Personality Development Course

Personality Development Course for students of Class IX and X:

 The three days programme, conducted in a participatory process based on group dynamics and behavioural psychology,  helped the 66 boys and girls to arrive at this realisation:

I am a precious gift sent by God to this world, endowed with the good qualities I discovered in me; I am also mysterious gift of God which he is gradually opening up during my age; the changes happening in my body and mind these years are God’s work; I need to be patient and give time to God  to do his work in my body and mind just as a flower bud needs time to blossom; instead, if  I try force the bud to open up before time, it will be ruined; so too my impatience can be disastrous. Persons of the opposite sex are my brothers and sisters; I need to respect them and protect them;

The human qualities I have,  are inherited from my parents; so, I have to be grateful to them and respect them; there are many things I can do to  make may family happy and peaceful and I shall happily try to do these;

I need friends; but I have to choose my friends wisely because I can get affected by the type of friends I mix with; I shall try to acquire sufficient mental strength so that in case I happen to fall in love with someone or if the relationship breaks up I should be able to  remain steady and focus on my studies; Boys and girls these days do drastic things when faced with problems like running away from home, committing suicide etc., without understanding the consequences of these actions and not realising how much pain it causes the parents; in case I am overwhelmed with my feelings or unable to control myself in such situations I shall take the help of someone who can guide me;

This course has helped me to understand the need to change myself and has given me the self-confidence to do that.  So I promise to try my best from today to be a better person and I hope and pray that God may help me in this endeavour.

Paribar Jyoti got in touch with 478 boys and girls who participated in the 3-days workshops during the last five years. All of them said that the course was a life-changing experience. It helped them to have better self-confidence more purposeful and focussed etc. Their parents too said that there was visible change in the lives of these youngsters.  Some who lost interest in studies became more studious. Some who had given up the studies went back to school. Some gave up bad habits like smoking or using abusive language. They became more responsible and helpful to the parents and considerate to the younger ones.

The resource team of Paribar Jyoti meets before and after each course to re-organise the course to make it more effective and beneficial to the participants.