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==History== |
==History== |
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[[Nanaji Deshmukh]] started a [[Saraswati Shishu Mandir]] (temple of the pupils of Saraswati) in 1952. In 1977, these were put under an umbrella organisation called Vidya Bharati with its headquarter in Delhi. |
[[Nanaji Deshmukh]] started a [[Saraswati Shishu Mandir]] (temple of the pupils of Saraswati) in 1952. In 1977, these were put under an umbrella organisation called Vidya Bharati with its headquarter in Delhi.{{sfn|Jaffrelot|2007|p=269}} |
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==About== |
==About== |
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It runs one of the largest private network of schools in India. As of March 2002, it had 17,396 schools, 2.2 million students, over 93,000 teachers, 15 teacher training colleges, 12 degree colleges and 7 vocational and training institutions. |
It runs one of the largest private network of schools in India. As of March 2002, it had 17,396 schools, 2.2 million students, over 93,000 teachers, 15 teacher training colleges, 12 degree colleges and 7 vocational and training institutions.{{sfn|Sundar|2005|p=196}} |
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Most of the Vidya Bharati schools are affiliated to the [[Central Board for Secondary Education]] or their local State Boards.{{sfn|Sundar|2005|p=208}} |
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Vidya Bharati run educational programs were adopted in [[Madhya Pradesh]] as an alternate model of education when [[BJP]] was in power.{{sfn|Malik|1994|p=157}} |
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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 |
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.{{sfn|Smith|2000|p=132}} |
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[[Dinanath Batra]], former General Secretary of Vidya Bharati, said that they were fighting an "ideological battle against Macaulay, Marx and Madrasawadis". In comparison to which Vidya Bharati advocates "Indianization, nationalization and spiritualization" of education. |
[[Dinanath Batra]], former General Secretary of Vidya Bharati, said that they were fighting an "ideological battle against Macaulay, Marx and Madrasawadis". In comparison to which Vidya Bharati advocates "Indianization, nationalization and spiritualization" of education.{{sfn|Chandavarkar|2009|p=197}} |
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In the areas of study that are peripheral to the core curriculum, like physical education, music and cultural the institution worked out its own curriculum.{{sfn|Marty|1993|p=552}} |
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==Ideology and Objectives== |
==Ideology and Objectives== |
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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. It says that that all round development of a child has to be achieved through education and inculcation of time honored traditions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vidya Bharati, India Vidya Bhararti Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Sansthan Educational Belief|url=http://vidyabharti.net/edu_beliefs.php|accessdate=13 September 2014}}</ref> |
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. It says that that all round development of a child has to be achieved through education and inculcation of time honored traditions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vidya Bharati, India Vidya Bhararti Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Sansthan Educational Belief |url=http://vidyabharti.net/edu_beliefs.php |accessdate=13 September 2014}}</ref> |
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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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vidya Bhararti Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Sansthan Philosophy, Aim and Objectives|url=http://vidyabharti.net/philosphy_aim.php|accessdate=13 September 2014}}</ref> |
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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vidya Bhararti Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Sansthan Philosophy, Aim and Objectives |url=http://vidyabharti.net/philosphy_aim.php | accessdate=13 September 2014}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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* {{cite book |last=Chandavarkar |first=Rajnarayan |title=History, culture and the Indian city : essays |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge, UK New York |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-521-76871-9 |ref=harv}} |
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* {{cite book |last=Jaffrelot |first=Christophe |title=Hindu nationalism a reader |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, N.J |year=2007 |isbn=0-691-13097-3 |language=cs |ref=harv}} |
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* {{cite book |last=Malik |first=Yogendra |title=Hindu nationalists in India : the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party |publisher=Westview Press |location=Boulder |year=1994 |isbn=0-8133-8810-4 |ref=harv}} |
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* {{cite book |first=Marie |last=Lall |title=Indian education policy under the NDA government |work=Coalition Politics and Hindu Nationalism |editor1=Katherine Adeney |editor2=Lawrence Saez |publisher=Routledge |year=2005 |ISBN=0-415-35981-3|ref=harv}} |
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* {{cite book |last=Marty |first=Martin |title=Fundamentalisms and society : reclaiming the sciences, the family, and education |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |year=1993 |isbn=0-226-50880-3 |ref=harv}} |
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* {{cite book |first=Padmaja |last=Nair |title=Religious political parties and their welfare work: Relations between the RSS, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Vidya Bharati Schools in India |publisher=University of Birmingham |year=2009 |ISBN=978-8187226635 |url=http://epapers.bham.ac.uk/1570/1/Nair_PoliticalParties.pdf |ref=harv}} |
