ITIHAAS: Helping students know the history of their cities

ITIHAAS, an educational trust working in the field of heritage education, in association with Uttar Pradesh tourism, launched ‘Mera Sheher Mera Itihaas’ programme at the Residency on Wednesday.

The programme, comprising students from ten schools, across middle and senior grades, will progress to more cities and Varanasi and Gorakhpur are next on the agenda.

Mukesh Kumar Meshram, director general of Uttar Pradesh tourism spoke about the different kinds of tourism and urged students to visit heritage places and learn from them.

Smita Vats, the founder-director, ITIHAAS, said, “The purpose of the programme was to instill a sense of pride in the students about their city and put forward the interdisciplinary aspect of heritage, combining history as well as literature, and mathematics through architecture.”