Education



Education is one of the major initiatives of Swamiji's through the Sneham Trust. The objective is to provide education that is holistic and instils values that stick with the child when imbibed with them in her or her formative years. Teachers are instructed to pay special heed to such a teaching methodology so that the students are educated about morals, values and ethics apart from their curriculam.

Upper Primary and Middle SCHOOL

A school is located in the ashram premises for primary education. Children from nearby villages and poor families attend the school. They are given free education apart from meals, uniforms and study material. About a hundred young kids are getting an eduction that otherwise would have been impossible for them in that village. The school has been built on Swamiji's ancestral property.
Another school is situated 13 kilometers away from Palakkad town and 12 kilometers from Muthalamada in Palakkad District, Kerala at Manjaloor, Thenkurissi Panchayat. The children are coming from 10 sq. kms surrounding area from peasant families whose meager income do not even provide a good meal a day. There are five hundred and twenty five students studying in Ist to VIIth standard with thirteen divisions. The Trust provides free uniforms, writing materials, food and van for conveyance.
The plan is to expand this activity to English medium and also provide modern teaching tools such as computers and internet to the students. ( Please check latest on the school – number of students, etc and other plans during visit to ashram. Also verify numbers quoted in the section )

VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE

The Vocational training centre aimed at educating the poor and low income group students in the field of computer software, hardware, air-conditioning and refrigeration, glass painting, embroidery, mobile phone technology etc. The students are imparted knowledge in the field of accounting also. We have two hundred and fifty students studying in the fields mentioned above in various shifts. Nominal fees is charged from some of the sturdents who can afford to, but most of them are trained free of charge. There are five computers and a equipped workshop for refrigeration course. ( Please check latest on the school – number of students, etc and other plans during visit to ashram. Also verify numbers quoted in the section )

SNEHAM COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE

The Trust is entering a new phase in the field of educating students with religious, moral and spiritual background which is the foundation of our cultural heritage that has been lost and disappeared from our society hankering towards pleasures in living with five senses bound and blind where the society has lost the character and discipline which is viral to the present generation. The students have become only products of institutions lacking in everything except in holding few degrees in search of getting a job for buying rice and banana. In due course the society will be led by intelligent brutals of animal character which we see in day to day life. This should change and inculcating the idea in moral, human and spiritual value, development in their personality the Trust is setting an institution at Kollengode, Palakkad Dt, Kerala useful for a moral and healthy society.
Initially the classes for plus one students will be starting in humanities and commerce. For Ist degree course there shall be B.Com, B.B.A, Graduation and Post Graduation in Economics, History, Hindi and Sociology.
We will be conducting classes on personality development, eco-social and cultural studies, environmental, Veda, yoga and other exercises which shall make students fit practical in day to day living with strong behavior and knowing self too. Of the above project the minimum estimate for the infrastructure will amount to Rs.8,00,000/- and in addition a workshop in the filed to give training to the poor girls, women and destitute in providing them a sustainable income in small scale industries of various fields according to their tastes. ( Please check latest on this institue – number of students, etc and other plans during visit to ashram. Also verify numbers quoted in the section )

SCHOLARSHIP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

At present the Trust has conducted various programs for College students in and around Palakkad district. Free tuition is provided to poor students in villages for all classes and orientation is conducted by eminent lecturers and professors from various colleges at our invitation lending a helping hand to us in the service to the poor and downtrodden. This is aimed at bringing intelligent students of low income group and help them to achieve higher studies by giving scholarships. The Trust has already given scholarships to one hundred best students including in the field of medical and engineering courses. In the new system of education for plus two students, the Trust has provided free guides to students in Palakkad district.

OPEN SCHOOL FOR RURAL PEOPLE

The idea of general education has not yet reached the corner of interior villages. In view of this the Trust is conducting open school courses for the rural people who are between 18 to 35 years. They are given assistance to take degree courses in academic subjects as well as in the field of agriculture and farming, technology and development etc. But the Trust lacks adequate infrastructure like building, libraries, open hall etc. Initially they shall be provided with learning and writing materials and efficient artisans shall be brought to guide them in their skills.
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