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The '''Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation''' (literally ''Foundation of Solo Schools'') is a non-profit organisation involved in education and village development in rural areas and tribal villages of ].<ref name="toi-ekal">{{cite news | title = Galveston celebrates 'Enchantment of India' | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-21/art-culture/28618666_1_celebration-mardi-gras-parade-guests | accessdate = September 9, 2011 | date = February 21, 2011 | publisher='']''}}</ref><ref name="sharma2002">{{cite web | title = The Gift of Education | url = http://www.indiacurrents.com/articles/2002/12/02/the-gift-of-education | accessdate = March 8, 2012 | date = December 2, 2002 | publisher= India Currents | last=Sharma | first=Radhika}}</ref> It is the largest grassroots, non-government education initiative in India with presence in over 37,000 villages providing free education to more than one million children.<ref name="toi-ekal"/><ref>{{cite web | last=Indo-Asian News Service | first= | publisher=Josh 18 | title = मुफ्त शिक्षा देता एक शिक्षक का विद्यालय | url=http://josh18.in.com/showstory.php?id=294771 | date = September 10, 2008 | accessdate=September 9, 2011 | language=Hindi | trans_title=Single-teacher school providing free education | quote=देश के 27 हजार गांवों के आठ लाख वनवासी बच्चों को एकल विद्यालय फाउंडेशन मुफ्त शिक्षा उपलब्ध करा रहा है। (Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation is making free education available to 11,00,000 students in 37,000 villages of the country.}}</ref> The foundation's model of operation is single-teacher schools, with the premise of "Ek Shikshak, Ek Vidyalaya" meaning "one teacher for every school."<ref name="visfot-ekal"/><ref name=sharma2002/> The individual schools, known as '''Ekal Vidyalaya'''s, have local teachers who teach in the regional language using various modes like story-telling, folk dramas, and folk songs.<ref name=sharma2002/> The schools also impart moral education, health care education and organic farming techniques.<ref name="bhaskarekal">{{cite news | last=Trakull | first=Gaurishankar | title =अ, आ के साथ संस्कार भी सिखाएंगे सरकारी स्कूल | trans_title=Schools to teach good morals in addition to the alphabet |work=]| url = http://www.bhaskar.com/article/HIM-OTH-1859947-2914192.html | accessdate = March 5, 2012 | date = February 27, 2012 | language=Hindi}}</ref><ref name="djekal1">{{cite news | last=Fazilka Correspondent | first= | title =एकल विद्यालय में बच्चों को मिलते अच्छे संस्कार | trans_title=Good morals imparted to children in Ekal Vidyalayas |work=]| url = http://www.jagran.com/punjab/firozpur-8878594.html | accessdate = March 5, 2012 | date = February 10, 2012 | language=Hindi}}</ref><ref name="nritodayekal">{{cite news | author=VRN | title=Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation Chicago holds fundraising concert |work=''NRI Today''| url = http://www.nritoday.net/articles/national-affairs/aug0906.php | accessdate = March 10, 2012 | date = August 28, 2009}}</ref> EVF is active in fundraising in several countries outside India. The foundation's mission is to open 100,000 schools and eradicate illiteracy from rural and tribal India by 2015.<ref>{{cite web | title = Mission | url = http://www.ekal.org/content/mission | date = January 2011 | accessdate=March 10, 2012 | publisher=Ekal.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = History | url = http://www.ekal.org/content/ekal-histroy | accessdate=March 10, 2012 | publisher=Ekal.org}}</ref> The '''Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation''' (literally ''Foundation of Solo Schools'') is a non-profit organisation involved in education and village development in rural areas and tribal villages of ].<ref name="toi-ekal">{{cite news | title = Galveston celebrates 'Enchantment of India' | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-21/art-culture/28618666_1_celebration-mardi-gras-parade-guests | accessdate = September 9, 2011 | date = February 21, 2011 | publisher='']''}}</ref><ref name="sharma2002">{{cite web | title = The Gift of Education | url = http://www.indiacurrents.com/articles/2002/12/02/the-gift-of-education | accessdate = March 8, 2012 | date = December 2, 2002 | publisher= India Currents | last=Sharma | first=Radhika}}</ref> It is the largest grassroots, non-government education initiative in India with presence in over 37,000 villages providing free education to more than one million children.<ref name="toi-ekal"/><ref>{{cite web | last=Indo-Asian News Service | first= | publisher=Josh 18 | title = मुफ्त शिक्षा देता एक शिक्षक का विद्यालय | url=http://josh18.in.com/showstory.php?id=294771 | date = September 10, 2008 | accessdate=September 9, 2011 | language=Hindi | trans_title=Single-teacher school providing free education | quote=देश के 27 हजार गांवों के आठ लाख वनवासी बच्चों को एकल विद्यालय फाउंडेशन मुफ्त शिक्षा उपलब्ध करा रहा है। (Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation is making free education available to 11,00,000 students in 37,000 villages of the country.}}</ref> The foundation's model of operation is single-teacher schools, with the premise of "Ek Shikshak, Ek Vidyalaya" meaning "one teacher for every school."<ref name="visfot-ekal"/><ref name=sharma2002/> The individual schools, known as '''Ekal Vidyalaya'''s, have local teachers who teach in the regional language using various modes like story-telling, folk dramas, and folk songs.<ref name=sharma2002/> The schools also impart moral education, health care education and organic farming techniques.<ref name="bhaskarekal">{{cite news | last=Trakull | first=Gaurishankar | title =अ, आ के साथ संस्कार भी सिखाएंगे सरकारी स्कूल | trans_title=Schools to teach good morals in addition to the alphabet |work=]| url = http://www.bhaskar.com/article/HIM-OTH-1859947-2914192.html | accessdate = March 5, 2012 | date = February 27, 2012 | language=Hindi}}</ref><ref name="djekal1">{{cite news | last=Fazilka Correspondent | first= | title =एकल विद्यालय में बच्चों को मिलते अच्छे संस्कार | trans_title=Good morals imparted to children in Ekal Vidyalayas |work=]| url = http://www.jagran.com/punjab/firozpur-8878594.html | accessdate = March 5, 2012 | date = February 10, 2012 | language=Hindi}}</ref><ref name="nritodayekal">{{cite news | author=VRN | title=Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation Chicago holds fundraising concert |work=''NRI Today''| url = http://www.nritoday.net/articles/national-affairs/aug0906.php | accessdate = March 10, 2012 | date = August 28, 2009}}</ref> EVF is active in fundraising in several countries outside India. The foundation's mission is to open 100,000 schools and eradicate illiteracy from rural and tribal India by 2015.<ref>{{cite web | title = Mission | url = http://www.ekal.org/content/mission | date = January 2011 | accessdate=March 10, 2012 | publisher=Ekal.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = History | url = http://www.ekal.org/content/ekal-histroy | accessdate=March 10, 2012 | publisher=Ekal.org}}</ref>


