Sunday, September 21, 2008

Ekal Vidyalaya

Ekal Vidyalaya: "A charitable trust that initiates, supports, and runs non-formal one-teacher schools (popularly known as Ekal Vidyalayas) all over the country. With the participation of numerous non-profit trusts and organizations, this program has now become the greatest non-governmental education movement in the country."

Vision: To banish illiteracy from the face of tribal India by providing free, non-formal education through a People-Movement.

Mission: The Ekal Vidyalaya movement aims to help eradicate illiteracy from rural and tribal India by 2011. To date, Ekal Vidyalaya is a movement of over 24,006 teachers, 5,000 (Approximately) voluntary workers, 20 field organizations (scattered in 20 Indian states), and 8 support agencies as on December 2007.

Join as a Volunteer here.

Sponsor a School here.

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