Vidyanjali Initiative Latest News
Recently, the union Minister of State for Education informed the Rajya Sabha that Vidyanjali initiative has boarded over 8.5 lakh schools and 5 lakh volunteers.
About Vidyanjali Initiative
- It was launched in September 2021 in alignment with the National Education Policy 2020.
- It aims to strengthen government schools through community and private sector participation, enabling greater support for students’ holistic development and improved learning outcomes.
- It is an initiative of the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, for facilitating the community and volunteers to directly connect with the government and government-aided schools to contribute their services and/or assets/ materials/equipments through a dedicated portal.
- The platform connects volunteers, alumni, institutions, civil society organisations and CSR partners directly with schools based on their identified needs.
Salient Features of the Platform
- Create an interface between volunteers and schools to bridge the gap between them
- Help school students in getting exposure other than academic activities
- Platform for schools to share their activities for Volunteer-ship, where volunteers can participate by performing various activities
- Platform for the Ministry to view various reports like Schools on-boarded, Volunteers, Activities performed etc.
- Platform for participation of Citizens/Volunteers/Alumni’s to contribute services at schools and their management
Source: PIB
Vidyanjali Initiative FAQs
Q1: What is the primary objective of the Vidyanjali Initiative?
Ans: To increase community and private sector involvement in education
Q2: Who can participate in the Vidyanjali Initiative?
Ans: Volunteers from various sectors, including professionals and students
