Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Human Resource Development
16-June-2016
20:35 IST
Union HRD Minister Smt
Smriti Zubin Irani launches a new initiative ‘Vidyanjali’ to involve volunteers
into co-scholastic activities of schools
Inspired from Honourable Prime Minister’s vision to
inculcate reading habits among children and create a reading culture at school
and community level, Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Smt. Smriti
Zubin Irani dedicated ‘Vidyanjali’- a school volunteer programme to the
nation at New Delhi, today.
In her inaugural address Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani said
that Vidyanjali is a step forward in creating an ecosystem, wherein education
will be attached with imbibing knowledge and improving learning output. The
Union Minister added that there is an ingrained sense of participation and
willingness within the people of this country to contribute towards nation
building. We are hoping to leverage the same through this programme. Numerous
researches have reflected that community engagement with schools has led to
improvement in the quality of learning and education. This programme will
instil fresh enthusiasm in school children to take up reading and will
re-energise the teaching-learning process at schools. She also emphasised upon
the significance of providing timely remedial support to improve the learning
outcomes of school children, thereby reducing the number of school drop outs
The programme is designed to involve volunteers from
different walks of life to strengthen the co-scholastic activities in
government schools. Vidyanjali, which is being implemented under the overall
aegis of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, will enhance the community involvement in
Government run elementary schools and effectively engage children in reading,
creative writing, public speaking, play acting, preparing story books
etc..
The Indian Diaspora in Indonesia was also connected to
the live proceedings through the Indian embassy at Jakarta and they shared
their heartfelt appreciation for the initiative with the Hon’ble Minister,
along with their views and suggestions.
Giving a nod to their ideas, Hon’ble Minister assured
to widen the scope of Vidyanjali to include performing arts and life skills.
She also urged the MyGov team to create a module under Vidyanjali wherein NRI
community or others, who want to contribute by providing additional
teaching-learning aids like books etc. and other resources, can do so in
conjunction with state and district administration.
The volunteers can register for free by visiting the MyGov.in or though the mobile app, which has
been developed by MyGov and were launched today. The programme is unique
in that it gives the freedom to the volunteers to design their activities in
consultation with the school.
The programme will be open for participation by all
Indian citizens including retired Professionals, retired government officials,
working professionals and homemakers; and also persons from the Indian
Diaspora.
The programme will be piloted across 21 States which
committed to do so in the conference of State Ministers of Education held on
8th February, 2016. These States are Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar,
Chattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir,
Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan,
Telengana, Tripura, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
Many of the eminent personalities extended their
support to the initiative and encourage people to participate in the programme.
Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh; Smt. Vasundhara
Raje, Chief Minister, Rajasthan, Shri Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister,
Maharashtra; Shri Raman Singh, Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh; Shri Kedar
Kashyap, Minister for Education, Chhattisgarh; Shri Kalikho Pul, Chief
Minister, Arunachal Pradesh; Shri Kiren Rijiju, MoS, Ministry of Home Affairs;
Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore, MoS, I&B; Smt. Mehbooba Mufti, CM, Jammu &
Kashmir; Shri Babul Supriyo, MoS, MoUD; Dr. Kiran Bedi, Lieutenant Governor,
Puducherry; Shri. R. Kamalakannan, Minister for Education, Puducherry; Smt.
Twinkle Khanna, Shri Anil Kumble, Shri Ruskin Bond, Smt. Moloya Goswami, Actress,
Shri Bhaichung Bhutia, Sports Person; General Dalbir Singh, Chief of Army
Staff; Shri Ramesh Aravind, Film Personality, they all volunteered in schools
in their respective states and conducted a live reading session, co-scholastic
activities there by reaching out to school children and encouraging volunteers
to participate.
Dignitaries present on the launch were Prof. (Dr.) Ram
Shankar Katheria, Hon’ble Minister of State, Ministry of Human Resource
Development; Dr. Subash Chandra Khuntia Secretary, Department of School
Education & Literacy; Ms. Henriette Ahrens, UNICEF Deputy representative
for Programmes; Mr. Onno Ruhl Country Director, World Bank; Dr. Daljit Singh
Cheema, Minister for Education, Punjab; Shri Naeem Akhtar, Minister for
Education, J&K; and Smt. Rina Ray Additional Secretary, Department of
School Education & Literacy.
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