Architect's Rendering of Our New School
Following up on my recent visit to our school in India, I wanted to share some experiences of current and past students of the Andovar School. Our school implements the UNI5 principles of teaching that aim to develop the whole student from the levels of consciousness, physiology and psychology. Some of the UNI5 teaching tools include meditation or quiet time, yoga and holistic teaching/learning methods. The result in terms of the students' success is visibly palpable when I spend time at the school.
This visit, I asked students past and present to write down some of their experiences so that I could share them with you. I will summarize the experiences of several students over the next few blog posts. In this blog post I will highlight a young man named Anuth's experience. Anuth attended Andovar School from 2000-2003.
Anuth is Muslim and before he attended Porayar school he was only exposed to Muslim culture and religion. Attending Porayar School, he was introduced to students from several different religions. Together in class they studied the underlying equality of all religions. He learned to appreciate that there is only one God and many names for Him.
Anuth's horizons opened up to include all people of all religions as equal. Here is a quote from his written experience, "Lord Buddha got enlightened under the Bodhi tree and in the same way I got enlightened at the Andovar School. I learned to treat all the students as equals. Now I feel very comfortable and easy with people of all religions through my educational experience at the school."
Anuth's experience is a common one among the students from Andovar School. Christians, Hindus and Muslims all attend the Andovar School, They learn religious appreciation and tolerance by celebrating all the holidays of each religion. They also learn the significance of the each religion's holy scriptures and teachings. They recite a significant verse from each religion's holy book daily.
Lunchtime at Andovar School
