Sri Sathya Sai Values-based Integral Education
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"In this university the medium of instruction is discipline. The first, second and third languages are love, service and sadhana (spiritual discipline)...
...Do you know why you have such a tight schedule in the hostel? This schedule is not structured by the Trust. Swami has personally structured this schedule. I have ordered the syllabus to be tight. Why is it so?
The minds of today’s children, if given time, will turn into a devil’s workshop. When the daily routine is tight, your mind cannot wander here and there."
Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Revered Founder Chancellor.
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| At Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, the development of a student’s character is just as important as earning degrees. |
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| Bhagawan Baba has designed the system of Sri Sathya Sai Values-based Integral Education in such a manner that between the time an 18-year old student joins the university and when she or he graduates (at the age of 21 or 23) there is a deep inner transformation that takes place. This concept is very unique at the university level. |
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Sri Sathya Sai Values-based Integral Education
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| The diagram on above forms the basis of the system of Values-based Integral Education at SSSIHL. |
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| The base is the concept of a modern gurukula that sustains all relationships and activities at SSSIHL. It is responsible for creating and sustaining the congenial environment necessary for the teacher-student interaction to grow and develop. |
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| Adherence to discipline and appropriate behaviour are the two important aspects that encompass all interactions. |
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| The five human values of Truth, Right Conduct, Peace, Love and Non-violence form the undercurrent of all the dimensions of integral education. |
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| These dimensions are: Intellectual, Physical, Cultural, Devotional and Service. The key activities for each of these dimensions form the basis of most of the time that students spend at SSSIHL. |
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| The outcome of the system of Values-based Integral Education at SSSIHL are threefold. It prepares all graduates to be: |
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- Spiritually aware
- Socially responsible, and
- Professionally sound
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