FRIENDS! Fostering resilience and non-discrimination in schools now is possible with the Quiet Time/Transcendental Meditation programme in educational systems across Europe!

The FRIENDS project has seen its further advancement through the 2° partners meeting taking place in Brussels on the 30th November 2018. On this occasion, partners met up at the headquarters of Maharishi Institute of Vedic Science in Brussels in order to discuss the next steps of implementation and evaluation of the project.

FRIENDS allows schools and other non-formal educational institutions in Europe to implement the innovative whole-school approach known as the Quiet Time based on Transcendental Meditation programme. No changes in the educational curricula are required other than adding twice-daily breaks in which can be  practiced  a simple, scientifically documented psycho-physiological technique, Transcendental Meditation, that has been found to be effective for the development of brain functioning and cognitive performance,  promoting social inclusion and a positive social behaviour.

Students who volunteer and whose parents approve, practice the Transcendental Meditation technique during the Quiet Time moments and their level of academic and personal satisfaction are evaluated alongside the ones of other school members  that, in the course of the FRIENDS project, have learned and practice  Transcendental Meditation (like teachers and principals).

During the last meeting all partners had the opportunity to discuss the first phase of project implementation: newly obtained data and information were shared among the national networks putting the basis for the local learning communities to be created at each country level and make key relevant stakeholders acquainted with the Quiet Time/TM approach within schools.

Local learning communities and online communities were also one of the main topics of the 1° FRIENDS face-to-face meeting held the 29th November 2018 at the Royal Library of Belgium.

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This introductory meeting allowed schools interested in the implementation of the technique to have the chance to meet other schools already involved in the project. The channels and tools of dissemination that have been established where shared with interested stakeholders at grass root level to explore and multiply the potentiality of the TM-based Quiet Time approach for social inclusion in schools and in non-formal educational institutions.  

Partners established to hold the next 3° Transnational meeting on May 2019 in Portugal, organized by  Cooperativa Cultural Ciencia e Tecnologia Vedica Maharishi – CCCTVM.

Are you a member of a school or of another non-formal educational institution? Do you want to know more about the FRIENDS project and its novel approach? Visit our website and join our FRIENDS Facebook communities, you will have the chance to be part of our team

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About the project

FRIENDS: Fostering Resilience-Inclusive Education & Non-Discrimination in Schools is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme under the Key Action 3 Support for policy reforms – Social inclusion through education, training and youth.

Partners

The project partnership holds together: