School for teaching moral values
RAVIPRASAD KAMILA
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This school aims to teach values through stories and other activities.
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Photo: Akhilesh Kumar
Instilling Indian values: Through stories and other activities.
Come Sundays and for most city-based children it is the day to watch television, play computer games and play or meet up with friends.
For some, it is the day to attend tuition classes, do homework and for others to go for dance or music classes. For working parents it is the day to complete unfinished household work, wash clothes, vehicles, iron dresses, attend to guests or go out i
n the evening and, if possible, attend some entertainment programmes and prepare for the next week.
Is there is anytime left for anyone in cities to tell value-based stories for children from religious texts and other books including some historic writings? How do we infuse values among children?
Value addition
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKON) in Mangalore will start a “Sri Bhakta Prahlad School”, a sort of a Sunday school, to teach values to children along with other cultural activities from August 19. This school will function only on Sundays. Students can attend the class and activities from 11.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Children from pre-KG (aged five years) to tenth standard can attend the class and activities planned, say H.G. Prembhakti Das, president, ISKON, Mangalore. Classes will be held at the Jagannath Mandir (near Hotel Woodlands), the new premises of ISKON in Mangalore. Apart from telling value based stories to children they will be trained in traditional music, dance, story telling, bhajans and other cultural activities. They will be trained in Vedic culture through the recitation of Vedic scriptures. They are taught moral and spiritual values such as faith in God, humility, tolerance and how to respect elders, he said. For details parents could contact H. G. Premlila Mathaji over 9324236004 or 2423326, 2442756.
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