Differences between a School and a Gurukul. Sr. No. 1
Aspect
School (City and Residential)
Rishi Gurukulam
VISION
Creating Degree Holders
Creating World Leaders
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EDUCATION Teachers
Mainly Academics/sports Teachers are Teachers
Five Fundamental Educations Teachers are Gurus
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Focus
Syllabus Centric
Child Centric
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Teaching
Teachers to child
Child to child (peer to peer)
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Develop as
Becomes a Job Seeker
Becomes an Entrepreneur
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School
School for children
School for Children of Extra ordinary parents
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Parents
Parents sadhana is immaterial
Parents Sadhana is as important as child’s
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Knowledge
Importance is mainly on Avidya
Vidya & Avidya both are given equal importance
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Learning place
Learning happens mainly in closed classrooms
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Brain use
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Experience
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Lives to become somebody & becomes limited.
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Who the child becomes Security
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Learning
Learning is mainly theory based.
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Mastery
Leads to Slavery
Leads to mastery of one’s life
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Job
Becomes a Job Seeker
Becomes a Job Creator
Children learn mainly in OPEN CLASSROOMS in nature, workshops and labs and projects. Mainly left brain and gradual loss Mainly Right brain. of right Brain creativity because Intellectual understanding is of anxiety to score. Hardly any of left brain and enjoyable. Soon the enormous power of the it is put into subconscious subconscious memory is utilised memory and made effortless to remember and apply. Most of the children experience Children experience joy & stress & boredom Freedom
Is insecure & works for security
Child learns to live as a Nobody & become very dynamic & Universal Is secure in the insecurity of life and sees everything as an opportunity to grow. Constantly learning Learning is mostly experience & practical based
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Taking care
Child leaves after 10th. Grade
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Surrounding
Child is away from nature
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Discipline
Discipline is mainly enforced from outside.
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Teaching
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First education Second education Third education Fourth education
Teaching is from understanding to experience Silence is not understood
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LOVE is unknown
Is with the guru throughout his life and cares for the Gurukulam by creating more Gurukulams Child learns in natural surrounding Discipline is a result of INNER REALIZATION and Inner Freedom Teaching is from experience to understanding SILENCE is the 1st education
Love is given primary importance Leadership is out of Leadership is out of competitiveness nobodyness. Beauty and Art are extra Expressing what is learnt in curricular activities. art form is an entertaining exam for both the performer and the examiners. Fifth SEVA is just for the sake of SEVA is the final focus. education curriculam and additional marks. Serving the last person in the world. Led by Led by a principal to maintain Led by a culture of seva by a standards Guru FACULTY Teachers are specialized in one Teachers are senior students subject who know all subjects PASSING Passing is when child gets 35% Passing is when child gets 100% CURRICULAM Is completed in 1 year Is completed in 30 days.