Rural Education

The present education system aims at a white collar job and it is leading towards poverty and on employment. It is a system that does not provide scope of development of creativity and free thinking power in children. Thus an entirely new approach is required. The delivery system needed to be altered drastically. Changes in strategy. Le. devising altogether new delivery mechanism, is the need of the hour. A model is required that may make the children feel study as easy and burden free, tempt them to learn and put them into a search mode & search for the new things.

In this regard this Ashrama have been assisting primary schools and Akhandananda Shiksha and Sanskar Kendras and Gurukula Centres run by NGOs and Vivekananda Seva Sanghas formed by our ex-trainees at Angara, Burmu, Bero, Mandar, Tamar Blocks under Ranchi District and Murhu Block under Khunti Districts.

A unique technique of teaching has been developed which includes games, models, demonstration, discussions, charts, maps as learning implements vis-a-vis books. Creativity development is brought through sketches, paintings, model making and use of geometry box

Under unique teaching technique students were guided to play special types of games aimed at enhancing the power of concentration, memory, alertness and smartness leading to the personality development. For integrated development of the children special classes are conducted for Yoga meditation, PT and marching practices. Children are made aware of Health & Hygiene. Periodical medical check-ups are arranged

Besides the regular primary schools, most of our Akhandananda Shiksha and Sanskar Kendras are conducting evening coaching classes in their respective villages. Besides the regular course, value education classes are also conducted in these coaching centres to inculcate the feelings that man is potentially divine and religion is the manifestation of the divinity in man. Emphasis is given on cultivation of goodness – ‘Be good and help others to be good

Maa Sarada Gurkul Birhore Colony at Chipibandihi, Tamar(For Primitive Tribal Children)

Since the inception of ‘Divyayan’ the rural development wing in the year 1969, this ashrama is tiring hard for the all-round development of the tribal people in the remote villages of Ranchi and its adjoining area But in the year 1990, with the financial assistance from District administration first step was taken to save the primitive tribes mainly dwelling in the forest of Tamar Block of Ranchi by constructing a Community Hall and 14 Indira Aawas Yojana Houses for Birhor primitive tribes at Chipibandhdih village. Then in year 2003, 70 dwelling units called Birsa Aawas were constructed at Chipibandhdih Basukocha and Budhadih under same Tamar Block. All through these years different rural development activities were carried out as these Ashram does for other tribal villages. But, it was felt in the year 2015, despite our all effort this Ashrama could not notice any permanent and satisfactory development in these primitive tribes

In the year 2015 a group of noble hearted young Indians residing in USA along with few of their friends residing in India under the name “Soul Divine’ came forward to help this Ashrama provide elementary education and nutritious food the children with an objective to rectify the budding generation for a better future generation. A few student were sent to Adyapith, Kolkata to provide quality education. But after some time, children came back and were not ready to return to Adyapith, Kolkata.

Hence it was strongly felt that children needed to be educated and groomed at their own village by constructing a hostel and classrooms for them. With the financial assistance of ‘Soul Divine Group’, the same community hall constructed in the year 1990 was renovated and was given the name Maa Sarada Gukul. Children from class 3 to 5 of this Primitive Tribe has been enrolled in this Gurukul. They are given moral and physical education by prayer, Swadesh Mantra of Swami Vivekananda, practice of Yoga etc. They are given school education by admitting them in nearby Government school. It is the aim of this Gurukul to make children educationally more qualified so that they can get admission in better schools like Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya: Kasturba Gandhi Vidyalaya: Eklavya Model Residential School, Salgadih, Tamar (Ranchi): Netarhat Awasiya Vidyalaya, Latehar: Ramakrishna Mission, Jamshedpur Vivekananda Central School, Hazaribagh etc.

National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS):

Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Divyayan Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Morabadi, Ranchi, successfully continued its endeavour for the upliftment of rural youth in the field of sustainable education through synergy of formal education, multi-skill vocational education with moral education to make the youth self-reliant as envisaged by Swami Vivekananda

Despite massive expansion of the education system in the country, a large number of adolescents and youths, particularly from the economically weaker sections and in rural areas, are not able to acquire school education. In this backdrop, Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, during extensive rural development work, realised that integrating vocational education at Divyayan with school education with the help of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) can provide necessary employability skill and at the same time, underprivileged and poor rural youths particularly tribal, can get the opportunity for higher

education in college and University. That innovative and noble approach yields wonderful result. With a motto, ‘to educate every rural youth We have initiated distant education through NIOS and since the year 2001, Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama. Ranchi, is working as an accredited Institute of NIOS

During the reporting year 31 students in secondary, 69 in senior secondary courses have been enrolled To sustain this approach, we have developed a mechanism that, rural youths, particularly school dropouts who have come for undertaking vocational training at Divyayan for long duration course, are given he opportunity for secondary and senior secondary courses of NIOS along with multiskilled vocational courses of Divyayan and also of NIOS, free of cost. After successful completion, they may further join different diplomas/degrees/certificate courses offered by Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Education and Research Institute (RKMVERI), in the Faculty of Agriculture Rural and Tribal Development ARTD), Morabadi, Ranchi, through formal procedure. As of now, twenty-four (24) rural youths who took training at Divyayan, have completed degree. Out of which 16 graduates and 10 master degree from RKMVERI and all of them are well established in different institutions.

NIOS SITE

Akhandananda Shiksha and Sanskar Kendra (ASSK)

The message of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda inspired Swami Akhandananda (direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna) to begin rural development work much before the Ramakrishna Mission came into existence. Swami Akhandananda as a wondering monk while in Khetri (Rajasthan) during 1894, he went from door to door all along to bring awareness in the people about the utility of the education and it was because of his efforts that the number of student in the Khetri Rajya, English School rose from 80 to 200. Under his inspiration, the Maharaja of Khetri arranged for the education of the Golas (illiterate slaves) and also set up a permanent education department to open schools in the villages.

Taking the inspiration from the above, this Morabadi centre of Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama launched an ambitious project on the holy occasion of 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Akhandananda on 12th October 2015 named as Akhandananda Shiksha and Sanskar Kendra in Ranchi district.

The objective of this project is to integrate academic, vocational and moral education for the children in the villages for man-making and character building education as envisaged by Swami Vivekananda.

Updated on 27th Aug 2024)