Chapter I: Gurukuls (Schools)
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1. Among the means to foster education, the Kailasians are to hold gurukuls in esteem; gurukuls are the principal assistance to parents in fulfilling the function of education. a. Parents must cooperate closely with the teachers of the gurukuls to which they entrust their children to be educated; moreover, teachers in fulfilling their responsibility are to collaborate very closely with parents, who are to be heard willingly and for whom associations or meetings are to be established and highly esteemed.
b. The Kailasians are to foster gurukuls, assisting in their establishment and maintenance according to their means.
2. Religious institutes whose proper mission is education, retaining their mission faithfully, are also to strive to devote themselves to Hindu education through their gurukuls.
3. If gurukuls which offer Hindu education are not available, it is for the minister to take care that they are established.
a. Where it is expedient, the minister is to make provision for the establishment of professional schools, technical schools, and other schools required by special needs.
4. A gurukul is understood as one which a competent ecclesiastical authority or a public ecclesiastical juridic person directs or which ecclesiastical authority recognizes as such through a written document.
a. The instruction and education in a gurukul must be grounded in the principles of Hinduism; teachers are to be outstanding in correct doctrine and integrity of life.
5. The Hindu religious instruction and education which are imparted in any gurukuls whatsoever or are provided through the various instruments of social communication are subject to the authority of Kailasa. It is for the council of Ministers to issue general norms about this field of action and for the minister to regulate and watch over it.
6. The minister has the right to watch over and visit the gurukuls in his territory, even those which members of religious institutes have founded or direct. He also issues prescripts which pertain to the general regulation of gurukuls.