Aim of the School

We, at the Manik Public School, believe that the central task of education is to produce learning and not learned people; since the moment one thinks he has become learned, the process of learning stagnates. It is our firm belief that 'education is that which remains in us after we have forgotten what we learned in our books. This philosophy of education has always inspired us to instill in our students as well as our teachers an undying urge to acquire knowledge in its pristine form and to keep alive the interactive process of learning and teaching. We feel that mere providing of bookish education and preparing students for public examinations is not sufficient. Therefore, each boy in the school is encouraged and helped to develop himself into a completely integrated personality and a responsible member of society. For achieving this, the boys are exposed to a wide variety of physical, intellectual, cultural and social activities. The aim behind engaging students in activities such as debates, dramatics and elocution, is to provide the right kind of scope for their intellectual, emotional and creative development.

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About the Founder

Deeply committed to his cause, soft spoken and suave, unassuming, benevolent and caring, an educationist with a missionary zeal, a passionate sports enthusiast, a saint with a modern outlook - these could be some of the qualities that could be attributed to His Holiness Shri Siddharaj Manik Prabhu Maharaj, the fifth and the present Peethadhipati of Shri Manik Prabhu Samsthan. Yet if someone wishes to know his personality in all its entirety one should visit Maniknagar to see a small hamlet in the underdeveloped region of Northern Karnataka transformed in to a throbbing centre of religious, educational, cultural and social activities. Today's Maniknagar, with its multifarious educational and charitable activities, owes a lot to his progressive approach. Institutions such as the Manik Public School, Manik Prabhu Hindi Vidyalaya, Manik Prabhu Hostel, Manik Prabhu Veda Pathashala, Manik Prabhu Sanskrit Pathashala, Manik Prabhu Anathalaya and Manik Prabhu School for the Blind speak volumes about his contribution to the development of the Samsthan not only as a religious institution but also as a responsible organization committed to the cause wider societal development.

The School Cresst & Motto

The school crest has a significance and meaning. The two swans stand for the teacher and the taught. The sun, which is the source of energy and light to the world, stands for the knowledge we aspire to gain and the temple inside the sun symbolizes the ever abiding grace of Shri Sadguru Manik Prabhu Maharaj.

The poetic concept concerning the swan is that it can separate milk from water and drink only the milk. It remains spotlessly clean and so stands for purity. This encourages the teacher and the taught to be as clean in body and mind as the swan and to acquire the power of discriminating good from evil and select only what is good. The translation into English of the motto inscribed in the crest (VoOpñdZm_YrV_ñVw) is, "Let what we (the teacher and the taught) have acquired be radiant". The entire crest including the motto suggests that "we, the teacher and the taught, shall endeavour to be as pure and clean in body and mind as the swan, we shall have the power of discriminating good from evil, right from wrong, and the knowledge that we shall acquire in the school shall be as bright as the Sun, by the grace of Shri Prabhu".

History of the School

While receiving education in one of the most reputed Public Schools of India - the Scindia School, Gwalior, His Holiness Shri Siddharaj Manik Prabhu Maharaj would often be disheartened when it came to his mind that the people of his region were deprived of quality education. After returning from the Scindia School, he decided to start a Public School, at Maniknagar, on the lines of his alma mater, to provide modern education to the people of the backward and neglected region of Northern Karnataka. He found the right kind of person in Shri J. L. Dar, former Principal of the Scindia School, who had a similar desire and passion to work for the uplift of education in rural areas and also the capacity to transform Shreeji's dream into a reality. His Holiness donated 200 acres of land from his own estate. Raising finance to start such an expensive project was a Herculean task. Through sheer grit and determination Shreeji was able to build the School from scratch. With the able guidance and active cooperation of Shri Dar his dream was finally realized. The school was inaugurated on 27th July, 1972 with Shri Dar as its founder Principal. After the retirement of Shri Dar in 1979, Shri S.B.Salvi, former head of the department of English at the Scindia School, assumed the responsibility of helping Shreeji in the management of the School.