No, I am not talking about some special needy children whose only option is to obtain education from home schooling. We know, in the sense of the suggested public hive intelligence ( https://www.mayoan.com/economy/32.-hive-intelligence ) concepts, that even the home schooling aspect can be handled better in a higher and finer society.

Getting educated is a higher and finer activity.

Though it, perhaps, does not generate any direct good karma, nevertheless, it is an important trigger to generate the fructification of the good karmas to come by, Especially, I believe, that functions like the graduation function, accomplishments like the getting certifications/prizes/awards etc., can be powerful triggers by themselves.

Education dispels ignorance and hence clears the arrival of bad karma waiting to fructify based on continued ignorance. The degree of indulgence in learning, education based on career path we chose, acts of in-pursuit of excellence – all these, we know directly leads to fruits of good karma later in life.  

But why do I think that going to school is better than home schooling?

Going to school gives the following benefits additionally:

1.   Influence of positive group karma (pupils group/teachers group/community group etc.,)

2.   By meeting with a lot of different students with diverse back grounds, the mental maturity of a student gains significantly and helps the student to get a highly balanced view of the life itself. This learning is above and beyond the standard curriculum based educational contents.

3.    Cross cultural influence from the school’s population diversity.

4.    Peer support, development of friendships and networking potentials.

5.   It is my own belief that if a student goes to a co-educational institution, he/she may get a strong early-on learning about gender equality, composite team cooperation and about the need for mutual respect/tolerance towards the opposite gender.

6.    Any other etc.,

But what type of schools should we consider?

To go to the foundation of this question, I again have to bring in the need for a 3-tiered iron-clad constitution. (https://www.mayoan.com/grc/06.-more-on-the-fictional-iron-clad-constitution)

The 1^st and most important pillar is that of bureaucracy and meritocracy whose leadership seats are filled by general elections.

The next important pillar is that of the theocracy whose leadership seats are filled by guru-shishya parampara (the meaning of the word “parampara” is “tradition”). The relationship between a guru and pupil(shishya) is sacred and cemented with the feeling of universal love. And I think it is positioned somewhere between the relationship of a mother and her child and a god and its devotee!

The 3^rd pillar is that of the aristocracy whose leadership seats are filled by inheritance from kings/queens/aristocrats/business leaders/other affluent-people or people with similar legacies. They are supposed to focus on improving the quality of life of the people of the nation and to focus also on culture, arts and crafts and its sustenance in the nation. The additional function of this pillar is to perform auditing and GRC activities on a nationwide scale to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the government and governance.

Though it is not a hard and fast rule, I expect that the education from the general public schooling will help in establishing the members of the first pillar. The general public schooling is perhaps popular among the majority of the population and does the major heavy lifting of ensuring a nationwide higher literacy rate. Educational subjects here include the usual – STEM subjects, history, geography, languages, psychology, information technology, statistics, economy etc.,

Similarly, it may be considered more as a norm and not a rule that the members of the 3^rd pillar are expected to have come through (usually expensive) private schooling. In addition to the above subjects, these schools (since the members are expected to join either the 1st pillar or the 3^rd pillar of the iron-clad democracy), may focus more intensely on science and management of quality, GRC, , arts, crafts, media, political histories, constitutions, quality of life aspects and more.

The 3^rd type of school catering to the needs of the 2^nd pillar of theocracy is closer to my heart! Perhaps this type of schools is missing in other parts of the world except in India! These are the schools upholding the greatness of guru-shishya parampara very much essential to continue the spiritual legacy of the country. Some of these schools are standard ashrams and mutts and the head of the mutt position is usually passed down to the person of choice of the guru peetam. Such a relationship is very sacred and special as mentioned before.  Sometimes, here the students wake up as early as 5 -6 am and indulge in traditions like sandhya vandhanam, surya namaskaram and take up lessons on cosmos, astrology, yoga, mantras, tantras, poojas, rituals, sacraments, meditational techniques etc., and indulge in the subjects of theology such as Vedas, Upanishads and puranas. They eventually take up positions in temples as gurukkal and acharyas and more. They also are educated in basic language skills and in science and maths.

Some reference on syllabus can be seen in https://www.indianvedicschool.com/s/pages/curriculum . The students stay in the school hostel and are usually served vegetarian food and after the school graduations they can even get absorbed in the mainstream economy if the person wills.

References:

https://www.mayoan.com/economy/32.-hive-intelligence

https://www.mayoan.com/grc/06.-more-on-the-fictional-iron-clad-constitution

https://www.mayoan.com/economy/09.-administering-the-economy-in-novel-ways---part-1

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