ISJS Jainism Study Notes E5 Vol 03

Author(s): International School for Jain Studies
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies

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I.
Organize a half day program in the school for management and teachers to appreciate the doctrine of Ahimsā and its benefits to enhance the working of the school. In this program the emphasis will be to change the mindset of the participants about the potential of each student to realize the highest academic and other attainments, need for trying new techniques to look at and resolve problems using philosophy of Ahiṁsā (all living beings are equal and have the potential to realize the highest goal, living beings help each other, Ahiṁsā, self restraint and strenuous efforts are the three
values to be believed in and practised for problem resolution. II. Impart a short term academic exposure (2 to 3 weeks) to teachers on Ahiṁsā and how
its principles can be practised by them. Schedule for a typical program is given in
Appendix I. Develop program for the teachers to impart this training to students25 III. Appoint a consultant to help guide implementation of the program. This can be the
same agency as in step 1. IV. Assessment study of the school to identify the issues and their ABC analysis i.e. most
important problems with teachers, students and management V. Form study circles in the school where the teacher/s trained in Ahiṁsā starts small
groups of teachers and students separately to motivate the participants and find ways of implementing the same in the school. Conduct this experiment for say 3 months and document the findings and the strategy to implement Ahimsa principles and
measurement of the end results. VI. Set up a key teacher (preferably trained in Ahiṁsā in step i) to be the key manager to
implement the program throughout the school. The program may need fine tuning and further training in techniques like motivation, teaching skills, communication skills,
emotional skills, social skills and inter personal relations. VII. Engage either at the school level or as a consortium of schools to prepare case
studies, audio-video training material and scientific validation of the recommendations
of Ahiṁsā doctrine. VIII. Have the Ahimsā program become a regular function of the school.
25 On Nov 2nd 2012, the Honb'le minister for HRD gave a set of documents and cassettes to Chairman Mr Nayar of CBSE to include teaching of Ahimsa and related moral values to all students and make them a part of curriculum by including them as 5 marks question in each paper. (Times of India dated Nov 2nd 2012)
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