Tag: Saroj Lal
Winners of Saroj Lal Award announced
The winners of the first ever edition of the Saroj Lal Award for City of Edinburgh Schools were announced at a ceremony at the City Chambers on Tuesday.Award judges, the family of Saroj...
Award set up in memory of Saroj Lal – nominations open now
Saroj Lal was an educator in Edinburgh who died in June last year aged 82.In memory of the pioneering teacher, three new educational awards have been set up all linked to promoting equality...
Saroj Lal – 50th anniversary celebrated at South Morningside Primary School
Saroj Lal who died in March aged 82, was the first Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) teacher appointed in Edinburgh in 1970.She was born and educated in India, but quickly adapted to...
Saroj Lal 1937-2020
Saroj Lal was Edinburgh's first Asian primary school teacher, the first Asian woman appointed as Justice of the Peace (JP) and a director of Lothian Racial Equality Council. She died recently at the age of...
