Adharshila aims to grow into a full-fledged Secondary School that will provide quality education to children of extremely poor and economically vulnerable households in the remote and backward Chambal region of India. Adharshila will develop into a learning hub for this region, by expanding the outreach of its innovative livelihood skill development work not just to its own students, but also to students of government run primary schools in the area.
Its innovative environment education modules will instill conservation awareness among the children, so that they are able to face the challenges of sustainable development and climate change more effectively as adults. Adharshila will be a space where young students get opportunities to move beyond purely syllabus-based learning. It will be a place where they can play, create, experiment, innovate and enjoy, while also learning from books and classroom lessons. It will offer them opportunities to learn using all of their senses and a variety of media. It will expose them to proven techniques of sustainable agriculture and a variety of non-farm livelihood skills, so that adopting these ideas and practices comes naturally to them when they grow up. At Adharshila, the students will be close to trees and open spaces, so that their natural compassion and affinity for nature and animals gets a keener edge.
Through a sustained focus on high quality, joyful, holistic and meaningful education, Adharshila will create within a decade a critical mass of dedicated young individuals who will spearhead rapid social, economic and political transformation of this region. Most importantly, Adharshila will be an oasis among this region of scarcity, where each child finds joy in learning, and which she can look back upon with fondness when she grows up, so that she always has an incentive to contribute to her homeland, from wherever her life takes her.
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