Vidyanjali

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Vidyanjali
विद्यांजलि
CountryIndia
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Key peopleSmriti Irani
LaunchedJune, 2016
New Delhi
Statusactive

Vidyanjali is a school volunteer programme and an initiative of the

Department of School Education and Literacy.[4][5]

The programme being piloted across 19 states and two union territories 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.