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Report
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A
six-day Orientation Programme on Human Values
for Principals and Vice-Principals of Kendriya
Vidyalayas was held at the Sai International School
for Human Values from 12th to 17th January 2004.
28 Principals and Vice-Principals attend. There
were nine observers, two of them from the Army
Education Society. Of the Committee of Management,
Lt Gen. Dr. M. L. Chibber and Shri M.K. Kaw were
present throughout. Air Chief Marshal O.P. Mehra,
Lt Gen Malhotra and Shri A.N. Haksar attended
some of the sessions.
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The
Programme was inaugurated by Shri S.K. Tripathi,
Secretary (Secondary and Higher Education), Ministry
of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
The Ministry had sanctioned an amount of Rs.4.50
lakh as grant-in-aid for conducting the programme.
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The
Programme was divided into three major segments.
The first two days concentrated on the process
of introspection, self-analysis and self-purification,
so as to make the participants grasp the fundamental
unity of existence and the omnipresence of God.
A psychological test was administered in order
to probe their inter-personal skills. It was clearly
explained that the true end of education was character,
not mere information.
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The
second major part related to the five fundamental
human values as being common to all world religions.
The nuances of the meanings attached to the philosophical
concepts of Sathya, Prema, Dharma, Shanti and
Ahimsa in different religions were highlighted.
They were also given a lucid account of the Government
Policy of Value Education in schools, the role
of the National Resource Centre located in the
NCERT and its Regional Resources Centres, and
the work done is the Ramakrishna Mission and the
Sathya Sai Organization.
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The
last part concerned the pedagogical aspects of
value inculcation, including the integration of
values in the teaching of individual subjects.
We also dilated upon the various devices such
as social service, community singing, silent sitting,
narration of stories and parables, maintaining
of spiritual diaries, constant reiteration of
the life experiences of the great leaders of humanity
etc.
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Several
sessions were devoted to the programme as it could
be implemented in the schools belonging to the
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan. An action plan on
what the Kendriaya Vidyalayas should be doing
now was also formulated as part of the programme.
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We
tried to make the programme interesting by having
lectures, panel and group discussions, a practical
session on Yogasanas, two sessions on meditation,
one being the Jyoti Meditation as taught by Swami
and the other the Vipassana Meditation as taught
by the Buddha, a FIROB Psychological Test, a film
show on Lion Dance during the Sports Day, Swami's
visit and Thyagaraja Aradhana at Prasanthi Nilayam
and a musical lecture demonstration. The facilities
of overhead projector, LCD projector, lapel mike
etc. were used. The entire programme was tape-recorded
and a video recording also made.
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The
faculty included Lt General Dr. M.L. Chibber,
Shri A.N. Haksar, Shri J.S. Rajput, Director NCERT,
Shri Balasubramaniam, Director (Academic) CBSE,
Prof. Ved Prakash, Secretary UGC, Maulana Waheeduddin
Khan, Director Islamic Centre, Prof. M.H. Qureshhi
JNU, Shri Rajeev Mehrotra, Secretary of the Foundation
for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the
Dalai Lama, Prof. Anil Wilson Principal St. Stephen's
College, Prof. Sunil Kumar of the Ramakrishna
Mission, Prof. G.D. Datta and Smt. Renu Mattoo,
noted management experts, Prof. P.L. Dhar IIT
Delhi, Shri Vijayan, Shri J.S. Anand, Shri Ashok
Mehta and Smt. Nimmi Kanwar of the Sathya Sai
Organization.
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The
participants paid handsome compliments to the
Sathya Sai International School for the comprehensive
manner in which the subject was fully covered
hand the quality of its faculty. Many felt that
their lives had been transformed by the course.
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