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Vidya Bharati is a non government educational organization in India. It has started more than 10,000 schools serving nearly 3 million children in the country. It is the education wing of RSS.

About

The organization believes that all round development of a child has to be achieved through education and inculcation of time honored traditions. It was established with its Registered office at Lucknow and headquarters in Delhi. There are nearly fifty state and Regional Committees affiliated to Vidya Bharati. Vidya Bharati institutions function under a variety of names like Shishu Vatika, Shishu Mandir, Vidya Mandir and Saraswati Vidyalaya, and few Training Centers and Research Institutions. First Saraswati Shishu Mandir was built in 1952. Vidya Bharati is considered the largest voluntary educational organization in the country.

In 1998 at a conference of State education ministers Vidya Bharati made proposals for school education to be "Indianized, nationalized and spiritualized", with the teaching of "the essentials of Indian culture" which was perceived as "Hindu education". There were concerns when the Uttar Pradesh Government made it mandatory to start the school day with Vande Mataram and Saraswati Vandana and the Muslim League forbade Muslim schoolchildren from joining in the worship. It also demands that Sanskrit be taught in all schools and sponsors the revision of textbooks which give a Hindu outlook of history and use Hindu examples in comprehension exercises.

Educational philosophy

The organization believes that a large population in India do not have access to education and so its focus is villages under-privileged locality and tribal area. They encourage economic self-reliance, good health, and hygiene.

Aim and Objectives

The organization believes that system of education in India has its roots in Western way of fulfillment of life and that the all-round development of the personality of the child is not possible without spiritual development. They aim to develop the students physically, mentally and spiritually, and make them capable of facing challenges of daily life and thus contribute to nation building.

See also

• Saraswati Shishu Mandir

References

1. "Vidya Bhararti Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Sansthan Statistics". http://vidyabharti.net/. Retrieved 12 September 2014. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
2. "Gujarat BJP mouthpiece Manogat endorses Dina Nath Batra, his books". August 20, 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
3. Smith, Pamela (2000). India : globalization and change. London New York: Arnold Oxford University Press. p. 132. ISBN 0-340-70579-5.
4. "Vidya Bharati, India Vidya Bhararti Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Sansthan Educational Belief". Retrieved 13 September 2014.
5. "Vidya Bhararti Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Sansthan Philosophy, Aim and Objectives". Retrieved 13 September 2014.

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