<p>MUN is club activity at schools here in India. There is almost always a
History/Political Science or English Lit teacher as a supervisor. Like the name suggests it is to teach children the workings of UN with the exact procedures and protocols to be followed. They have weekly meetings at school and then members get selected to represent their school in Inter-school as well as International MUNs. They also hold similar MUN at their own school and send invites to other schools for participation.</p>
<p>The kids are allotted a country so they begin with researching the cultural and historical aspect to be able to represent that country accurately and take a stand when entering a debate and are also assigned a specific topic of discussion related to one of the committees of UN could the Security Council, the WHO, The General Assembly and also are called delegates. So I would say the learning is phenomenal.</p>
<p>The activity, in my opinion, is great learning and a journey of self awareness. My daughter was involved for 5 years at school and continued her interest in College as well. She was fortunate to have the opportunity to attend 5 International and many more local MUN sessions. It helps one to become confident debater, develop excellent communication skills and public speaking skills, learn to be articulate and practice effective research and paper writing skills, makes you aware of the real world issues related to politics, economy, security etc.</p>