⚫ The Ekal Vidyalaya schools were funded by the Indian Government from 1999–2000 till 2005; this was stopped when a committee reported irregularities and pursuit of anti-minority agenda in some schools.<ref name=hindu1/> Several authors have said that the schools pursue a Hindu-nationalist agenda and generate hatred towards non-Hindu minorities such as Christians.<ref name=tehelka1/><ref name=Chaterjee20070719/> Several other authors have praised the schools role in providing literacy to millions of children, and stated that the schools do not teach hate and have been the target of a campaign by media and academic networks.<ref name=RaoRosser/><ref>Rao et al 2003, Chapter III, Section A, pp. 27–30.</ref>


==Establishment and growth== ==Establishment and growth==
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⚫ The Ekal Vidyalaya schools were funded by the Indian Government from 1999–2000 till 2005; this was stopped when a committee reported irregularities and pursuit of anti-minority agenda in some schools.<ref name=hindu1/> Several authors have said that the schools pursue a Hindu-nationalist agenda and generate hatred towards non-Hindu minorities such as Christians.<ref name=tehelka1/><ref name=Chaterjee20070719/>


===Response to Criticism=== ===Response to Criticism===
According to Prakash Sharma, media convener of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, "The Ekal vidyalayas are our effort to reach the most deprived areas of the country. Christian missionaries get funds from all over the world: the entire Christian empire backs them. Ours is a completely indigenous effort”<ref name=tehelka1/> ], French author and journalist, described the Ekal Vidyalayas as "a harmless programme doing wonderful job for tribal children", and questioned why organizations raising funds for them were attacked.<ref>{{cite web Many have praised the schools role in providing literacy to millions of children, and stated that the schools do not teach hate and have been the target of a campaign by media and academic networks.<ref name=RaoRosser/><ref>Rao et al 2003, Chapter III, Section A, pp. 27–30.</ref>. According to Prakash Sharma, media convener of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, "The Ekal vidyalayas are our effort to reach the most deprived areas of the country. Christian missionaries get funds from all over the world: the entire Christian empire backs them. Ours is a completely indigenous effort”<ref name=tehelka1/> ], French author and journalist, described the Ekal Vidyalayas as "a harmless programme doing wonderful job for tribal children", and questioned why organizations raising funds for them were attacked.<ref>{{cite web
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Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation
Ekal Vidyalaya FoundationThe Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation Logo
AbbreviationEVF
Formation1986
TypeVolunteer organization
PurposeEducation and primary health in tribal and rural India
HeadquartersNew Delhi, India. Houston, USA
Location
  • India, United States
Region served India
Websitewww.ekal.org
Number of Schools37000
Number of Students1,100,000
EKAL USA
FounderRamesh Shah
Type501(c)(3)
Tax ID no. 77-0554248
FocusEducation
Location
  • Houston, USA
Area served India
Key peopleRamesh Shah, Ashok Danda, Vinod Jhunjhunwala
Websitehttp://www.ekal.org/

The Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation (literally Foundation of Solo Schools) is a non-profit organisation involved in education and village development in rural areas and tribal villages of India. It is the largest grassroots, non-government education initiative in India with presence in over 37,000 villages providing free education to more than one million children. The foundation's model of operation is single-teacher schools, with the premise of "Ek Shikshak, Ek Vidyalaya" meaning "one teacher for every school." The individual schools, known as Ekal Vidyalayas, have local teachers who teach in the regional language using various modes like story-telling, folk dramas, and folk songs. The schools also impart moral education, health care education and organic farming techniques. EVF is active in fundraising in several countries outside India. The foundation's mission is to open 100,000 schools and eradicate illiteracy from rural and tribal India by 2015.


Establishment and growth

The Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation (EVF) was established in 1986 by Rakesh Popli, a US-returned Indian nuclear scientist, and his wife Rama Popli, a child education specialist. The couple established the foundation's first single-teacher school in Gumla in Jharkhand (then a part of Bihar). In two years' time, the movement was more successful than expected and in 1989, 60 single-teacher schools were started simultaneously in Dhanbad. By 1995-1996, the foundation was running 1,200 schools in Jharkhand.

As of April 2008, there were more than 23,000 schools run by EVF, including 2,100 schools in the North Eastern states. The number of schools grew to 27,000 in 2010 and 34,000 in 2011. EVF's goal is to reach 100,000 villages in the India's tribal belt by 2015.

EVF is associated with the Hindu nationalist organizations Vishva Hindu Parishad and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Some prominent people who have been on the board of trustees of the foundation include B. K. Modi, founder of ModiCorp, Justice P. N. Bhagwati, former Chief Justice of India; L. M. Singhvi, former High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom; Abid Hussain, former Indian ambassador to the United States; and several eminent industrialist and celebrities. The foundation has been headed in the past by the Subhash Chandra, the Chairman of Essel Group and the founder of Zee TV.

Activities

Education

The Ekal Vidyalayas provide five years of free, non-formal education to children from the age group 5–14 years. A typical school has 30–40 students taught by a local youth who has passed grades 8 or 9 and has been specifically trained. An organizer looks after a cluster of 10 schools. The classes take place under a tree or in a hut and use informal modes like storytelling, folk dramas, folk songs and religious discourses. This non-didactic approach has been described as "assimilative and respectful of local cultural norms and belief systems". Around half of the students and teachers are females, and about a fifth of the students go on to pursue higher education, some of which return to serve the foundation.

EVF's philosophy is to take a holistic approach to social and economic development, providing primary school education for children, as well as healthcare, livelihoods and empowerment education for the entire village. The schools are primarily organized in small villages among India's tribal groups. The local youth who are trained to operate the schools are social workers and teachers, teaching sanitation and health care, literacy and Hindu nationalism. Each school is run on an annual budget of around 16,000 Indian rupees. At the national level, the schools are organized by Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of India. Regionally, Ekal Vidyalayas are run by the Friends of Tribals Society (FTS) and Bharat Lok Shiksha Parishad (BLSP) NGOs and by state-level groups such as Janahitha in Andhra Pradesh and Bharatiya Janseva Sansthan in Gujarat. In addition to teaching children, the schools hold weekly sessions for the village populace to discuss issues like rural development, health and awakening.

Other activities

Along with literacy, Ekal Vidyalaya schools also impart moral education. EVF works in tribal areas on health care education with the emphasis on hygiene, treatment of general diseases, maternal and child care. The foundation operates 11,450 health centers in India for people living in rural and tribal India. The foundation distributes medicines to children for the treatment of various diseases. The schools also run a rural development scheme under which use of organic fertilizers is promoted in place of chemical fertilizers. In May 2011, EVF launched the Vermi Compost Project, a pilot project with an aim to introduce self-sustaining practices in 100 poor villages of Orissa and Maharashtra. In December 2011, the Ekal Vidyalaya staff resolved to raise voice against addiction in rural areas.

