Introduction

The Institute of Sathya Sai Education, Australia (ISSE) was established to propagate Sathya Sai Education in the Human Values of Truth, Right Conduct, Peace, Love and Non-Violence.

The Institute is overseeing the introduction of EHV in several schools. It runs orientation workshops for the teachers, develops the EHV program for the children, teachers and parents and trains the teachers in EHV methodology. The Institute has been holding lectures, workshops and radio talks in several countries where it has also initiated EHV for parents. It has also been instrumental in implementing the EHV program at the post-graduate level.

The ISSE is currently collaborating with the UN Habitat to deliver Values based Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Education in several Asian countries.

The Institute has one Sathya Sai School in Murwillumbah in northern New South Wales. This school is acting as the model of human values in the local community and for local state schools.

The Institute was instrumental in initiating a Masters in Learning Management Course (MLM) in Human Values in the University of Central Queensland (UCQ).

The Diploma and Advanced Diploma Courses of the Institute are accredited for the MLM Course in the UCQ. Our first Masters' student has recently graduated and has been awarded the Masters degree with distinction by the University of Central Queensland

Purpose and Mission of the Institute

The Institute of Sathya Sai Education recognises that:

• Three institutes shape the lives of children - the home, the school and society.
• Our future depends upon the knowledge, understanding, skills and values that we impart to our children through these three institutes.

The Institute endorses the Adelaide (South Australia) Declaration on National Goals for Schooling in the Twenty-First Century (1999), and believe that character education is vital both for responsible citizenship and for creating a just and open society.

Our Mission

1. To support the parents as the first and foremost educators of values through suitable publications, workshops and seminars, and other material on Education in Human Values (EHV) for parents.

2. To support the educational system by:

• (a) Developing and making freely available modules on Education in Human Values for schools, colleges, universities and other tertiary institutions involved in education and training.


• (b) Providing training of teachers and educators in the methodology of Education in Human Values.


• (c) Continually studying, developing and evaluating techniques, methodology, course-content and lesson plans in EHV for teachers and students.

3. To support the emergence of an awareness of the role of Human Values as the determinant of the health of our community through EHV modules relating to media, the various professions, businesses, commerce and trades.

4. All the modules on EHV shall be based on the five Human Values of Love, Truth, Right-Conduct, Peace and Non-Violence as the basis of Good Character and Good Citizenship.

Who and What of the Institute of Sathya Sai Education

Educare Community Services Pty Ltd and the affiliated Institute of Sathya Sai Education Australia (ISSE) are a non-profit multifaith community resource made up of volunteer academics associated with Australian universities who wish to enhance understanding and practice of universal Human Values through education.

Educare Community Services is externally focussed and provides Education in Human Values to Organisations, Schools, and Community Groups. The Institute of Sathya Sai Education is affiliated with a number of International bodies, and Australian Educational institutions and provides diploma, advanced diploma and masters courses in Human Values.

The Institute is a voluntary, non-profit service organisation dedicated to achieving Human Excellence for all members of our community without any distinction of race, religion, gender, class, colour or creed.

The founder of Education in Human Values programme is Sathya Sai Baba who is the Chancellor of the Sai University in India, a highly acclaimed tertiary institution in that country.