Memorizing and writing without understanding is a last ditch effort for those who cannot understand but some how they have to get marks.

Understanding, writing the exam and forgetting – is what we normally do. Understanding, applying and remembering the knowledge forever can only make the learning complete. If the matter is not of great importance and can be forgotten without consequence then such matter need not find a place in textbooks for children.

We have two kinds of memory – Conscious and Sub Conscious. Conscious memory is like the RAM in the computer. It is used for short term and can get overloaded. Subconscious memory is infinite like the hard disk. We can remember whole encyclopedias without effort – If we can programme the information in Subconscious. It takes time to programme the Subconscious and that is only the limitation.

First of all the student has to understand the new knowledge and get proper connection with his old knowledge. Then he has to make detailed mind maps. Then he has to review these mind maps several hundred times. Normally it takes about 30 days of preparation time for 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th children.

Rest of the year they review and work on applications and on exams. This exercises takes about 2 to 3 hours per day. Rest of the time is for other learning’s like physical development, seva activities to the community, inter school sports, drama, debate, quiz, dance, music, foreign languages, shilpa sastra, working with teracota, stone, metal etc. people can come and see this 100% Memory programme in our school.

Our intention is to provide this knowledge to all schools. Many schools are coming forward to introduce this programme. We have Summer camps for children starting from April 15th for 60 Days for children going to 9th, 10th Std. This will provide a good base even if they are not studying at Rishi Gurukulam.

Normal students would have forgotten almost everything within three years and they will look more and more uneducated as days pass by. Students with 100% Memory will become brighter and brighter and will be in the fore front of research and knowledge.

I got the clues from our Vedic Pundits who remember huge texts of Vedas forever. Similarly the Holy Quran has been memorized by millions of people. We have applied similar methods to all the Sciences and Mathematics also. The process is the well known Shravana, Manana and Nidhidhyasa.

It actually increases the thinking power and makes the child smart as many Facts,Process and Methods are at his fingertips. You can remember not only facts but also procedures for solving problems

Because many times rote memory has been equated to panditya (wisdom). Many times people have memorized without understanding and do not know its application.

As a result educationist found it necessary to emphasis understanding. Now they have gone over board and totally dismantled memory. Now we are just understanding and forgetting. Now, after a few years no graduate is in a position to answer their question papers (even with reasonable extra time) for which they were awarded a degree. Our effort is to bring back genuine degrees.