Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh

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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL)
| type = [[Non-governmental organisation]]
| foundation = 1988
| founder = [[Sonam Wangchuk (engineer)|Sonam Wangchuk]]
| location = [[Ladakh]], [[India]]
| homepage = {{url|www.secmol.org}}
}}

The '''Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh''' is an [[India]]n [[non-governmental organisation]] based in [[Ladakh]], India.

==History==
The '''Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh''' (SECMOL) is an organisation founded in 1988 aimed at reforming the educational system of [[Ladakh]], by a group of young Ladakhis returning from university who understood the problems of the younger generation with modern education, their lack of focus and the cultural confusion. Their activities include working to reform the government school system, helping village students in their
education, awakening youth to the problems stemming from inappropriate and insensitive schooling, producing related videos and radio programmes, and designing and building solar-heated eco-friendly buildings.<ref name="Official Website">[http://www.secmol.org Official Website]</ref><ref>[http://www.reachladakh.com/Non_Governmental_Organisations.htm Reach Ladakh]</ref>

==Phey campus==
[[File:Main building SECMOL campus.jpg|thumb|Main building SECMOL campus|300px]]SECMOL Campus is located near the village of [[Phey]] in the [[Indus valley]] 18 km from [[Leh]]. It was developed between 1994 and 1999 and was inaugurated in 1998 by the [[Dalai Lama]].
Built using simple, low-cost traditional techniques, the campus now comprises three residential houses, 20 small "cell rooms" and a large school building, all solar heated. Part of SECMOL's work is to develop techniques that use alternative energy sources. Ladakh has over 300 sunny days per year and the sun is therefore a reliable source of energy and an alternative to fossil fuels.<ref>[http://framtidsjorden.se/eng/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=419&Itemid=303 Future Earth]</ref> The campus is home to about 70 students and a few staff and volunteers, who live, work and study there.
The campus is maintained, and to a large degree run, by the students themselves on a democratic basis.<ref name="Official Website"/>

==Bibliography==
* [http://www.cs.org/publications/Csq/csq-article.cfm?id=1713 Rewriting the Books in Ladakh]
* [http://www.ibnlive.com/news/lesson-from-leh-son-meet-ladakhs-man-of-hope/60328-3.html Lesson from Leh son: Meet Ladakh's man of hope]

==See also==
* [[Green building]]
* [[Ice Stupa]]
* [[Ladakh]]
* [[Ladakh Ecological Development and Environmental Group]]
* [[Thinlas Chorol]]
* [[Tourism in Ladakh]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|SECMOL}}
* [http://www.secmol.org/ Official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110811132044/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-07-26/india/27939511_1_schools-education-system-village-education-committees The Times of India]

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