Teachers and staff

Creating a new school culture places great demands on school management, organisation and teachers. Pioneering courage, commitment, patience and perseverance are important elements for success. All the participants are exposed and are also criticised from their own ranks, on the part of parents or authorities.

Joyful charisma and courageous steps are always needed to inspire and invite teacher colleagues, friends, parents, people of the state institutions and interested parties to participate in this project.

The teachers, as well as the people around the organisation of the nature school, must also have the courage and the joy to „go back to school“ itself in a new way, because they are like the pupils still learning and inwardly preparing themselves to be able to provide the appropriate life and learning space. Because one can only pass on to others what one has internalised. Thus the pupils learn from the teachers and the teachers from the pupils.

There are currently two female teachers and five male teachers at the school (from left to right): Mr. Suneel, Mr. Kuldeep, Mr. Bipin, Ms. Shreyanshi, Ms. Ritu, Mr. Dinesh, Mr. Deepak

Deepak  Rayal – School leader
First of all I would like to thank Guruji (Shin), Sir Richard (Bhagin), Mam Susanne, Mr. Dilbar Uncle Ji and dear brother Rohit. I am so glad to be part of this institution because of the grace God (Shiva) and all of you .

I’m writing with love about the school and the children, teachers, staff, and parents etc.

I became a part of this instiution on 1st July 2014. Since then I have been honestly working as a teacher with it. It’s my pleasure to be working with all of you.

On 15th July 2014 our school has been inaugurated by the Superintendent of Police (S.P.) Pauri. Before the school inauguration we roamed from village to village for the admission of new children until we got our school recognised by the government. After our school was recognised we finished going from village to village. Afterwards the school has been going nicely by the grace of God Shiva and Godess Parvati.

Later on Catherine, Juli and Carol have been coming to the school from time to time. They brought amazing ideas using their huge experiences, and guided all the teachers and children as well. I have learned so many things from them. Since last year Barbara and her mother Ingrid  have been coming to the school and gave us and the children their precious time and their splendid ideas and experiences. Year by year I learnt so many things from the school and the children.

Since 2015 I have been attending the seminar of the Guruji (Shin). I’m inspired by Guruji (Shin) and his spiritual ideas, ideological philosophy exercises etc. We are also following Guruji (Shin) and the school is going under his guideline.

This is a nature school and this school is truly situated in the lap of nature. We are also learning from the nature, and the children as well. All the teachers, staff, children, parents, people are helpful. It is a wonderful experiences with all of them.

I am still learning… Because learning is that process which takes the whole life, so that… Rest of things I can not express my feeling in words.
Lastly I would like to thank all of you from the core of my heart.

Ritu Maminain
I am teaching in Paramarth Awadhawan school since 1st April 2015. During this time I learned very much things in the school. I think childhood is the first step for the child’s life. Children learn a lot  through the experiences they make during their childhood. If a child experiences more protection then the child feels better, and it learns more through the cooperation with friends. Children play and learn with different kinds of children, and they learn to understand what is good and what is bad. Good schooling is for children very important.

Our school supports better discipline. This is very important for children. All teachers of our school teach not only reading and writing to the students, but also yoga, art, craft, love for nature, love for animals, love for friends etc. Then the children grow up healthy, happy and intelligent. So, I like teaching in this school because all children are so sweet and naughty and cute and they love to have fun. Children come to school and enjoy the complete day.

I thank the school management, all teachers and all parents, and all people who are related to our school Paramarth Awadhawan. Thank you.

Bipin Singh Bhandari
I started to teach for Paramarth Awadhawan school in April 2016. In this school I experienced a new method of teaching which is different from other schools. The aim of our school education is not only to teach knowledge from books, but also to connect students to nature and to understand the importance of nature.

It is a new experience and also a great opportunity for me as a part of this school. I thank my school and all my companions who invented new methods of teaching and helped me to understand a new education system.

When I started teaching in this school I began to understand the aim of our school education. The aim of our school is to connect the school education to nature and to the integral development of students by which they understand their cultural society and give their contribution to society.

During the school period 2016-2018 I was capable to understand the problems of the students.

The aim of the teacher is not only to teach students, but also to give affection as their parents, brothers and friends.

Dinesh  Bhandari
I have now completed four years in this school. In this past year, along with teaching myself, I learned something very well in my own heart. When I first came to school, I was completely new to the experience of living with the children. But the concept of this school, from our Guruji (Shin), flowed a new energy into me, and I got to learn a lot from his thoughts. After coming to this school, we and our children met the people of other countries and got the privilege of being in touch with their culture, ideas and education. It is a matter of great pride for a Himalayan school and its people who are getting such an education and culture. Especially in today’s times where urban children are made to kind of machines which have no time to think for themselves. The complexity of the usual schools is trapped in the back of the books and cannot get out of it.

