THE SCHOOL’S IDEOLOGY - A CALL FOR VALUES

Children around the world are increasingly affected by violence, growing social problems and lack of respect for each other and the world around them. Parents and educators in many countries are asking for help to turn around this alarming trend. Many of them believe part of the solution is an emphasis on teaching key personal and social values like: Cooperation, Freedom, Happiness, Honesty, Humility, Love, Peace, Respect, Responsibility, Simplicity, Tolerance and Unity.

We would like to share with you a Telugu poem often quoted by Bhagwan Satya Sai Baba. This poem is a long message to us:

“You may be highly educated but if you lack culture, you cannot earn respect in society. Even if you are highly intelligent, you cannot get adoration of people without morality. You may be occupying a position of authority, but if you cross your limits, how can people respect you? Without charity and righteousness and without following the path of truth, how can you expect people to honour you?”

With this philosophy in mind, coupled with Gandhian ideals and Pancasila principles, we came to Denpasar to the call of people who migrated as a result of riots in Jakarta and other places in 1998. Yayasan Taman Mahatma Gandhi was called upon to help in the humanitarian causes.

Ahimsa International Foundation which runs the Asian International School belongs to the same group as the Yayasan Taman Mahatma Gandhi that runs the Taman Rama School.