Academic Collaborator -Sanskriti University
SAMATVA – A National Teacher’s Training Academy operates under the aegis of the Sri Aurobindo Society, Puducherry. The academy is dedicated to empowering educators to become effective facilitators of integral and joyful learning…
Why SAMATVA?
At SAMATVA, education is not just about what children learn—it’s about who they become. Our approach in training educators goes beyond academics, nurturing the mind, heart, and character of every learner.
❖ The First Integral Education School Established in 1943, Pondicherry, by The Mother, based on the educational philosophy of Sri Aurobindo.
❖ SAMATVA is Transformative.
❖ Key Partnership with KVS, Cambridge University and ACER
❖ Academic Collaboration with Sanskriti University, Mathura.
Reach and Impact
36
Educational work across States / Union Territories of India
34 lakhs
Students benefitted from NEP based Project Booklets
25 lakhs
Teachers Participated in Innovative pedagogies
10,000
Transformation of Schools into Role Model Schools
3 lakhs
Teachers empowered with Experiential pedagogies
55 lakhs
Competency Based Learning Reach
8 lakhs
NEP Orientation for educators
1300
KV Schools with Collaborative Initiative
With partnerships across 31 States and Union Territories, the movement has supported the transformation of 10,000+ schools nationwide.
ZIIEI Impact
Through the nationally recognised Zero Investment Innovations for Education Initiatives:
11 lakhs
Teachers oriented towards innovation
25 lakhs
Teachers implementing experiential pedagogies
65 lakhs
students experiencing competency-based learning
12 lakhs+
Teachers trained in inclusive education
The movement also advanced competency-based reform with academic support from the ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research), alongside engagements with Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and the University of Cambridge.
SAMATVA now carries this legacy forward by focusing on educator wellbeing and inner strength.
⊛ Blend of Integral Education with contemporary education
This integration invites the educator to perceive teaching as both an inward discipline and an outward professional practice. Integral Education brings depth, consciousness, and inner alignment, while contemporary education offers structure, research, and relevance to present societal needs. When these two streams meet within the teacher, the outer methodologies of modern education are infused with inner intent, resulting in learning that is meaningful, current, and yet rooted in timeless principles of human growth. Teachers become bridge builders between tradition and innovation, allowing their work to respond to the demands of the age without losing sight of the deeper evolutionary purpose of education.
⊛ Help educators develop essential 21st-century skills
The twenty-first century calls for educators who can think critically, adapt fluidly, collaborate with empathy, and hold complexity without fear. Yet, these skills are not cultivated merely through workshops or frameworks; they arise when teachers refine habits of inquiry, reflection, and self-awareness. By engaging with integral perspectives, educators build an inner compass that strengthens judgment, nurtures creativity, and deepens emotional balance. In this way, modern competencies are not added artificially but grow organically from an awakened inner foundation that supports authentic leadership in the classroom.
⊛ Transformative pedagogy rooted in experiential learning
A classroom becomes vibrant when the teacher brings awareness, presence, and inner balance into the learning space. It becomes self-explorative when the teacher encourages inquiry, reflection, and ownership of learning. It becomes joyful when the atmosphere is free from fear and pressure, allowing curiosity to blossom. Empowering educators in this manner means supporting them to develop inner quietude, confidence, and intuitive sensitivity, so that the design of the classroom is not a technical exercise but an expression of their own inner growth. As teachers evolve, their classrooms naturally transform into sanctuaries of discovery where learning is both disciplined and alive.
⊛ Focus on the five-fold development — physical, vital, mental, psychic, and spiritual — aligning with NEP 2020
A classroom becomes vibrant when the teacher brings awareness, presence, and inner balance into the learning space. It becomes self-explorative when the teacher encourages inquiry, reflection, and ownership of learning. It becomes joyful when the atmosphere is free from fear and pressure, allowing curiosity to blossom. Empowering educators in this manner means supporting them to develop inner quietude, confidence, and intuitive sensitivity, so that the design of the classroom is not a technical exercise but an expression of their own inner growth. As teachers evolve, their classrooms naturally transform into sanctuaries of discovery where learning is both disciplined and alive.
⊛ Empower educators to design vibrant, self-explorative, and joyful classrooms
A classroom becomes vibrant when the teacher brings awareness, presence, and inner balance into the learning space. It becomes self-explorative when the teacher encourages inquiry, reflection, and ownership of learning. It becomes joyful when the atmosphere is free from fear and pressure, allowing curiosity to blossom. Empowering educators in this manner means supporting them to develop inner quietude, confidence, and intuitive sensitivity, so that the design of the classroom is not a technical exercise but an expression of their own inner growth. As teachers evolve, their classrooms naturally transform into sanctuaries of discovery where learning is both disciplined and alive.
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