Ratnalekha Devi Dasi, a devotee from South Africa, has successfully organized a Bala Bhagavatam Level One course for children as offered by the Mayapur Institute. The course, which started in August 2022 and ended on January 22, 2023, was initially designed for children in India. However, Mataji approached the Mayapur Institute to allow South African children to take the course. As a result, the program was authorized with the help of her local ISKCON-ZA Education Ministry.
The program involved 19 lessons taught by 25-26 facilitators who the Mayapur Institute had trained. The facilitators used lesson plans, PowerPoint presentations, model videos, audio recordings of the shlokas, and summaries of learning plans to assist children in comprehending the course material. After finishing the course, the children underwent a written assessment and an oral recitation of three shlokas to receive their certificates.
Despite the difficulty of pronouncing Sanskrit words and the intensity of the course, the children persevered with the help of their facilitators and parents, who supported them in balancing the demands of school schedules and exams. In addition, the videos and audios provided by the Mayapur Institute were so well presented that the children could recite the Sanskrit verses beautifully.
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