HELP 2 lakh children learn lifeskills in government and other junior colleges in districts of Andhra Pradesh

Our children are our future. The result-oriented, examination-based education system puts a lot of pressure on students to focus only on academic results, leading to a stressful, unbalanced lifstylee. While students develop academically and become subject-matter experts, most of them lack the basic life-skills for a purposeful life. There is little time or focus on values and morals. A slow downfall in the moral standards of today’s youth is quite visible in our current society.

Another associated problem is that government colleges, in general, focus on delivering the curriculum prescribed to them by the education department. They lack visibility, funds and focus to inculcate the necessary life-skills in their students. All these impact the overall holistic development of students.

HELP stands for Heartfulness – Experience Life’s Potential. This program imparts essential life-skills through a 16-week certificate course in collaboration, with the Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh.

The course is delivered by trained volunteers and certified junior college champion lecturers using high quality videos and powerpoint presentations. The course covers:

i) Meditation for self-development: tools and techniques

ii) Essential life skills like managing stress, time, conflicts, habits, etc.

iii )Basic human values and positive relationships.

This course will cover 2 lakh students of junior colleges in government, government aided and unaided colleges, in all the 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh. The Government of Andhra Pradesh is funding 34% of the total estimated costs. The rest is funded by Heartfulness Educational Trust and donations from corporates, charities and Individuals.

For more information please visit http://education.heartfulness.org/help/

1. Improved concentration and focus in students.

2. ‘Centred Students’: where ‘centredness’ is defined as a person who is self-confident, emotionally stable and well balanced.

3. A life where stress is well managed, leading to a joyful and happy society.

4. Students displaying values of mutual love and respect for each other. And many more...