CCMTEC & CVP

A value-based education alone is true education.

Swami Chinmayananda

CIRS is a unique east-west boarding school

Quality education is fundamental to a healthy and prosperous society. So is the protection of culture and tradition.
Swami Chinmayananda, recognising that children are ‘the very cream of our generation … and the rulers and makers of tomorrow’ created schools that complement the positive aspects of a modern education with ancient wisdom.

Sixty years of establishment, growth, and expansion

Roots. Reach. Revolution.

The ‘Chinmaya Education Movement’ is one of Chinmaya Mission's most valuable contributions to society.
From its humble beginnings on May 20, 1965, in Kollengode, Kerala (India), it now encompasses over 88 Chinmaya Schools and Colleges, the Chinmaya International Residential School (CIRS) in South India, and the first Chinmaya Vidyalaya outside India's borders, in Trinidad (West Indies).

A Unifying Vision

Chinmaya Mission's academic institutions in India, are administered by the Central Chinmaya Mission Trust Education Cell (CCMTEC) with headquarters at Chinmaya Gardens in Coimbatore, India. CCMTEC Unites all educational branches and institutions with the Chinmaya Mission.

CCMTEC forges effective communication, interaction, and resource sharing among all the institutions under its umbrella, thereby fostering a strong and cohesive Chinmaya Family spirit. Key areas of focus include:
• Common policy
• Resource material on Chinmaya Vision Programme
• Assessment and guidance
• Teacher and Principal training
• Scholarships and Awards
• Student meetings and camps

Chinmaya Vision Programme

The resounding success of the Chinmaya Education Movement has been primarily due to its unique vision of offering academic education complemented with spiritual knowledge. This has been made possible through the distinctive foundation programme of learning - the Chinmaya Vision Programme (CVP) - The Chinmaya Vision Programme (CVP), formally developed in 1996, is a comprehensive education programme that integrates the best of Indian culture and Vedantic philosophy with academic learning.
CVP aims to nurture all Chinmaya students to be successful and humanitarian world citizens, equipped to face life and its challenges positively and dynamically, and to generously give back to society.

Holistic Education

Empowering Children through Holistic Development

Integrated Development : Aims at the overall unfoldment and blossoming of the student at all levels of the personality, physical, mental, intellectual and spiritual

Indian Culture : Students are given wide exposure to various aspects of Indian culture creating a cultural awareness and an appreciation of the vast literary, scientific, and artistic heritage of India. Through epics or stories, values such as love, and non-violence are embedded in children’s minds and remain with them throughout their lives.

Patriotism : is love for and pride in one’s motherland. This vital area of focus includes education in citizenship, civic consciousness, national and cultural pride and addressing national issues. The goal is to develop dedicated citizens who honour and take pride in serving their motherland.

Universal Outlook : A universal outlook is the appreciation, sensitivity and commitment to universal issues. CVP looks at the universal outlook from an economic, technological, philosophical, and cultural angle. Students discover the unity and relationship between the universe, man and God and begin to wonder at the beauty and vastness of creation.

National Impact

CVP was first rolled out to Chinmaya Education Institutions (CEIs) across India. Later CVP seminars were delivered to management and teaching staff at hundreds of schools across India guiding the implementation of Swami Chinmayananda’s vision.

Through almost 200 seminars, the programme has spread to 2,000 schools and colleges across fifteen states of India. It has also crossed the shores of India — the Sri Lankan government is supporting the integration of CVP into their system.

The spirit of Advaita is not to keep away from anything, but to keep in tune with everything.

Swami Chinmayananda

Central Chinmaya Mission Trust

Saki Vihar Road, Powai, Mumbai - 400 072.

Tel : +91-22-2803 4900

E-mail : ccmt@chinmayamission.com