The Vedic education system is based around the cultivation of a child’s character, skills and knowledge, keeping at the forefront the individual child’s inherent nature. Special emphasis is given on the values of co-operation, team spirit, honesty, integrity, purity, compassion and selflessness. These qualities make one complete as an individual, a leader of society who can offer back to society not only with his competency but also with his conduct thus setting an ideal example for community at large.

The children are groomed within a rural environment with a lifestyle and practices based around ‘Simple living and high thinking’. Their daily routine, which starts at the sacred early morning time of brahmamuhurta (pre-dawn hours), includes a variety of activities with a considerable portion of time allotted to meditation and spiritual practices, thus helping them develop discipline of the body and mind.

The teachers, through personal example, teach students the value of internal as well as external cleanliness. Purity of body, mind, deeds and words is of high value to the students and teachers together. They develop personal and deep relationships with the students’ due to which children feel genuinely cared for. Learning is thus deeper and based in realization rather than rote learning. Academic and other examinations are held based on the individual students’ pace without pressure, thus supporting their natural growth and blossoming of their innate talents.

The model of Vedic education is the gurukula educational system. In the world today, various social and political factors have caused the marginalization of gurukula education in favor of modern secular methods. The way forward is made by small steps, yet its end is nothing short of magnificent— if we can create a class of highly qualified leaders who are pure devotees of Kṛṣṇa, then, in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s words, “there is great hope for the future of the world.”