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Chinmaya Mission, Trivandrum - Aims & Objectives |
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To offer children a value-based and holistic education which paves the way for the integrated development of the physical , mental intellectual and spiritual aspects of the personality , enriched by knowledge of Indian culture, a feeling of patriotism and a universal outlook.
To mould children into young men and women of moral strength who can face the challenges of modern life with a smile and make a difference in the world by their positive contribution.
To give a practical and judicious combination of academic excellence extra-curricular pursuits, character building and personality development.
Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda blessed the Chinmaya Vidyalayas with the motto “Keep Smiling”Inner equipoise express as a smile outside. The Chinmaya Vidyalayas prepares children with an inner equipoise to enable them to face life with a smile. The Chinmaya Familygreets everyone with a ‘Hari Om’ coupled with a namaste and a smile , deveoting humility, respect, love and joy in meeting others .
Chinmaya Vision Programme
The Chinmaya Vision Programme is what makes the Chinmaya Educational institutions , Schools with a difference’. It concretizes Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda’s vision of education.
Yathaa drishti tathaa srishti – As the vision so the world appears to us.
If man’s vision is narrow and disturbed, the world also seems filled with strife. If the vision is broad and love – filled , so too is his world.
Chinmaya Vision programme (CVP) was born to enshrine the philosophy of education developed by Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayanada in the heart of every growing child to bring out the best in him o her.
Chinmaya Vision Programme is a comprehensive educational programme for schools which integrates the best in our culture and philosophy of education. It aims at giving children a true vision of life to help hem face challenges in a positive and dynamic manner and heartily contribute to society.
The child is the focal point of this programme . The programme also embraces the school management, teachers and parents. Through them, the light of this vision spreads to the society, country, and the world at large.
The Chinmaya Vision Programme can be identified under four heads.
Integrated development
It aims at the overall unfoldment and gentle blossoming of the child at the physical, mental, intellectual and spiritual levels of his/her personality.
Physical Development
It implies good health and proper growth of children leading to the optimum, expression of their overall well being. It includes physical fitness, nutrition ,hygiene, personel grooming, health education, health assessment, prevention of diseases and their treatment .
Mental development
It aims at making the child an emotionally balanced person. It hereby helps him/her to live in harmony with himself/herself and the world. It includes emotional expansion, handling emotions, handling relationships, gender specific education, mental health assessment and counseling.
Intellectual Development
Man has infinite intellectual potential. Under this head, CVP aims to help the child manifest his/her inherent intellectual capacities and enhance existing ones. It includes intellectual kindling, independent thinking, management skills, aesthetics, intellectual assessment and guidance.
Spiritual Development
Man is potentially divine. Spiritual development enables the child to discover his/her inherent divinity and manifest it. It is achieved through value education, value based education philosophy , meditations techniques, yoga etc.
Indian culture
Culture is more than just art forms, festivals and rituals. Culture is the very way of life of a race and its thinking, which makes it unique and special. Under this head, the child is given a wide exposure to the various aspects of our culture, cultural awareness and appreciation of the vast literacy, artistic and scientific heritage of India., explanations of customs and traditions and cultural motivation through hobbies and project etc.
Patriotism
This vital area of focus includes education in citizenship, civic consciousness, fostering pride in being Indian and vital national concerns such as unity in diversity. It aims at creating dedicated and committed citizens who take real pride in serving the nation.
Universal outlook
Universal outlook refers to an appreciation, sensitivity and commitment to universal issues. After years of mindless pillage of nature, the world needs to come back to a universal holistic view of life. A universal outlook helps the child view himself/herself as a responsible citizen of the world (including world issues), live in harmony with creation (environment education and the synthesis between science and religion) as well as become aware of being an intrinsic part of the macrocosm.
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