International fund raising

The Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of USA is active in fundraising. In June 2008 the Atlanta chapter entertained guests with a music program at a fundraising event. In May 2009 the Southern California chapter launched its annual fundraising drive. A benefit concert in Chicago in July 2009 raised $160,000. In September 2009 the San Diego chapter raised about $14,000 at a cultural event featuring music and dance. The organization announced that a similar event in Dallas in November 2009 had been very successful. In May 2010 a fundraising concert in Chicago was attended by over 600 people and raised pledges of $82,525. The same month, Ekal Vidyalaya raised almost $500,000 from five charity shows in the mid-Atlantic region.

EVF Australia was set up in 2004 and as of March 2006 had sponsored 85 schools. In 2006 the National Hindu Students Forum (UK) selected Ekal Vidyalaya as the main recipient of fundraising during its annual Sewa Week drive.

Criticism and controversy

In 2005, a report prepared by an enquiry committee of the Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development found that in some Ekal Vidyalaya schools the names of enrolled students had been copied from registers of government-run schools. The schools did not provide reading and learning material, and used funds to "generate hatred toward minorities, and condition the minds of children". The report said the FTS was "misusing these funds, and using the grants for creating disharmony amongst religious groups and creating a political cadre". In May 2005 the Indian government stopped grants to the schools based on this report.

Angana Chatterji, associate professor of anthropology at California Institute of Integral Studies, identified Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of USA as one of the charities in the US that had allocated money "disproportionately directed to Hindutva-affiliated groups". In an article in the Daily Times of Pakistan, Khalid Hasan described the Ekal Vidyalayas as having a "curriculum steeped in instilling hatred against non-Hindu religious minorities". In 2005 John Dayal, then president of the All India Catholic Union (AICU) and a member of the National Integration Council expressed concern that the schools were spreading hatred towards members of the Christian minority, in order to "prevent conversions of tribals to Christianity by missionaries." The Ekal Vidyalaya schools were funded by the Indian Government from 1999–2000 till 2005; this was stopped when a committee reported irregularities and pursuit of anti-minority agenda in some schools. Several authors have said that the schools pursue a Hindu-nationalist agenda and generate hatred towards non-Hindu minorities such as Christians.

Response to Criticism

Many have praised the schools role in providing literacy to millions of children, and stated that the schools do not teach hate and have been the target of a campaign by media and academic networks.. According to Prakash Sharma, media convener of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, "The Ekal vidyalayas are our effort to reach the most deprived areas of the country. Christian missionaries get funds from all over the world: the entire Christian empire backs them. Ours is a completely indigenous effort” François Gautier, French author and journalist, described the Ekal Vidyalayas as "a harmless programme doing wonderful job for tribal children", and questioned why organizations raising funds for them were attacked. Ramesh Rao, professor of Communication at Truman State University, and others wrote that "there has been a concerted campaign against the Ekal Vidyalayas by a combination of media and academic networks ... try as they might, they really cannot find anything wrong with the schools". Yvette Rosser, American author and scholar, stated in a report that "the ladies and gentlemen in the villages who teach in Ekal Vidyalaya schools are not teaching hate". She wrote that the Ekal Vidyalaya program has done "incredible work" and "brought literacy to millions of India's children who otherwise would not know how to read and write".

See also

Notes

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  3. Indo-Asian News Service (September 10, 2008). "मुफ्त शिक्षा देता एक शिक्षक का विद्यालय" (in Hindi). Josh 18. Retrieved September 9, 2011. देश के 27 हजार गांवों के आठ लाख वनवासी बच्चों को एकल विद्यालय फाउंडेशन मुफ्त शिक्षा उपलब्ध करा रहा है। (Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation is making free education available to 11,00,000 students in 37,000 villages of the country. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Visfot.com (April 15, 2008). "शिक्षा और विकास का एकल प्रयास" (in Hindi). Visfot.com. Retrieved September 9, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
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  21. ^ Correspondent, Navada. "अब आयी एकल विद्यालय की अवधारणा" (in Hindi). Prabhat Khabar. Retrieved September 10, 2011. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  22. "Ekal Vidyalaya aims at taking the school to the children". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 2007-07-16. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
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  37. Hasan, Khalid (November 9, 2008). "Yet another controversial Obama appointment". Daily Times (Pakistan).
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  39. Rao et al 2003, Chapter III, Section A, pp. 27–30.
  40. François, Gautier (March 11, 2003). "Heed the New Hindu Mood". Rediff.com. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
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