St Arnolds Central School

s-formed and perfected. This notion is aptly expressed by the very rich word Samskarah. In our context, the prefix sam conveys the idea of refinement, polishing, completeness, perfection, and so the word samskarah, corresponding to the word 'perfection', encapsulates the meaning of moulding, transforming, refining, cultivating, purifying, sanctifying and the like. Samskarah thus takes a holistic and integral approach: developing the physical, psychological, intellectual and spiritual aspects of the one's personality. Through imparting knowledge, excellence, values, empowerment towards liberation and national integration, teachers exercise their midwifery function of 'e-ducating' (derived from the Latin 'to lead out'), bringing about a new birth by transforming the raw, natural, ordinary material(prakrta) into something polished, beautiful, cultured and perfect (samskrta).