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3. Extention Programmes : We beleive in closer relation between he University and the Community and hence we have taken up the isk of improving the quality of human life, a balanced personality nd a non-violent social order through our vairous extention rogrammes :
(a) Centre of Value Education : Our aim is to develop Jain Vishva Bharati Institute into a centre of value education which is ingrained
our syllabus of Jeevan Vigyan We have succeeded in introducing this subject into che curricula of Ajmer University and Rajasthan Board of Higher Secondary Education. We hope, soon our efforts will bear fruit for introducing Jeevan Vigyan as one of the optional subjects at B.A. stage. We have organised two National Seminars on Value Education in the months of Nov.-Dec., 1992, one in colloboration with Value Education Centre, New Delhi and other with NCERT and published a special volume on Value Education in our Research Journal. Besides, we organised Symposia on Social Sciences of Non-violence', 'Non-violent Social Order' and Value Education' under the able guidance of their Holiness Acharya Sri Tulsi and Yuvācharya Shri Mahāprajña and also an All India Seminar on 'Spirituality and Science' on 10-12 May, 93. The reports of all those symposia and seminar have been published in a brochure named 'Samaj Ki Nai Dishāyen'. We are going to organise a national dialogue on 'World's burning Problem' on 20-21 Oct., 1993 at Rajal. deshar in the august presence of His Holiness Acharya Shri Tulsi.
(6) Open University System and Correspondence Course : Jain Vishva Bharati Institute has started open university and correspondence courses in B.A. and B. Sc. in English, Hindi, Prakrit, Sanskrit. Jeevan Vigyan, Economics, Political Science, Environmental Science, Computer Science and Business Management to cater to the needs of a larger body of students and youth. For this we have set up a directorate of Distant Education also.
(c) Certificate Courses in the Faculty of Sraman Studies : In order to each a large number of school and college going students, we have
Certificate Course known as Sraman-Sankaya which conducts courses in Jaina religion and culture. On an average, nearly 7000 students appear at the Certificate Course Examination at various centres throughout the country.
(d) Certificate Course in Science of Living & Prekshā Meditation : In order to impait value education among school students, we have a
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