Character education through EHV in practice

This chapter concludes the book, describing how the principles of values education through Education in Human Values (EHV) have been incorporated into a worldwide school system of model Sathya Sai Schools and other partnership schools that have adopted EHV on a whole-school basis. Anecdotes are given about the impacts on students, teachers, and their families. There are around 40 Sathya Sai Schools in 30 countries outside India and over 100 in India, established to demonstrate how the EHV principles can be implemented to develop people of good character serving their communities. All use EHV techniques described in Chapters 8, 9, and 10. This chapter also describes the organisation and operations of the schools and introduces the Australian Sathya Sai College. A brief history is given of this college's development from starting with nine children, to its current primary and secondary campuses offering K-12 values-based, character-building education. Specific examples are given for EHV teacher professional development and the use of communities of practice in the planning and implementation of EHV. Thus, values education through EHV will support the wellbeing of all involved, and help teachers to remember why they became teachers in the first place.