One of the major problems confronting us today is that children seem to be growing up stressed and confused because they are not armed with the right tools to face real-life problems and make the right choices. To address this need, Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi has developed a unique three-year graded value education program titled
The Awakened Citizen Program for students of Classes 6, 7 & 8 or Classes 7, 8 and 9 (Year-1, 2 and 3) as per schools’ convenience. The program was launched nationwide on 14th February 2015.

● The Awakened Citizen Program emphasizes that each child is unique and has infinite potential; education is the unfolding of this potential which can be manifested as excellence in every walk of life.

● The program is designed in a discussion oriented manner where the students analyze various explorations, real life situations and role models. The students think about, discuss and discover the consequences of various choices and hence get armed with a decision making framework for life.

● The program does not impose any dos and don’ts, but enables the children to develop faith in themselves, discover values and make responsible choices.

This key message  of the program is  that each individual has infinite strength, infinite potential, and infinite goodness. This power and strength can be felt, every time we say “I CAN”. The faith in this strength is called Atmashradha and is the basis to awakening several human possibilities that are open to us. For the purpose of the program the possibilities are broadly classified into two categories- Universal Possibilities (six possibilities open to all of us) and Unique Possibilities (based on our talents, interests, environment and self-effort) which are further classified into physical (six) and knowledge (six) possibilities. Awakening the unique possibilities makes us significant contributors in our chosen field.

The Awakened Citizen Program is based on the message that each one of us, carries within, an infinite source of power, strength and goodness. This power and strength can be felt, every time we say “I CAN”. This infinite power gets manifested as various possibilities. The more we consciously develop or manifest these possibilities, the more faith we develop in ourselves. The Awakened Citizen Program is designed to help discover and manifest the infinite power within each one of us.

The Human Possibilities Framework has been formulated to help understand and explore the infinite possibilities within us. The possibilities are broadly classified into two categories:

  • Universal Possibilities: These are open to each one of us irrespective of religion,caste, age, gender, education, family background.
  • Unique Possibilities: These can be developed based on our talents, interests,environment and self-effort. The Unique Possibilities have been further classified into Knowledge Possibilities and Physical possibilities.

Through various explorations, situation analyses, discussions and real life examples, the students discover the tremendous impact of manifesting these possibilities and the means to do so. The emphasis is on opening the minds of the students, giving them a framework for decision making, enabling the discovery and acceptance of values and bringing about an inner transformation.