SCERT Report & Appreciation from DSE - Govt.of Telangana has approached to implement our Programs and to train all the teachers of all Govt. Schools of Telangana State.

[Vandemataram Foundation]

Namaste,

Greetings from Vandemataram!

Many of the students attending government school are first generation students from their family. And It is obvious that only those children who cannot afford studies in private schools join government schools. Perhaps, such children may not get any guidance either from the parents or from any other source. We need to fill these lacunae by way of extending a helping hand to the poor children. 

During this time,  Ravindra, (Graduate, Warangal dist) realised the need of empowerment of government schools, due to which he started Vandemataram Foundation in 2005. It was on the eve of centenary year (2005) of Vandemataram Movement that the foundation was launched. Since then he has been working relentlessly towards strengthening government schools. And dedicated his life to the cause of nationalism and inculcating patriotism and culture among the youth in villages. 

The foundation started as a team of eight volunteers with a mission to educate and impart quality education in Torrur mandal in Warangal district of Telangana State. Slowly, like-minded people’s associations added the necessary muscle structure and volume, leading to the foundation’s growth into a big family of more than 700 volunteers, supporters, and donors within region and abroad too.

VMF was conceived in order to build character and inculcate right values in the formative stage with the government schools in the rural and backward regions as focal points. The foundation works based on the principles of extending academic and emotional support to the government school children, strengthening the infrastructural facilities in the school and village and involvement of villagers in the development activities.

Success has been attained in building a strong committed team of village elders, parents, youth associations, teachers, school staff, alumni group,education and other governmental departments.Today, VMF works in more than 180 schools in Warangal and Mahaboobnagar, and is planning to expand to other districts of Telangana State. 

Each year Vandemataram foundation continues to advance its mission of strengthening the government schools. Making a village school the nodal point, the Foundation builds teams consisting of village elders, youth and alumni of the school. These teams working in tandem with the parents and teachers of the school actively involve the students in various constructive and creative activities.

VMF has been at the forefront of child rights and school empowerment with gross roots level interaction and right to information campaigns. As a part of our programmes, as the educational attainment of the children in the school situation is poor. We realized that most of this has got to do with poor linguistic and mathematical abilities of the students, which are shown (through ASER surveys by PRATHAM) to be disproportionately low compared to the class in which they are studying. Hence we have been adopting the “LLL Method” over the past two years in schools across the Mahabubnagar and Warangal districts to overcome this problem.

The VMF volunteer helps the children in forming groups each consisting of children not exceeding five in which the better learner shall take the lead in motivating the academically challenged learners to acquire the basic competencies in language, logic (Mathematics) and Life Skills (Bala Sabha). Recently, Telangana Government had adopted our concept of Balasabha, and included in the annual academic calendar.

Today with the support of like minded socially conscious donars and the tireless efforts of our selfless and dedicated volunteers Vandemataram Foundation is able to reach out to students of around 150 government schools in interior mandals of Warangal and Mahabubnagar districts.  And we are very happy to share that Govt. of Telangana has approached to implement our "LLL Program" and to train all the teachers of all Govt. Schools of Telangana State.

Only quality education with proper skills can give a hope to the children, we are doing our best to reach out to as many as possible and we request all the well-off individuals to reach out to as many needy students as possible in their respective native place. We feel giving back to the society should be a part of our life. It will enrich our lives in many ways, the amount of satisfaction we receive is priceless.

“A developed India by 2020 is possible only through people’s participation and children are the nucleus of this transformation.”                                                         – Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Vandemataram 

Jai Hind!

*attached SCERT Report & Letter from Director of School Education.

-Team Vandemataram

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