APV SCHOOL
Ashram Paryavaran Vidyalaya (Ashram Environmental School / APV)
Ashram Paryavaran Vidyalaya (Ashram Environmental School / APV) has provided holistic and mindful education to the rural poor of Uttarakhand’s Garhwal hills near Anjanisain.
The project was founded in October 2003 and has been led by Anand Dwivedi, a local educationalist who has taught at some of best progressive educational institutions throughout India including Shantiniketan [ made famous by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, whose vision became what is now the university town Visva-Bharati University ] and Rishi Valley [ a school dedicated to the philosopher J. Krishnamurti‘s vision of education.
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Children are helped to explore not only the external world but also the internal world. Self-awareness helps them to gain a better balance between body and mind and to contact the infinite source of intelligence within.
Sa Vidya Ya Vimuktaye
Knowledge is that which liberates....
Sa Vidya Ya Vimuktaye – Knowledge is that which liberates….
Taken from the Vishnu Purana, our motto symbolizes the true ancient Indian meaning of education – to free us from all bondages.
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Mindful Community & Practice
APV teachers live together in a community where all practice mindfulness. This community is at the heart of APV and the school is guided by the same principles by which the community lives: equality, empathy happiness, inquiry, and mindfulness. There is no divide between our work, service, personal practice and home life.
Morning Assembly
Each school day begins with an assembly where students and teachers gather to practice mindfulness, sing, and perform dramas. Classes are based on practical, experiential learning activities and teacher-student cooperative investigation; everyone teaches and learns together. What students have learned are then shown to all grades in the Morning Assembly. This assembly is a chance for the entire school to come together as one family.
Whole Brain Learning
Curriculum design is based on the LINK syllabus, which links state and national standards to the interests, needs, and context of the student. To this aim, the vast forests surrounding APV are often used as a classroom. We use practical methods with real life learning to impart both left and right brain learning. Due to the great success of the model and community, APV is currently focused on expanding its influence and spreading its message of Sa Vidya Ya Vimuktaye, or “knowledge is that which liberates" as a model school for teachers' trainings
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