Directions and Goals

'Is Joy of learning enough?' is an often asked question. 'Anandalaya' does not restrict the school's goal to the objective of learning in joy. In fact, it is a means of blooming into flower the possibility that lies in every child. Tagore said "goddess of learning is Saraswati... she is living and she is a woman, and her seat is on a lotus-flower. The symbolic meaning of this is that she dwells in the center of life and the heart of all existence, which opens itself in the beauty of the light of the heaven" . Thus, the goals are much broader than what we have dealt with so far .

Joy must lead to competence. Thus, responsibility of providing competence to joy gets attached to 'Anandalaya'. The school prepares the children to face the world at ease, not cluttered by hesitations and fears.

The teaching in 'Anandalaya' is by doing and not by cramming of lessons. The participation of children in the learning process builds a responsibility for learning. Thus, the shared responsibility of teachers and students enhances learning.

Value education

Secular values and values related to personal integrity, courage, work orientation, dignity of labour are inculcated through activities and through participatory programs.

Participation in work programs related to individual as well as group work is encouraged to give shape to the values. Amongst group work, physical education and group games supported by gardening and other manual work to encourage values related
to dignity of labour are taken up.

Participation in the household chores is encouraged to make the students value self-sufficient and reduce gender biases.