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Issue 62 – July 2026
ETC India

ETC India

Neohumanist Education Training Camp in Anandanagar, March 2026

A long-awaited ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ (๐„๐“๐‚) was organized for the teachers of all Anandanagar schools. The ETC focused on ๐๐ž๐จ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, aiming to foster a practical understanding of applying neohumanist concepts to children and adolescents. The three-day ETC was held in March, 2026 and over 100 teachers of Anandanagar schools participated and benefitted from the classes. Also, 350 school uniforms were distributed to needy Anandanagar school students. In 2025, 350 students were provided with course books, notebooks, pencils and erasers.

๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ:

  • High School Central Anandanagar
  • Primary School Bakul Bitan
  • Uma Nivas High School
  • Rarh Hostel & Primary School
  • Shyampur Matrisneh (Didi managed) Primary School
  • Guridih Primary and Junior High school
  • Karchey Primary School
  • Sulanglahar Primary
  • Kaoshiki Primary and Junior High School
  • Taherbeda Primary
  • Metala Primary School
  • Bada Metala Junior High School
  • Tatuara Primary School
  • Barudih Primary School
  • Patamjuri Primary School
  • Mayadih Primary School
  • Talmu Primary School
  • Talmu Junior High School
  • Bansgarh Primary Schools
  • Girijanandadihi Nuahatu Primary School
  • Chitmu Primary School
  • Siddhi Primary School
  • Jaliadih Primary School

๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž

Over 100 teachers attended, including 29 teachers from Uma Nivas.

๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ:

๐‹๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ: Teachers explored why Ananda Marga schools utilize English medium. While local roots and the mother tongue are essential, English is taught as a global medium of communication to remove inferiority complexes and cultivate Universal Citizens, rather than as a colonial imposition.
๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐๐ฌ: Math and Science were taught via the Play-Way method. Great emphasis was placed on the practical wisdom of Stuvol.
๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก: Sessions were interactive, using inspirational stories to develop a comprehensive approach to learning.
๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ž: The final presentation by Dada Priyakrsnananda integrated spirituality as the true foundation of Neohumanism.

๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ:

  • ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐€๐›๐ก๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐š๐ฅ – Prof. of Education, West Bengal State University
  • ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ฌ๐กis ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฅ – Prof. of Mathematical Science
  • ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐š ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค – Prof. Dept. of Education, Panchanan Barma University
  • ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐’๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ฉ ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ – Faculty of Science
  • ๐’๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ข ๐€๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง ๐Š๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ – Former Commissioner, Govt. of India
  • ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐๐š๐›๐ข๐ง ๐‰๐š๐ง๐š – Reader, Mathematical Science, Bhubaneswar
  • Shri Lakhmikant Hazra – Bengali teacher

Another ETC was also held between May 9-13th, 2026. Among others, Ac. Kalyanmitrananda and Ac. Ounkareshvarananda gave classes to over 80 participants.