Formal Education to Man Making

The developed individual for development of the nation The scheme for all-round development is being worked out by JP, because it feels that this all-round development will lead to development of leadership qualities. To inculcate leadership skills amongst the students, training starts from class 7th. They learn creativity and creative writing skills in class 7th, […]

There are various facets of student’s personality, for which JP has evolved conceptual constructs and operative methods. Intellectual development or development of thinking abilities The first stage in the development of thinking ability is arousal of curiosity about one’s surroundings and about living beings and natural and man-made non-living objects. The aroused curiosity is satisfied

Methods of teaching JP wants to shift the emphasis on formal academic education for intellectual development to a combination of formal, non-formal and informal education by multiple agencies for all-round personality development. This shift in perspective needed many modifications in teaching academic subjects in class-room environment. The modifications were first tried out in the JP

Education for livelihood All-round education at the conceptual level and academic exam-oriented education at the practical level is the way most schools think about education today. According to JP, spiritual education is the prime component of all-round education. It is concerned with the ultimate objective of education. The physical, emotional, intellectual and social development is

Helping families to play their role in education A school reaches the family or more specifically the parents of its students mainly through the parents’ meetings. JP also uses such meetings and one-to-one interviews. The one-to-one interviews are for solving behavioural problems as well as for planning the development of their child. They are helpful

Assumptions in the scheme of education for all-round development JP is trying to evolve a workable, replicable plan for all-round development of its students and wants to offer it for trial to the educational community at large. The assumption behind this new experiment in education is that the body, mind and intellect can be developed

The ultimate objective of education in Jnana Prabodhini We at Jnana Prabodhini ((JP) say that JP is the concrete form of the thoughts of Swami Vivekananda. Vivekananda defined education as ‘the manifestation of perfection already in Man’. Efforts made by members of the society for the manifestation or expression of perfection in each and every

The philosophy of education at Jnana Prabodhini stresses the integrated development of persons in relation to their family group, their society, the Nation and, last but not least, the Divinity. Education should make life happier, whether that life is within the family or in society. Education should open the gates of material, social and spiritual