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JAINA CONVENTION 2017
Jain Center of NJ Caldwell
parents, all send their kids to our unified pathshalas. Medium of instruction is English but Gujarati and Hindi classes are offered as language studies. The main goal of the Pathshalas is to teach our kids the message of compassion and nonviolence in all aspects of life, encourage vegetarianism and vegan life, and alcohol and drug free lifestyle. This stems from a desire to practice compassion and nonviolence. This also will instill Jain Values and our rich heritage and culture. The Education committee also conducts classes, workshop, seminars, and lectures at various centers in North America and other countries. It also provides a medium for interactions among pathshala teachers (Google Group) of North America. Teachers from many centers in US contributed to finalize the uniform curriculum for Pathshala in teacher's conference held at various times. Each center uses this curriculum and implemented to fit their size of student body, available teachers and class rooms. Teachers from various Pathshalas keep in touch to learn from each other to improve the quality of teaching. In addition to the uniform books throughout all Jain centers, Pathshala teachers hold a Teachers' conference during JAINA Conventions. In that meeting, teachers share their experiences and exchange project ideas as though members of a fraternity. With all the goodwill and togetherness displayed at this gathering, these teachers make no effort to hide their zeal to display accomplishments of their students at the main event for all the Pathshalas - Jain Academic Bowl (JAB) competition. Teams from different Pathshalas are designated as junior teams or senior teams and undergo 3 rounds of elimination to win the most coveted prize of "Best Team". In America, the Jain unity has played the dominant role in our progress. Because very few Shvetambar or Digambar monks or nuns come to the United States when they are fully ordained, the American Jain community has lost its dominant pattern of close interaction between lay people and mendicants. Most Ameri
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