"...there is such a thing as perfection...and our purpose for living is to find that perfection and show it forth....Each of us is in truth an unlimited idea of freedom. Everything that limits us we have to put aside."
Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Every individual or institution is born with a purpose and a process. The challenges of growth and the constantly changing world often tend to distract one from the real purpose and process. The fundamental need today is to align the two, to enable the individual and the institution to optimize the resolve to achieve their vision (which is the purpose), without having to compromise on their values (which is the process), and continue to be on the journey.
In the process of aligning the two, the usual approach taken by most development initiatives is to focus on the symptoms rather than the causes of the issue. What is seldom understood is that as long as the focus is on the symptoms, no real change is possible. We believe in working with causes to bring about deep, meaningful and lasting change.
In the context of life education, it is vital to enable a child to dream their vision, foster in them the belief to live by the values they choose to stand for and remain life-long learners to evolve into fine human beings.
Our philosophy centers around Vision, Values and Learning, which become the road map in any kind of evolution towards excellence. When these are connected appropriately with clarity, conviction, innovation, focus, farsightedness and alignment, the outcomes are: quality, value addition, leadership and evolution.
More on our philosophy
Our Vision:
Education for Integrating Life to enable evolutionary excellence.
Values we stand for:
- Purpose larger than self
- Openness
- Integrate learning
- Self governance
- Credibility
- Integrity
- Mutual respect
Our learning orientation
- Non prescriptive
- Essence centered
- Self driven
- Inside-out
- Context sensitive
Our logo concept:
EFIL stands for Education For Integrating Life, derived by spelling LIFE backwards!
The blue knot is inspired by the Gordian knot, which is a metaphor for a complex problem having a simple solution. This element is an unending loop, symbolizing continuity. The sky blue colour is expansive and suggests seamless possibilities. The deep indigo purple signifies depth and introspection, and is also considered the colour of consciousness. The deeper colour holds the lighter colour, suggesting balance. The f made to face backwards serves two purposes. One, it holds the flower knot like a stem, depicting growth and also gives a visual hint to read Efil as Life. |
