Shishu Shiksha Samiti, Assam is a non government educational organization which runs one of the largest private network of schools in Assam. It is a state-level affiliate committee of Vidya Bharati in the state of Assam. The society was formed on 21 April 1979. The Head Office is located at R.G. Baruah Road, Prashanta Path of Guwahati, Assam
Schools
Shishu Shiksha Samiti, Assam decided that Vidya Bharati School in Assam will be named after Mahapurush Sankardev, a tribute to his enormous contribution. On 4 September 1979, a school named Shankardev Shishu Niketan, Ambikagiri Nagar was established by the Shishu Shiksha Samiti, Assam at Ambikagiri Nagar, Guwahati. This was the first Vidya Bharati school in Assam. At present this Niketan is known as Shankardev Shishu Kunja, Ambikagiri Nagar.Since then the number of schools under this Samiti is gradually increased as 537 schools are functioning where 1,55,912 students are studying under the valuable guidance of 8,187 acharyas (teachers).The Niketans arerunning throughout the Brahmaputra valley by adopting the vernacular as medium of instructions.
About Vidya Bharati
Vidya Bharati, short for Vidya Bharati Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Sansthan, is a non government educational organization which runs one of the largest private network of schools in India. It is the educational wing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). It has its registered headquarters in Lucknow, a functional headquarters in Delhi and a sub-office in Kurukshetra
Ideology and Objective
The organisation believes that a large population in India do not have access to education and so its focus is villages under-privileged locality and tribal area. They encourage economic self-reliance, good health, and hygiene. It says that all round development of a child has to be achieved through education and inculcation of time honoured traditions. It believes that the current system of education in India has its roots unduly based on the Western way of fulfilment of life and that the all-round development of the personality of the child is not possible without spiritual development. They aim to develop the students physically, mentally and spiritually, and make them capable of facing challenges of daily life and thus contribute to nation building. At a 1998 conference of State education ministers, Vidya Bharati made proposals for school education to be “Indianized, nationalised and spiritualized”, with the teaching of “the essentials of Indian culture” which was perceived as “Hindu education”. There were concerns when the Uttar Pradesh Government made it mandatory to start the school day with Vande Mataram and Saraswati Vandana and the Muslim League forbade Muslim schoolchildren from joining in the singing. Vidya Bharati also demands that Sanskrit be taught in all schools and sponsors the revision of textbooks which give a Hindu outlook of history and use Hindu examples in comprehension exercises. Dinanath Batra, former General Secretary of Vidya Bharati, said that they were fighting an “ideological battle against Macaulay, Marx and Madrasawadis”. In comparison to which Vidya Bharati advocates “Indianization, nationalization and spiritualisation” of education. In the areas of study that are peripheral to the core curriculum, like physical education, music and cultural education, the institution worked out its own curriculum.
Organizational Structure
The state-level affiliate committees of Vidya Bharati go by various names, depending on the socio-political situation in each state:
Assam: Shishu Shiksha Samiti
Delhi: Hindu Shiksha Samiti
Haryana: Hindu Shiksha Samiti
Punjab: Sarv Hitkari Shiksha Samiti
Bihar: Vidya Vikas Samiti
Jharkhand: Vananchal Shiksha Samiti Vidya Vikas Samiti, Shishu Shiksha Vikas Samiti
Orissa: Shiksha Vikas Samiti
Andhra Pradesh: Sri Saraswati Vidya Peetham
Tamil Nadu: Tamil Kalvi Kazhagam, Vivekananda Kendra and others
Kerala: Bharatiya Vidya Niketan
Uttrakhand : Bhartiya Shiksha Samiti