What is Neohumanism & Neohumanist Education?

Helping children to realise their spiritual potential is an integral part of the mission of a Neohumanist school. Children are encouraged to develop their ‘internal life’ and to recognise their ‘interconnectedness of being’ with the natural world and planet Earth.
A Neohumanist education seeks to cultivate in children their already innate capacity for love and compassion. In the words of Shrii Prabat Ranjan Sarkar who first propounded the philosophy and who founded a global network of Neohumanist schools:
When the love of the human heart extends its embrace to the entire living and non-living worlds, this is Neohumanism.
The goal of a Neohumanist education is to expand gradually a student’s sense of community: from self, to family, locality, country, humanity, life on earth and ultimately the entire universe. A Neohumanist education is also an ‘education for the whole child’, that is, for the physical, mental and spiritual child. It is about doing (activity in the world), knowing (learning) and being (entering one’s inner world). A successful education leads to a deep desire for further learning which then continues throughout life.
The River School strives to build a strong cooperative community within and around the school and is part of a network of Neohumanist schools throughout the world.

Introduction to Neohumanist Education

Futures Thinking, Holistic Education & Critical Spirituality

Ecological Curriculum

Arts Enriched Curriculum

Thoughts from P.R. Sarkar (founder of Neohumanism)