Integral Education teachers’ meet

PROCEEDINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF
NEW LIFE EDUCATION TRUST MEETING HELD ON
05.03.2006 AT SRI AUROBINDO INTEGRAL EDUCATION
CENTRE, ITAMATI.

The meeting started at 11AM with meditation & Mother’s
music. Sri Sriballav Panigrahi presided. Sri Parikshit Pattanaik,
district organiser of Nayagarh Dist. welcomed the participants.
Sri Prasad Tripathy, Secretary read out the Proceedings of
the last Executive Body meeting held at Sundargarh on
25.12.2005 which was conformed with the following
observations.
It was decided that the Executive Body may sit every 4
months instead of every two months. But a Core committee be
formed with the following members which may sit as
freequently as possible.
1. Office bearers 7
2. Zonal Co-ordinators 9
3. Trust Co-cordinators 5
Total 21
It was decided that besides the above 21 members any
other members may also attend this meeting.
It was decided to request the Managing Trustee of
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry to spare the services of
Sri Narendra Arya for a period of at least 10days during the
Summer vaction to conduct a workshop on Sanskrit.
It was found that Sanskrit as a subject has been withdrawn
from some Integral Schools and at some schools it has been
introduced as optional subject. It is a painful fact. When The
Mother & Sri Aurbindo have said so many things about Sanskrit
how this can be an optional subject! It was therefore decided
that a separate letter may be issued to all schools, those have
withdrawn Sanskrit they must introduce Sanskrit from the next
academic session. Sanskrit must be taught upto standard-II
orally and from Std-IV through books. In each Sri Aurobindo
Integral Education Centres, Oriya, Sanskrit and English should
be made compulsory. Any other language may be taught as
optional subject. But in no case Sanskrit can be made optional.
Zonal co-ordinators have not reported the reasons of nonattendance
of schools in different activities of Trust of their
zones. They were requested to report as early as possible.
It was decided to conduct the student’s meet as per the
proposal of the President. State level students meet among
students of VIII, IX, X. Zonal level students’ meet among
students of Std. VI, VII and District level students’ meet among
students of Std.IV & V.

It was also decided that no Zonal level or District level
Teachers’ or Students’ meet be conducted during State level
meets. Sri Parikshit Patnaik of Nayagarh proposed that each
Integral School should be made compulsory to attend all
activities of New Life Education Trust.
It was decided that Calender of the event of the state may
be made finalised during April Conference.
Saroj Pattanaik of Rourkela proposed to hold a teachers’
meet of all English medium school during April/May 2007 at
Biramitrapur. The contents of the meet should be in the ideal
of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo ie. Integral Education.
It was decided that a list of text books published by New
Life Education Trust be circulated with price list. It was decided
to hold next Refrsher Training during 7th May to 27th May
2006 at Matrubhaban, Cuttack.

Affiliation of New Schools was deffered to the next meeting
to be held during refresher training at Cuttack.
It was decided to circulate among all schools the appx
workload per child per class, Distribution of subjectwise periods
may be circulated. It was decided to hold the next Executive Body Meeting of
the New Life Education Trust on 21st May at 10AM at
Matrubhaban, Cuttack. Sri Sanjaya Mohapatra of Kalupadaghat proposed vote of
thanks. The meeting ended with 2mts. meditation. The member of
the Trust attended the second session of the meeting after lunch
to discuss about the problems of Nayagarh School.