Back to Gurukul from classroom.
First 13 years of life are the golden period for growth and skill development. One and half feet baby grows in to be a 5 feet tall person; 35 cm head is heading towards 40 cm and a 3 kg baby turns 45 kg in these 13 years.
This period needs good sleep, timely healthy food, lot of sports, equal rest, all positive emotions and stress free, loving childhood.
No early morning waking up for school, no going to school without potty & bath. No missing breakfast. In this period, good Sunbath, oil massage followed by yogasan is crucial for complete brain development.
For this the school timings need to be from around 10 am to 4 pm. (changes needed as per weather) Sitting in a class room and mugging a subject will not give the exposure needed for life.
It is not good for health and majority of it is not understood by children.
They need to learn things which are vital and practical, before taking books in their hands.
Life-saving skills:
Teaching by videos and live demonstration.
- Dangers of live electric wires and safety from them.
- Dangers of fire and ways to escape from it.
- Dangers of going near water bodies, how small it may be.
- Avoiding man-wholes, wells and other ground dangers.
- In fact all mishaps of local area, which have happened, are to be covered.
- Safety at heights.
- Safety from animals.
- Recognizing kidnappers, cyber crimes, sensing sexual assaults.
- Learn to earn from 13 years of age, learn value of money, manage money, learn banking. Basics of financial learning needs to be started from 10 years of age.
- Let the child learn all the games and choose which ever he likes the most.
- Let him see all the works human beings do, like plumbing, carpentry, electrician, house construction, all varieties of factories, doctors, engineer & lawyers working.
- Essential maintenance skills – cooking, bathing, washing clothes, keeping living place clean.
- Rules of maintaining good health. Essential nutrients for body and their sources from Allopathy.
- Importance of muscles building – importance of Yogasan & all exercises old (e.g.malkham) and new.
- Sunbath and oil massage & its importance.
- Information about harmful market food.
- Social skills – living peacefully with each other.
- Village ride, city ride, jungle ride.
- Classical music, all classical dances.
- Innovations – Toy making, let them think and make new games.
- Language – mother tongue and Hindi till class 8th.
- English from class 9th.
- Self protection programs – Judo-Karate, using lathi, talawar.
- Why my country is the best? Inculcate highest level of patriotism.
- Story of pesticides and freedom fight to eradicate it.
- Basics of Ayurved and Naturopathy.
- Swayampak – in dire emergency only,eat outside food.
- Character building – From net, read biographies of National heroes and narrate it in class in your own words, so public speaking side by side.
- Story telling, poetry recitation – the ones which appeal them.
- Books to contribute 50 %, net search 50 %.
- Replace 50 % bag by digital equipments.
- Learning practical agriculture.
- Do not get trapped in addiction of alcohol, smoking, drugs and sex before marriage. Show true stories of lives spoiled.
Learning swimming to avoid mishaps.
14th year
Army life, military rules, horse riding, all about wars. Why they happen, how can they be prevented rather than their names and history which is not useful.