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* {{cite article |first=K. N. |last=Panikkar |title=Secular and democratic education |journal=Social Scientist |volume=27 |number=9/10 |year=1999 |pp=70-75 |ref=harv}} |
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* {{cite article |first=Tanika |last=Sarkar |title=Educating the children of the Hindu Rashtra: Notes on RSS schools |journal=Comparative Studies of South Asia |volume=14 |number=2 |year=1994 |pp=10-15 |ref=harv}} |
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* {{cite book |last=Smith |first=Pamela |title=India : globalization and change |publisher=Arnold Oxford University Press |location=London New York |year=2000 |isbn=0-340-70579-5 |ref=harv}} |
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* {{cite article |first=Nandini |last=Sunder |title=Teaching to Hate: RSS' Pedagogical Programme |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=39 |issue=16 |year=2004 |month=Apr |pp=1605-1612 |ref=harv}} |
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* {{cite book |first=Nandini |last=Sunder |title=Teaching to Hate: RSS' Pedagogical Programme |editor=E. Ewing |work=Revolution and pedagogy interdisciplinary and transnational perspectives on educational foundations |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=New York |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-4039-8013-7 |pp=195-218 |ref=harv}} |
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==Further Reading== |
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* {{cite book |first= R. |last=Sharma |title=Indian Education at the Crossroads |publisher=Shubhi Publications |location=Delhi |year=2002 |ISBN=978-8187226635 |ref=harv}} |
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| Formation | 1977 |
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| Legal status | Active |
| Purpose | Educational Institution |
Region | India |
| Website | vidyabharti |
Vidya Bharati is a non government educational organization in India which runs one of the largest private network of schools in India. It is the educational wing of RSS.
History
Nanaji Deshmukh started a Saraswati Shishu Mandir (temple of the pupils of Saraswati) in 1952. In 1977, these were put under an umbrella organisation called Vidya Bharati with its headquarter in Delhi.[1]
About
It runs one of the largest private network of schools in India. As of March 2002, it had 17,396 schools, 2.2 million students, over 93,000 teachers, 15 teacher training colleges, 12 degree colleges and 7 vocational and training institutions.[2] Most of the Vidya Bharati schools are affiliated to the Central Board for Secondary Education or their local State Boards.[3] Vidya Bharati run educational programs were adopted in Madhya Pradesh as an alternate model of education when BJP was in power.[4]
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.[5]
Dinanath Batra, former General Secretary of Vidya Bharati, said that they were fighting an "ideological battle against Macaulay, Marx and Madrasawadis". In comparison to which Vidya Bharati advocates "Indianization, nationalization and spiritualization" of education.[6] In the areas of study that are peripheral to the core curriculum, like physical education, music and cultural the institution worked out its own curriculum.[7]
Ideology and Objectives
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. It says that that all round development of a child has to be achieved through education and inculcation of time honored traditions.[8]
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.[9]
See also
References
- ^ Jaffrelot 2007, p. 269.
- ^ Sundar 2005, p. 196.
- ^ Sundar 2005, p. 208.
- ^ Malik 1994, p. 157.
- ^ Smith 2000, p. 132.
- ^ Chandavarkar 2009, p. 197.
- ^ Marty 1993, p. 552.
- ^ "Vidya Bharati, India Vidya Bhararti Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Sansthan Educational Belief". Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "Vidya Bhararti Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Sansthan Philosophy, Aim and Objectives". Retrieved 13 September 2014.
Bibliography
- Chandavarkar, Rajnarayan (2009). History, culture and the Indian city : essays. Cambridge, UK New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-76871-9.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Jaffrelot, Christophe (2007). Hindu nationalism a reader (in Czech). Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-13097-3.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Malik, Yogendra (1994). Hindu nationalists in India : the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Boulder: Westview Press. ISBN 0-8133-8810-4.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Lall, Marie (2005). Katherine Adeney; Lawrence Saez (eds.). Indian education policy under the NDA government. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-35981-3.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help); Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Marty, Martin (1993). Fundamentalisms and society : reclaiming the sciences, the family, and education. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-50880-3.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Nair, Padmaja (2009). Religious political parties and their welfare work: Relations between the RSS, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Vidya Bharati Schools in India (PDF). University of Birmingham. ISBN 978-8187226635.
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- Smith, Pamela (2000). India : globalization and change. London New York: Arnold Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-340-70579-5.
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- Sunder, Nandini (2005). E. Ewing (ed.). Teaching to Hate: RSS' Pedagogical Programme. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 195–218. ISBN 978-1-4039-8013-7.
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Further Reading
- Sharma, R. (2002). Indian Education at the Crossroads. Delhi: Shubhi Publications. ISBN 978-8187226635.
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