IV Chronicle 2010 (1) - Isha Vidhya

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Why Isha Vidhya - A Synopsis India as a whole has experienced great economic success over the past two decades, yet poverty continues to pervade rural life. Eighty percent of India's 780 million rural population (which constitutes 70% of India's total population), still lives on less than $2 a day*. Education is the key to opening the door for India's rural populations to escape poverty and share in the country's economic growth. For most rural children, however, school means run down facilities with unmotivated and frequently absent teachers. Education imparted in the local language restricts future opportunities to the small boundary of the native locality**. After completing 12 years of schooling, rural students often graduate lacking basic skills and are unable to find suitable employment or pursue higher education. Isha Vidhya aims to transform the lives of rural children by providing affordable, high-quality education where it is otherwise unavailable. Less than 50% of Tamil Nadu students in the 3rd through 5th standards can read simple sentences in Tamil, and only 10% can read simple sentences in English. *** Isha Vidhya's scalable model employs a carefully designed methodology which guarantees a high standard of education despite the limitations of the rural setting. In the first phase, Isha Vidhya plans to set up 207 schools in villages across Tamil Nadu, one school for each of Tamil Nadu's 207 taluks. * International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2004-2005 studies ** Primary school teachers in rural India have a 25% absenteeism rate Study by Chaudhury N., J. Hammer, M Knemer, K.Muralidharan, and F.H.,Rogers (2006). 'Missing in Action: Teacher and Health Worker; Absence in Developing Countries', Volume 20, November 1,Journal of Economic Perspectives, Pittsburg *** Annual Status of Education Report, India 2009 02
Founder's Vision Generation after generation people in villages are living in the same suppressed socio-economic conditions without any improvement. The only remedy to this situation is education. If we can provide villagers with this ladder, they will have a chance to come out of their situation. But, what is happening is education is being conducted as a business: New schools are being built in cities where money is abundant, but they're not being built in places where they are needed the most. To put India on the developing path, we need to provide education to each and every child in the country, irrespective of where they are; whether they are in villages or in cities. At Isha Vidhya, our concern is not merely about preparing our children to get through the examinations, get a good job, and earn money; but also, about making them into loving, caring, and cheerful human beings. Education which does not move people towards an unprejudiced, fearless, unshackled way of life is not education. ~ Sadhuguru Jaggi Vasudev Having one billion illiterate, uneducated, disorganized, unhealthy and undernourished people is a huge liability for any country. No society can ever hope to flourish with this kind of baggage. At the same time, having one billion people who are educated, focused, disciplined, committed and inspired would be a miracle. Are we as a people going to make ourselves into a disaster or into a miracle remains to be seen in the next 20 years. We are sitting on a threshold of possibility. For the first time in the history of humanity, we have the necessary resources, capability and technology to solve all basic human problems of nourishment, health, education and livelihood. The only thing missing is the necessary willingness, the necessary consciousness to make it happen. So, for the first time we are capable, but whether we are going to do it or not is the big question. Isha Vidhya is a small effort in this direction. Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Isha Vidhya Founder Trustee & Chairperson 03
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