updated by office bearers on the wall.Â
- Signed final bill which is now Law/policy.Â
POINTS TO NOTE
- Each group leader will ensure their group finishes pre-preparation prior to Mock Election activity.Â
ACTIVITY PHOTOS TO BE SHARED
For activity photos to be shared to engagement officers, please share clear pictures of Â
- Group work being done by students to prepare(2 photos)Â
- Desh Apnayen Wall (2 photos)Â
TEACHER FEEDBACK
To collect the feedback of the activity, IVR call will be made to you, or you can make the call. The following script will be played for you. This is given here for your reference purpose, so you can choose the alternative as appropriate.
Welcome to Desh Apnayen. This call is to collect feedback of the activity conducted in the class this month. Call will be recorded for quality purpose. If you agree, please press 1 to proceed.  
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1) Which Grade activity feedback you want to give in this call? 
Press 1 – for Grade 11
Press 2 – for Grade 12 
2) Which Stream activity feedback you want to give? 
Press 1 – for Science 
Press 2 – for Commerce 
Press 3 – for Arts 
Press 4 – for Vocational 
For any other stream, please press 5. 
Press 2 – for Grade 12 
Press 1 – for Science 
Press 2 – for Commerce 
Press 3 – for Arts 
Press 4 – for Vocational 
For any other stream, please press 5. 
3) How was the overall activity experience in the class? 
Press 1 – for Good 
Press 2 – for Average 
Press 3 – for Needs Improvement 
4) Have you submitted this activity’s pictures/videos to the respective engagement officer? 
Press 1 - for Yes  
Press 2 – for No 
5) Do you want to give feedback for any other grade? 
Press 1 - Yes, repeat the process from Question 1-5 
Press 2 – No, thank you for your time, your submission is recorded successfully.