To disseminate the values and social responsibilities through Gandhiji’s life stories and to reinterpret Gandhiji’s ideas and works to inspire and prepare the children for building a peaceful future society, a curriculum has been designed for students to pursue. The online course on Gandhi and Children is introduced to children by the Department of Gandhian Thought and Peace Science and Museum of Constructive Programme of Mahatma Gandhi, , (DeemedUniversity), Gandhigram. This course is launched in 2006 - 2007 as a part of the Golden jubilee celebrations of Gandhigram Rural Institute.
This course contains twelve lessons from Gandhiji’s life history. Simple, thought provoking and creative questions will be given at the end of each lesson. Every month, at least four lessons should be read and questions should be answered.
The candidate should write the answer and send them to grigandhi@rediffmail.com. The answer will be corrected with due comments and sent back to the candidate with the scores. The issue of the certificate will be based on the sum total of scores obtained by the candidate for the maximum of 100.
Eligibility
Children of the age group 11 to 14 can join this programme
Those who join this course will have to complete this within three months time.
All correspondence and reply to questions should be sent to grigandhi@rediffmail.com
Lesson 1 Truth and Truthfulness
Lesson 2 Truth and Confession
Lesson 3 Forgiveness : An Act of Nonviolence
Lesson 5 Simple Life
Lesson 6 Inter-religious relations
Lesson 7 Punctuality
Lesson 8 Fearlessness
Lesson 9 Cleanliness
Lesson 10 Preach what you practice
Lesson 11 Non-possession (Sharing of wealth)
Lesson 12 Service