EQUBE - Life Education Program for Students  This uniquely designed program for schools aims to impart objective life education that plays a vital role in nurturing young minds into fine human beings who form a major building block in the progress of the nation. Program and Evaluation Details In the recent past, ‘Life Skill’ education has received unprecedented response from all educational forums globally. Several happenings in the world over the last decade have raised serious concerns about the role of Education and its impact. The examples of Enron and World com showed that education was not nurturing ‘human beings’ to be ‘human’ with a reflective quality that enables them to make the choices that would truly add value in the larger context. ‘It is important to know what I am capable of. It is even more important to know what I am using my capabilities for’ (Sampath 2003). A lot of effort is invested in building capabilities, but an equal amount of time is not invested in building the deeper level of enquiry process that helps integrate life. And that is what “Life education” can do. While Education focuses on equipping individuals with knowledge and information, Life Skills focuses on building the capability and competence to use that knowledge. What is life education? How is it different from life skills? Life education can be seen as being more holistic and evolving, enabling better integration than life skills.
Over a hundred years ago in the east, especially in Indian context, 90% of education was about life while 10% revolved around subjects. Now, the percentages have turned the other way. Education predominantly seems to be information and subject driven. Life education helps the child look at life more holistically in a way that enhances the quality of life based on the choices they make. Further, with the onset of ‘consciousness era’ and the children who are much higher in their capacity and capability, education needs to respond to their ability to enquire, understand, and integrate learning in life. Else, the children lose faith in the system and therefore develop indifference and restlessness. The research on indigo children (Carroll and Tober 1999) indicates the implications of the same:
With these factors in mind, we at EFIL have designed a Life Education Program that suits the enquiring mind. This program is named EQUBE – meaning E3 – which stands for Enabling Evolutionary Excellence. To Know More..... Description of the life education module and process This understanding forms the basis for the module curriculum outlined in the following sections. The module starts at grade V level (children around 10-11 years) and completes at grade X (children around 15-16 years). EQUBE Evaluation with reference to CCE Final remarks The essence of EQUBE is about performance and evaluation. It is about learning that will handy when children step into life after tenth grade. The purpose of CCE is also to assess if children are learning and moving towards becoming self-sufficient individuals with a higher level of clarity to deal with life. We expect the parents to understand this purpose and participate in helping the child grow and evolve into a finer human being. This calls for a perspective shift:
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