1. Unique Practice in Teacher Education
SHANTI SENA
The Peace Brigade in Gandhigram Rural Institute
Dr.P.S.SREEDEVI
Assistant Professor & Organizer, Shanti Sena
Gandhigram Rural Institute –Deemed to be University, Gandhigram,
Dindigul 624 302, Tamil Nadu.
2. Introduction
“Education means all-round drawing out of the best in
child and man - body, mind, and spirit” .
- Mahatma Gandhi
• Education - basis of personality development in all
dimensions-moral, mental, and emotional.
• Moral and ethical knowledge are the first point on which
Mahatma Gandhi's concept of value education is based.
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3. Nonviolence a Gandhian Weapon
“Nonviolence is not merely a personal virtue. It is also a
social virtue, to be cultivated like other virtues.”
“Non-violence is a plant of slow growth. It grows
imperceptibly, but surely.”
- Gandhiji
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4. National Volunteer Corps (NVC)
– A prototype of Shanti Sena
• Gandhiji, “to initiate the work of maintaining peace” and “to
evolve a new organisation and discipline of volunteers,
disbanding those who had no faith in nonviolence and retaining
those who had faith in nonviolence.”
• The working committee of Congress party on November 23, 1921
in Bombay approved the ‘National Volunteer Corps’ a prototype
of Shanti Sena.
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7. Gandhigram Rural Institute (GRI)
– Deemed to be University
• GRI was founded in 1956, with undying faith and deep
devotion to Mahatma Gandhi’s revolutionary concept of
‘Nai Talim’system of education.
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8. Shanti Sena @ GRI
• GRI has always been a testing ground for many Gandhian
experiments,
• Shanthi Sena, (Peace Corps) in GRI was established in 1958.
• The founding father of GRI, Dr G. Ramachandran resisted all
attempts made by State and Central governments to introduce
N.C.C (National Cadet Corps) the para-military training for
students.
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9. GRI is the first and only Educational Institution across the
Globe having Shanti Sena.
Objectives
To inculcate the youth faith in Non-violence and Moral Law
Love for Voluntary service
To inflict faith in the dignity of Manual Labour.
To train well-disciplined Non violent soldiers to meet
emergency situations.
Uniqueness
Dress Code
Khadi Dress
For Boys white Pant and white shirt
For Girls white saree and blouse
White khadi Cap for both
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10. Qualification for a Shanti Sainik
A living faith in non-violence
Equal regard for all the religions of the earth
Ability to work in group or single
Contacts and personal service to the local people
Strict impartiality
Voluntary participation and immediate action
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16. Symposium on Communal Harmony
Special lecture on peace for all
Orientation programme for
Shanti Sena Organizers
One Day Seminar On
“Walking With The Mahatma Gandhi”
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17. Quiz for the school students
Exhibition on Gandhi’s Life
Drawing competition
Essay writing
Gandhi Jeyanthi Celebrations
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18. Yuva Sangamom at Trivandrum, Kerala, Dec 8-
10, 2017
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21. Trekking
Yoga and Meditation
Yoga and Meditation Training on Tobacco Free Village
Trekking, Yoga and Meditation
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22. First Aid training Feb- 2018
Training on Disaster management
Skill Training Programmes
First Aid Demonstration
First Aid Demonstration
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30. Tarun Shanti Sena
Attempted a Venture of Tobacco Free Villages at Kootham
Patti and Achipuram.
Mobile Exhibition on Gandhian Values
Conducted sports for school children and youth
Tarun Shanti Sena is an innovative Programme established
in two villages as experimental basis to create a value
based, peaceful and non violent society among the youth
and the Public.
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31. Campaign on Tobacco Free villages and Mobile
Exhibition by Tarun Shanti Sena
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32. Action Oriented Programmes
Beyond Extension, Shanti Sainiks normally involved in
the following activities
Workshop on Preventing and handling Campus violence in schools at
District Level.
Workshop on Communal Harmony
Free Eye Camps conducted at Sakkaya Nayakanur, Vellodu,
Dharumathu Patti and Pallapatti.
Reception to Dignitaries
Peace March for Sarvodaya Day
Gandhi Jeyanthi Celebrations.
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