Education

An Ignatian Education

What makes a Jesuit education?

  • A commitment to a faith that does justice - an awareness of the needs of others, and readiness to place one's talents at their service
  • A personal concern for the whole life of each student
  • A development of a broad liberal education
  • An emphasis on critical thinking and effective communication
  • Striving for excellence
  • A philosophy that emphasizes actions rather than words.

Learning to serve - serving to learn

The Jesuit Education Ministry includes Jesuit owned and operated schools, university colleges and chaplaincies, affiliated lgnatian schools, and the intellectual apostolate. A Jesuit education has a clear purpose: the development of a wellrounded person of Competence, Conscience, Compassion and Commitment, who will be of service in the world and has the generosity to make a contribution.

Jesuit education seeks to be world affirming - to reveal a world "charged with the grandeur of God". It encourages study of all reality, promoting the search for God in all things while respecting the infinite variety of ways in which God is revealed to an individual. Its objective is to produce wisdom and a deep sense of reverence rather than marketability or a narrow orientation towards a specific career.

The Ignatian Teaching Model

Context - What do we need to know about our students?
Experience - What is the best way to engage our students in learning?
Reflection - How do our students reflect more deeply on what they have learnt?
Action - How do we encourage students to move beyond knowledge to action?
Evaluation - How do we assess our student’s growth in mind, heart and spirit?

What distinguishes a Jesuit education?
A Jesuit education has a clear purpose: the development of a well-rounded  person of competence, conscience and compassion who will be of service in the world and has the generosity to make a contribution.

Jesuit education seeks to be world affirming - to reveal a world "charged with the grandeur of God". 

It encourages study of all reality, promoting the search for God in all things while respecting the infinite variety of ways in which God is revealed to an individual. 

Its objective is to produce wisdom and a deep sense of reverence rather than marketability or a narrow orientation towards a specific career.

Central to a Jesuit education are:

  • A commitment to a faith that does justice - an awareness of the needs of others, and a readiness to place one's talents at their service
  • A personal concern for the whole life of each student
  • A development of a broad liberal education
  • An emphasis on critical thinking and effective communication
  • Striving for excellence
  • A philosophy that emphasizes actions rather than words

Values for South Asian Schooling

Based on the Christian values and the Secular, Democratic, Socialist, soveriegn principiles of our context. 

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