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| The inspiration and vision of Don Bosco schools and institutions |
Don Bosco Schools are institutions within the Catholic Church. The Church learns from the Word of God that a human being is the image and likeness of God; that one is loved by God to the point of being made His child in Christ; that one is called to rise above this world of senses and attain communion with God. This is the vocation of a person and the Church is conscious of its existence in order to serve this cause.
 Christianity came to India twenty centuries ago. The emphasis then was the diffusion of the Gospel to help the growth of the person. Education has indeed played a vital role in this process down the centuries. However from the nineteenth century, when the British authorities initiated a system of English education, the Catholic Church began to take a still more active part in the founding of schools and colleges. No doubt, the Church's interest lay mainly in her Catholic students; but with the passage of time, the Church's institutions began to cater to a vast number of students of other faiths as well.
Today, the Catholic Church in India runs about 2000 High Schools, about 6500 primary schools, a host of technical and training institutes and a number of other institutions taking care of the physically and socially handicapped. Catholic schools generally enjoy a very good name for the quality of education they impart, for the hard work and dedication of their educative personnel, for the sense of discipline and the values they teach.
The Catholic Church in India knows that through her many schools, she has been making and will continue to make a handsome contribution to the nation at considerable sacrifice of personnel and resources.
Don Bosco Schools have as their guiding principles the gospel values of Jesus Christ. They are animated and administered by the Salesians of Don Bosco (SOB), who are religious who live a life of renunciation and total dedication to the cause of education, particularly of the poorer youth. As educational institutions/of a minority community, these schools enjoy all the relevant rights and duties enshrined in the Indian Constitution. |
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| Some typical characteristics of Don Bosco Schools |
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Don Bosco School realizes the goal of the integral education of its pupils following the method of education of Don Bosco, which is based on the Christian vision of the human person, of life and of the world. It strives to enable youth to be active participants in the transformation and progress of society. |
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Called by God to work for youth like their founder Don Bosco, the Salesians and all those working with them find themselves face to face with a really exciting enterprise. They accept the youth at their own stage of development and see how they can help to accelerate their complete growth. |
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Don Bosco School strives to realize the nation's ideals. This does involve several demands, even sacrifices. All teachers join together in working for the common goal of helping to form the youth into good citizens, worthy of God and worthy of our nation. |
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Don Bosco School is non-elitist and decidedly affirms its option for the most needy youth. A full time school/it aims at blending work and study with artistic, recreational, cultural, religious and .social activities, adopting the latest educational innovations with a view to helping pupils keep abreast of the cultural and technological progress in the contemporary world. In collaboration with other schools in the country, the Don Bosco School strives to realize the ideals of a complete education as epitomized by so many sages of our homeland. |
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Don Bosco School fosters the overall growth and maturity of its pupils primarily by |
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Helping each pupil to discover and improve his/her physical, intellectual and emotional gifts and developing his/her ethical sensitivity and sense of the transcendent. |
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Inculcating an appreciation of cultural values through exposure to our Indian cultural heritage, and arousing social awareness with a view to helping youth to function in a responsible and constructive manner. |
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Emphasizing liberty, justice, solidarity and peace, which are urgent, personal and social needs. |
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Instilling religious values to help our pupils develop into mature persons who are able to achieve harmonious integration between religion and life. |
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Inculcating a healthy respect for all religions. Helping the pupils to discover and realize their own goals in life. |
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Don Bosco School gives importance to planning and team effort |
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| To attain these objectives, the support of both pupils and their families is needed. Through a process of continual self-assessment, the quality of the educative work and its ongoing adaptation to the concrete requirements of the pupils and their families is evaluated and improved. |
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