About The Integral School
The Integral school is a conscious attempt at evolving newer ways of learning and thinking.
Purpose
Awakening and evoking the true being, the psychic (chaitya purusa, the soul being) presence within, and through that process, bringing about a progressive unfolding of the whole person is raison d’etre of The Integral School
Objectives
- To evolve and realize Integral Education as given to us by Sri Aurobindo
- An active preparation to live a conscious life
- Creating sustainable learning environments
- Building an active, diverse and creative community of learners sharing connections and experiences
Integral Education: A context
Societies across globe live today in an inter-connected network, intertwined with technologies, cultures, languages, economics, politics etc. Such trends affect the future of education as schools continue to function within these eco-systems. Just as the world now comes more closer it also becomes more vulnerable. In the middle of all technological and scientific advances, we also see propaganda, unrest, misinformation, security and ethical challenges in almost all the domains of life. There is an existential challenge, the earth can no longer continue to provide for everyone at the rate at which we are going. There is a sense of cynicism about the future of humanity, and it is widespread and intense.
In a deeper sense we are responsible, and we are all creators and forerunners of our future. What we are doing today is determining in profound ways what shall exist on this planet in generations to come. And thus, the way we educate our young today will determine, in perhaps the most direct manner the way life will be lived in the years to come, for it is our education that moulds most significantly our beliefs, attitudes and culture. If we must create a new future, we must first create a new consciousness in our youth. This means that the education of the future will have to be a consciousness education, an education nurturing the growth of consciousness.
Mainstream and Integral Education: Contrasting goals
Mainstream Education
It’s all about stuffing in information.
Integral Education
Education
Mainstream Education
Integral Education
Basis of formation of ‘personality’
Mainstream Education
Integral Education
Physical Environment
Mainstream Education
Integral Education
Main Purpose
Mainstream Education
Integral Education
Teacher
Mainstream Education
Integral Education
Focus
Mainstream Education
Integral Education
Learning Approach
Mainstream Education
Integral Education
Education Delivery
For us, it was and will never be about how to teach subjects, our concerns and our focus is on how to integrate the inner life of a child with the outer world, how do we provide an environment that nurtures curiosity about the inner subjective world as much as the outer objective world. The greatest gift that we as facilitators and parents can give to our children is the love for learning.
People @ The Integral School
The Integral School is led by people who are deeply committed to bring about the needed change in the way we bring up our children, the way we educate them and the way we school them. It is an attempt by a small group of people to not allow children to follow a certain herd or to become industrial moulds or to follow some corporate agenda or any social convention as much as it is to allow them to grow into their own inner beauty and allow them the freedom to choose to evolve in the light of their own svabhava (innate nature).
The aim is simple, to create an integral learning commune where like-minded people can come together and take the school to its next evolutionary stage.
Our Team
Sreedhar and Subathra
Viswada’s parents
“Our daughter Viswada is 7 year old and has been in integral school for about 3 years. School environment resembles an extension of home. The activities at school are balanced with sports, academic learning, field trips and projects. Learning in the school is driven by facilitation rather than active teaching; this develops thinking skills in children. Viswada loves the food at school. Physical, mental and emotional development of the children are well taken care of at the school by their loving facilitators.”
Balaji and Valli
Darshad and Yeshna’s parents
“I would not say, my kids are studying in the School rather they are shaping their future there. We are happy with the way the school is providing a platform and ecosystem to develop the body, mind and soul of young kids with holistic education. Today, we see Darshad and Yeshna as happy, confident, self learning, curious, creative kids because of your efforts. We appreciate the teachers and the management of The Integral School in shaping up not only our kids and the future leaders of our beloved country.”
Hansa and Gopal
Kartik’s parents
“We are so happy that we found this school for our child. The teachers are so friendly and they really care about their students. ”
Bhavya and Anirudha
Krishna and Lalitha parents
“Integral school is like an extended family for us. This school care’s for holistic development of the child. Exploration and creativity are given importance rather than conventional teaching methods. School values a lot for physical fitness and overall health of the children.”
Swetha
Dhruva’s Parent
“For parents who believe in holistic learning for their kids, The Integral School is the place to be. I wish every school is like TIS, every child would benefit from its warm and inclusive environment.”
Sunandini and Vivekananda
Orinjoy’s parents
“Our son Orinjoy simply blossomed at Integral. His confidence, articulation, motor skills and discipline grew in leaps and bounds here. Whether it was about managing mood swings or making him fall in love with tough subjects like mathematics, we learnt so much about being better parents from the fantastic facilitators.We hope that he always finds himself in a loving & trusting environment as he found in integral. We are forever part of the Integral family…”
Srinivas
Roshans parent
"This is one of the best schools to evolve and groom the children. Every query of the child is cleared from the roots and with lots of patiences. The school emphasises on holistic education with focus on identifying and solving problems from different subjects. Marks and ranks find no place in this school. We feel very comfortable and are glad that we chose this school."
Thanks to Management and staff.
Selvi and Raja
Elan, Navilan’s Parents
"As a parent of two BOYS , we see them going to school with lots of excitement and tons of happiness EVERYDAY!!! Our boys never felt any pressure but enjoyed learning...An enormous energy, confidence and skills showcased by all the kids on sports day was truly amazing...Never seen such a performance where kids exhibited their talent quite naturally. All kudos goes to the facilitators and we are extremely happy to be part of the Integral family."