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Sathya Sai Education in Human Values

The Sathya Sai Education in Human Values Programme (or SSEHV) derives its inspiration from Sri Sathya Sai Baba, who is the Chancellor of the Sathya Sai University. Sathya Sai Baba is reforming education world-wide with his philosophy that the goal of education is good character. Sai Baba says "Education is for life, not for earning a living".

Sathya Sai Education in Human Values, Australia

The Institute of Sathya Sai Education, Australia (ISSE) was established to propagate Sathya Sai Education in the Human Values of Truth, Right Conduct, Peace, Love and Non-Violence.

The Institute is overseeing the introduction of Education in Human Values (EHV) in several schools. It runs orientation workshops for the teachers, develops the Education in Human Values program for the children, teachers and parents and trains the teachers in methodology. The Institute has been holding lectures, workshops and radio talks in several countries where it has also initiated Education in Human Values for parents. It has also been instrumental in implementing programs for Education in Human Values at the post-graduate level.

The ISSE is currently collaborating with the UN Habitat to deliver Values based Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Education in several Asian countries.

The Institute has one Sathya Sai School in Murwillumbah in northern New South Wales. This school is acting as the model of human values in the local community and for local state schools.

The Institute was instrumental in initiating a Masters in Learning Management (MLM) Course in Human Values Education in the University of Central Queensland (UCQ).

The Diploma and Advanced Diploma Courses of the Institute are accredited for the MLM Course in the UCQ. Our first Masters' student will graduate this year and has been awarded the Masters degree with distinction by the UCQ.

Visit the Institute of Sathya Sai Education Australia website.

An Australian Human Values School

The Sathya Sai Primary School in Murwillumbah, Northern NSW, integrates Human Values into every aspect of school learning and experience. The curriculum is that prescribed by the Board of Studies, the six Key Learning Areas being English, Mathematics, Science and Technology, Creative Arts, Human Studies and the Environment, Physical Education/Personal Development/ Health.

Values taught at the School

The school gives prominence to character development through a Human Values Program and by providing a friendly and caring environment. Values education hinges on five prime values - Love, Truth, Peace, Right Conduct and Non Violence and is taught through sub-values such as caring, sharing, honesty, helpfulness, justice, fairness, self esteem, responsibility, and reliability, to name a few.

Integration into General Curriculum

The values are reinforced by having a total school culture based on human values and by integrating these values into the general curriculum. By immersing children in such an atmosphere we are providing them with the powerful tools of self discipline, self awareness, self esteem and discrimination to guide and protect them through the difficult adolescent years to adulthood. Such students will have acquired moral character based on an understanding and awareness of their humanness.

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Sri Sathya Sai University

Sai Baba is the Chancellor of the Sathya Sai University. Orginally opened under the name of the Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning in 1981, it has been formally recognised and deemed by the Government of India as a University, and has been integrating the education in human values into all aspects of its curriculum in the education of its students with great success. The education in human values program has its source in the spirit of man; therefore, it is both universal and secular in character and is accepted by people of all faiths.

The ultimate goal of the Sri Sathya Sai University, its campuses and schools, is the "blossoming of human excellence". This excellence is to be achieved through imparting values to the growing personalities of young children. The more specific objectives of the education in human values programme are that children will:

Learn about the cultures, religions and customs of other people in order to appreciate the brotherhood of humanity;
Appreciate the five basic human values of Truth, Right Conduct, Peace, Love and Non-violence as being essential to the development of character;
Acquire the necessary skills that will help them to experience the five human values; experience the five stated values in dynamic and relevant ways so that they can be put into daily practice;
Acquire decision-making skills for the development of moral learning;
Develop a sense of responsibility for the consequences of their actions and act with regard for the rights, life and dignity of all persons;
Develop the self-discipline and self-confidence necessary to promote the fulfilment of their potential;
Act consistently with the stated human values in thought, word and deed; develop a healthy attitude towards the environment; and
Develop the value skills needed for personal, family, community, national and world harmony.

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