A true follower of Jesus Christ Our founder and a loyal daughter of the
Church, Mother Seraphina has left behind her a philosophy of education
which will continue to guide us for ages to come. In her educational
philosophy, she has forcefully and vividly emphasized the relationship
between the teacher and the taught and the role played by the teacher in
shaping and moulding the personality of the pupils. To quote her, “One who
does not know to educate while teaching and to teach while instructing,
usurps the name of the teacher."
To Mother Seraphina, school is the place where each child has to be cared
for, loved, understood, nurtured and guided in order to draw out her/his
full potential. She felt that relationship between the teacher and the
taught should be that of a mother and child. Every child has a goal to
reach and for this the care of both the Headmistress and the staff is
required.
According to Mother Seraphina, the main duty of the educator is to study
the character and capacity of each child and direct them to the path of
truth and goodness. Quoting Denti, the Nineteenth Century Educationist,
Seraphina says, "The educator should be a mother counsellor, facilitator
and one who ignites the spark of creativity in the students, "A good
teacher should be respectful towards superiors, modest with equals,
courteous to the inferiors, kind, impartial and just with all."