Ramakrishna Mission’s ‘Awakening’ Programme : UPSC Daily Important Topic| 13 October 2022

Ramakrishna Mission’s ‘Awakening’ Programme

The Union Minister for Education launched Ramakrishna Mission’s ‘Awakening’ Programme for school students.

✓It is an initiative towards ensuring overall personality development of a child in line with the philosophy of National Education Policy (NEP), 2020.

✓It is for the students of classes I to V.

✓Ramakrishna Mission, Delhi branch, from 2014 onwards, has been successfully conducting the Awakened Citizen Program (ACP) for middle school students to enable them to build “ATMASHRADDHA” (Self-esteem) and make responsible choices. It helps them to find solutions for all problems of life.

✓There has been a demand from educationists for a similar program for Primary school students.

✓In response to this, ‘Awakening’ has been designed and piloted across 126 schools.

Need:

✓Social transformation is one of the key goals of education.

✓Values and wisdom are more important than material wealth.

✓Value-based education is important for building a future-ready and socially conscious generation.