Spirituality in Education Administration

Abstract

The ability to think about the past and to plan for the future and mould situations the way we want distinguish human beings from all other living beings. Emotion, intelligence, and spirituality are three vital aspects of human existence. Though the ancient academic engagement was focused on an integral vision of human development, recent heavy focus on professional and vocational development has skewed the purpose of higher education and delimited its scope. Hence, integral education aimed at a new world order marked by ethical sensitivity and global citizenship, social sensitivity, social involvement, and social contribution should focus on whole-person education that emphasizes connectedness with oneself, others, the environment, and at a deeper level connect with the supreme power or reality. The authors present a brief review of current practices relating to spirituality in educational administration.