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Need for Girls' Education At Hapur:
Girls' education is
one of the best investments for
achieving the goals of poverty eradication and population control, and improving
the standards of living. There are numerous other social benefits
such as marriages at the right age, reduced fertility rates,
reduced infant and maternal mortality rates, better nourished and healthier families, and
the like. Girls'
education can also generate enormous economic benefits for the society in general and individual families in
particular. It also reduces a family's financial burden by enhancing its potential for
additional income.
Education trains young women
to be a part of the country's work force, which at a mature stage contributes to their greater participation in
political and economic life of the country. Uttar Pradesh is the most densely populated state of India. The state has
a total of 4675
middle schools as well as higher middle schools out of which, the Meerut Division
can claim for only 470. Within this division, only 73 schools are
meant for girls. The ratio between boys' and girls' schools stands at 100:18 as against their
population ratio of 100:92. This clearly indicates that girls' education is badly
neglected in the society. It calls for immediate by the society.
The Organization:
Shiksha
Bharati is a non-profit society registered under the
Societies Registration Act 1860 with an objective of providing
quality education to girls. It
is also registered as a non-profit organization with the Income tax department
and enjoys tax exemption under section 80(G) of Income tax Act 1961.
The
Society is registered with Foreign Contributions Regulation Act under Ministry
of Home Govt. of India and is affiliated with the India Development and Relief
Fund USA. For academic purposes Shiksha Bharati is affiliated to Vidya
Bharati and Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Sansthan. The Vidya Bharati is running
27,000 schools all-over India on "no profit- no loss" basis charging
a meager fee.
The Logo:
Shiksha
Bharati's logo depicts the four-directional thrust of the divine weapon Vajra,
which was crafted out of the unblemished bones offered alive by the great sage-
scholar- scientist Dadhichi. He had done so on the request of gods
who wanted to destroy the otherwise invincible demon Vritasura.
Inscribed underneath the logo are twin-goals of
human life: the liberation of soul and welfare of the world as propounded by
Jagadguru Shankracharya.
According
to the Jagadguru, goal of education is not just individual
personality development. It is welfare of all members of the
society. The renowned artist Acharaya Nand Lal Bose, a disciple of
Gurudev Rabindranath
Tagore, designed the art form of the logo. Sister Nivedita gave the present shape
to the composition.
The Vision:
Shiksha Bharati has acquired 25 acres of land at
Hapur, where it is running
Smt. Brahma Devi Saraswati Balika Vidya Mandir in a newly constructed and
spacious building. The entire area is fenced with a 6 feet high boundary-wall.
The society wants to develop this complex as a premier centre for
female education.
The
organisation, Shiksha
Bharati, was formed to fulfill the following objectives:
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To design, develop and implement educational programmes, which
follow the standards of the modern system of education and are in tune with the
cultural ideas, values, and ethos of the classical Indian social fabric.
- To introduce
curricula incorporating teaching of Sanskrit, moral and
spiritual education, yoga education, physical education, music and other Indian
art-forms with a view of promoting spirit of national pride and integration.
- To
develop competent and highly motivated faculty imbued with the
great ideals of their profession.
- To conduct and organise innovative programmes for computer education
and computer aided learning programme for science and mathematics.
- To serve as a non-profit making institution devoted to
high quality education.
- To organise brainstorming seminars by inviting intellectuals, thinkers
and social reformers.
- To develop the institution with the programmes of
national importance.
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