ISSE Hong Kong
Our Purpose and Mission is:
- To promote an understanding and application of the principles underlying a holistic education programme that addresses the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health of the child, in which children:
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- are encouraged to appreciate the five basic universal human values of Truth, Right Conduct, Peace, Love and Non-violence as essential to daily living and the development of character,
- learn to respect the cultures, traditions and religions of all people, along with their own, in order to appreciate the underlying unity of all humanity and foster mutual understanding,
- acquire decision-making skills which enable moral and discriminative living,
- develop responsibility for the consequences of their actions and act with compassion and respect for the rights, life and dignity of all persons,
- develop self-discipline and self-confidence necessary to realize their potential to become good leaders – by nurturing their moral, physical, social and academic development,
- develop value based skills needed for personal, family, community, national and world harmony,
- develop a caring and preserving attitude towards all forms of life and to value the need for conservation and protection of the environment.
- To integrate the philosophies and pedagogies of the Sathya Sai Education in Human values model into the existing methods and curricula of school systems in Hong Kong and Mainland China so as to nurture well-balanced and well-rounded students.
- To provide teacher professional development and school-based action research as well as workshops for parents to promote the development, implementation and evaluation of Sathya Sai Education initiatives in Hong Kong and Mainland China.
- To develop resource materials and share our experiences with the local and wider communities in order to raise awareness of the role of Human Values and Human Excellence in contributing to a healthy society.