Vidyanjali

Vidyanjali is a school volunteer programme and an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development of India to boost community and private sector participation in government schools, launched by Smriti Irani.[1][2] Under the programme, volunteers, including NRIs, retired teachers, government officials, defence personnel, professionals will offer their services for co-scholastic activities for children from class I to VIII.[3] It is the project launched under the aegis of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan by the Department of School Education and Literacy.[4][5]

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Vidyanjali
विद्यांजलि
CountryIndia
Prime Minister(s)Narendra Modi
MinistryMinistry of Human Resource Development
Key peopleSmriti Irani
LaunchedJune, 2016
New Delhi
Statusactive

The programme being piloted across 21 states which includes Indian states like Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.[6]

References
  1. "Government launches Vidyanjali school volunteer programme". The Economic Times. 16 June 2016.
  2. "Smriti Irani launches 'Vidyanjali' to involve volunteers into co-scholastic activities of schools". The Times of India. 16 June 2016.
  3. Pathak, Vikas (15 June 2016). "An app to aid volunteer workers at govt. schools". The Hindu.
  4. Saxena, Shivani (26 July 2016). "Volunteers to teach life skills to Uttarakhand govt schoolkids under the MHRD's Vidyanjali project". The Times of India.
  5. "Vidyanjali launched". The Hindu. 17 June 2016.
  6. Raj, Anand (17 June 2016). "विद्यांजलि योजना शुरूः शिक्षक बने बिना स्कूल में पढ़ा सकेंगे मनपसंद विषय" (in Hindi). Dainik Jagran.


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