WHAT IS AINACS
AINACS is a non-governmental Association, representing Catholic Schools in India.
It was founded in 1953.Registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860, in
January 1971.Recognised by the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of India in September
1981 Affiliated to the International Catholic Education Organisation (OIEC) Brussels
in 1958.
AINACS WAS FOUNDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF :
- To bring Catholic Schools to an awareness of the changes taking place in education.
- To promote education according to the ideal of the Christian community and in the
interest of national development.
- To co-ordinate the work of members in India at the national, state and local levels,
in order to foster a common policy of education.
- To initiate and to further the study of educational problems, to collect and circulate
useful and worthwhile information, and to provide consultancy and field services
to members.
- To represent the interests of the members before governments, universities, education
departments and other authorities concerned.
- To establish the Catholic School as an educational community in which teachers,
parents and pupils co-operate.
- To ensure that the Catholic school is a component of life long education preparing
not only for a profession but for life.
WHAT IT DOES?
It collects and diffuses information on the activities and main concerns of its
members.
Through its regional units it provides its members with the opportunity to
- share the experience gained in the field.
- Examine problems common to the region.
- Draw conclusions adaptable to each state’s needs.
Ensures that the educational efforts are part of the national educational efforts.
Conducts in-service training programmes in value education for teachers, and programmes
on administration for Principals.
Conducts National Conventions on various educational themes for Principals and Teachers.
These conventions provide opportunities to form contacts and exchange views at the
national level.
Through its affiliation to the International Catholic Educational Organisation (OIEC),
the Association communicates the views of the International Body to its members.
WHO ARE ITS MEMBERS
Membership is open to all Catholic Schools
Representatives of other Catholic Organisations and Religious Congregations are
Organisational Members.
Associate Members are persons who are no longer connected with schools but have
great, experience in the field of education.
To ensure that the Catholic school is a component of life long education preparing
not only for a profession but for life.
HOW IT WORKS
So far the General Body has been meeting every year. The National Convention held
at Bangalore in 2004, it was decided that after the next convention, the general
body will meet only once in two years and the regional body will meet when there
is no National Convention and hence we have divided India into 13 regions and these
regions are expected to have the regional convention every other year. Hence the
North west regions which consists of Srinagar, Jammy, Jalandhar, Shimla, Chandigarh
and Delhi are meeting on the 11th & 12th of November. The purpose of this regional
convention is :
- to strengthen AINACS in each region
- the members may come to know each other better
- to discuss problems and difficulties facing the regions in the field of education
- it offers a forum for member schools to come together occasionally, share experiences
and experiments in their respective institutions with one another for mutual enrichment.
Today, when the whole world is speaking of the necessity of connectedness and networking,
it becomes a sacred mandate for us. Catholic schools to come out of our isolated
existence and promote solidarity among themselves following the mandate or our Founder
Teacher, Jesus Himself, to love and to share the gifts and talents He has bestowed
on us as individuals.
AINACS therefore could become a medium, rather a forum the fosters bonds between
schools of various regions from different States and of different cultural backgrounds.
This work has to start at the grass root level at the regions itself which brings
out the importance of a regional AINACS Unit at each diocese or state. Group interactions
between Principals, Managers, teachers and students will become the vehicle through
which sharings and learnings will take place in each region.. Friends, each one
of you are called upon to be agents to effect this bondedness in your regions.
The regional unit will work in collaboration with the National Body.