The principles of Jeevan Vigyan (Science of Living) & Preksha Meditation are slowly but surely finding recognition everywhere. This was confirmed today with the news that the Karnataka state government had decided to include the training in Jeevan Vigyan as a part of the course curriculum for the primary and secondary school students of the state.
The secretary of the Karnataka Jeevan Vigyan Academy, Bangalore, Shri Lalit Jain met Acharya Shri Mahaprajna at Hamirgadh, a small village about 20 kms from Bhilwara, especially to deliver this good news to him. Shri Jain reported that the wide spread following of Jeevan Vigyan in Bangalore was generated through the combined efforts of the Jeevan Vigyan Academy at Bangalore, and the educational body of the Karnataka state government. The Department of State Education, Research & Training (DSERT) had recognized the value of Jeevan Vigyan and decided to introduce the same in its schools.
The Jeevan Vigyan Academy, Bangalore initially had started the Jeevan Vigyan training with the blessings of His Holiness Shri Balgangadharnath Swami, the religious head of the Adichunchagiri Mahasamsthana Mutt. Jeevan Vigyan was introduced in around 1750 schools being run by the Mutt with training provided to 2150 teachers. Following its success in these educational institutions, the course will now be introduced through the trimester system in around 2.60 lac schools of the Karnataka state government. 58,000 teachers will receive training in the first phase of implementation with all costs of the training to be borne by the state government. Students from std. 5 to std. 9 will be the beneficiaries of this new course in the initial period.
All responsibility of drawing up the training modules as well as the course curriculum has been entrusted to the Karnataka Jeevan Vigyan Academy, Bangalore by DSERT with training for teachers to start during this very month.