But in my experience, I can say that the school’s ideologies teach to survive using the things provided by our culture and nature. Usual schools don’t like that the child-machine develops its own ideas. But our kind of education can make the life of the children happy and the future can definitely be beautiful. During all these years I was very happy with the results of our school. Children’s learning methods and their understanding is very simple. The child learns from everything it hears, sees and does. The behaviour of a teacher in this school is different from other schools, and they are ready to understand those children deeply and then work with them. With these words, the future of the children here in this school is bright and pleasant.
Thank you.

Kuldeep Singh
When I became a part of this school on 16th May 2017 I only knew education about nature through books. Other things were never related to nature, and therefore, children learned only limited about nature.

But this school is based on nature, everything around the development of the children. The aim is not only education to earn money. Because if a person or a child thinks only of making money during education, its development remains very limited.

And in our school children are learning much more from the nature, also how many sources of earnings nature provides to us.

The teachers have decent behavior with children, and the parents like the friendliness in this school. Rude behaviour with children causes that children cannot express their feelings and unfold their inner side of activities and performance.

In our school, additionally to knowledge about nature, are teached craft activities  etc.
Children learn by playing.
In this school I have learnt so many things from my great colleagues. We all work together and help each other.

I heartly welcome and regard the great person, who invented this school, and all the national and international people who are connected to it, and as well all school families. I wish the school a bright future.

Suneel Panwar
I started school in April 2022 and I want to teach at a nature school because here I have better opportunities to combine theory and practice. The nature school also has a calming effect on children and teachers. Here I can provide variety in the lessons and teach through play, practice and exploration. I want to teach with natural materials such as leaves, stones, etc. by which the students experience nature and acquire new knowledge. I want to teach everything that has to do with nature.

Nirmala Devi
She is a caring childminder during non-school hours. She assists the teachers with handicrafts, games, excursions into nature and also with household chores, for example at meal times, and keeps the group rooms and toys tidy.

Mr Vinod and Mr Laxman
Both men have been loyal employees for many years and are happy that they have found meaningful tasks at the nature school despite their disabilities. Both are the angels in the kitchen and cook for both children and teachers in the finest and most delicious way. In addition to the children, they also look after the trees and plants in the school grounds, plant and harvest everything that is needed for the meals and look after the cows and hens. They are the guardians of the school when there are holidays and were always present when the school was deserted in Covid times. They love the children and are also popular with the children.

Inder Singh and Gopal Singh
These two men are also long-time employees and transport every day with great responsibility a valuable “cargo” with our school-owned bus. Inder Singh is the bus driver and Gopal Singh the attendant and supervisor during the bus rides, during which the children are picked up daily from the distant villages and brought to school and back home. The bus rides are always cheerful with lots of “chick-chatter”. Both men are always available for extraordinary work and also worked diligently on the construction of the second school building.

Catherine Roadknight and Julie Goode aus Australien
Both women come to the school every now and then for a few weeks and create lively, comprehensive and close to nature lessons for the children, including handcrafts, body exercises, nature experiences and much more. They also train the teachers in a very special and holistic way. This voluntary and unselfish annual commitment is worthwhile for everyone and has brought up many new ideas and possibilities.

Roland Gelfert from Überlingen/Lake Constance, Germany
He has come to school twice so far for several days to teach.
Read more about in this blog.

Carol Fraser from England
Carol is English and has lived in India for many years, she speaks Hindi very well and taught as a teacher at a school in Sirasu. Since many years she engages herself with the integral teaching of SHIN and has studied it thoroughly. She loves children.
Every year she visits the school and gives integral and very lively lessons to the children as well as to the teachers and gives valuable advice for the implementation of the teachings.

Wolfgang Viehberger from Austria
In 2019, the young music and sports enthusiastic teacher came and brought a lot of movement, fun, laughter and also seriousness in a playful way to the school.
This school time was an enrichment and joy for children and teachers and Wolfgang also enjoyed the time very much and said: “Someday I will come back, it is a wonderful place with so many warm people”. Read more about it here.

Artists Mikhael and Monika Strassberger from France
They visited the Nature School in 2019. Mikhael taught the art of the Matmari original language and Angelika chanted mantras and did body exercises with the children. It was a very interesting lesson for teachers and students and shows once again that this school uses new teaching impulses for the holistic development of the children. Read more about it here.