As you would agree, the focus at the Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Group of Institutions has always been on “Academic Excellence” with good grounding through “Education in Spiritual and Moral Values”. But in the coming 50 to 100 years, we are more than convinced that the child, parent, society and the world would benefit only if there is a far greater emphasis on recognising the child as a whole and not just as someone pursuing merely academic excellence with moral and spiritual input. Hence, the need for equal attention to all aspects of personality development like intellectual, emotional, cultural, moral and most importantly spiritual development, along with academic excellence. This philosophy will be reflected in the changes we are proposing now, which will ensure an equal focus on all aspects of the child’s holistic development.
With these facts in mind, we started exploring the education boards of India which could be best suited for the ideals that we strongly believe in. Based on considerable research conducted by our experts and educationists, we have determined that aligning to the “National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)” system is the best match for our Institutions, going forward. The NIOS will help us achieve the goal of making “Spiritual and Moral Values”, “Academic Excellence” and other aspects of the child’s personality development, with equal importance in our schools.
Accordingly, a decision has been made to align all our educational institutions to the “National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)”. This exciting change will come into effect, whenever our Institutions begin to operate for the current academic year (2020-21). This change does not apply to the students of grade 10 and 12, who are scheduled to write public examinations in March 2021. They will write their examinations in Karnataka State / Central Boards.