Peer

During the sessions, the facilitator is encouraged to allow the participants to think about the topic, express their viewpoints, share their experiences and explore its applicability in day to day life. The facilitator would allow the participants to arrive at their own conclusions, rather than imposing his views or opinions – they could even be different from the thoughts given here.
DESCRIPTION
(Thoughts such as, who are peers, what is it all about and what its different facets are, may enable the facilitator understand it better. Some such thoughts about peers are given below.)

1. Peers are individuals who are similar with respect to age, education or social status.
2. They may be our friends, classmates etc.
   INTENT
   (The objective of the facilitation process is to help each participant explore the topic for himself, individually and independently. Following are some of the objectives of the session.)
3. To explore who are peers
4. To analyse whether peers play a role in one’s life
5. To analyse whether peers influence a person in any manner
6. To analyse whether there is peer pressure or pressure to conform to friends’ views and opinions
7. To explore the role of peers or classmates in terms of competition