Distinctive Features

Bhagawan Baba has provided exemplary guidelines and contributions in the fields of Education, medicine, drinking water, Gram Seva and Spiritual awareness. Especially, He used education as a means to achieve the Divine purpose of His incarnation. Until now, no Avathar has involved Himself
in the field of education like Bhagawan Baba. He demonstrated that value based education is the true solution to many problems in the world.

“The main purpose of the previous incarnations was to punish the wicked. But in this incarnation, no retribution, but education; no destruction, but purification”, says Bhagawan Baba. In order to achieve this, He brought about a massive revolution in education which is unprecedented.

If the messages, contributions and achievements of Sri Sathya Sai Baba to the field of education and the world-wide value-based educational activities inspired by these were to be listed, they would give rise to innumerous research articles.

• Campus is set in spacious and peaceful surroundings.
• Spiritual ambience in an environment of discipline and love
• Encourage Residential Character enabling translation of lessons learnt into practical skills through experiential learning.
• Cultivation of the spirit of self-reliance, brotherhood and sacrifice through mentoring and personal example.
• Well equipped Playground, Library and laboratories.
• Computer and Multimedia learning centers with ultra-high-speed broadband internet connectivity.
• Merit-based open admissions policy for all irrespective of income, religion or region.

What is education? What is the meaning and the purpose of education? What actually is to be taught in education? What is Education in Human Values? How to give it to children of all levels? How should the educational institutions be operated? What are the roles of teachers, students and parents? How to coordinate spiritual education with today’s modern education? Baba has mentioned such matters in His discourse. He has also penned an invaluable work Himself, called the ‘Vidya Vahini’ in His Vahini series.

Swami advocated a holistic education that combines both basic education and modern education from Kindergarten (KG) to Post Graduate (PG) level. Instead of just speaking about them, He Himself set up model educational institutes at Brindavan, Puttaparthi, Anantapur and Bangalore. These institutions are functioning as exemplars for the world by providing free education from KG to PG.

He founded not only schools and colleges but also a Deemed University. Through His educational institutions, He set an ideal not only for schools and colleges, but also how the universities should operate. That is why the NAAC committee has openly commended in its report that Sri Sathya Sai Deemed University is the model for all the universities in the country. All these institutions are being managed by the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust in an
excellent manner.

This system of education blessed by Sri Sathya Sai Baba is called Ideals of Sri Sathya Sai Education. Jnanpeeth Awardee litterateur Dr. V.K Gokak has written a book on this and introduced the ideals of Sri Sathya Sai to the world.

All these messages are the beacons to the education sector of the world. In this light, hundreds of Sri Sathya Sai schools were opened not only in India but also in many parts of the world with the blessings of Bhagawan Baba. Baba’s guideline is that every Sathya Sai school should function as an exemplary lighthouse.