Our Approach
In brief, the school integrates the following key features in order to achieve its mission and reform rural education:
- Well-integrated, holistic learning and life-outcome approach
- Child-responsive learning adapted to the rural context through an interactive, enquiry-based, critical pedagogy
- Developing students’ social and political consciousness and preparing them to become agents of change in their communities
- Critical dialogues on gender, child marriage, caste, equality
- Caring, safe environment
- Scholarships awarded to those with extreme need
- Strong community relationships
SHEF-Vidyasthali is a school where learning is not just about acquiring knowledge, but also about becoming confident, compassionate individuals ready to make a positive impact on the world.
At Vidyasthali, we view education as a lifelong journey of discovery and growth. Our school community, comprising teachers, students, and parents, works together to create a supportive and nurturing environment where everyone thrives. The teachers ensure that individual attention is given to each child, and that learning happens through understanding rather than by rote.
Multimedia is effectively used to teach primary students the basics of science and mathematics. The use of the stick, quite common in most government schools as the means to discipline children, is strongly disallowed.
Almost half of the students assist their parents in the fields or in other occupations, with their day beginning at 4 in the morning. However, they do not let that affect their academic performance. The teachers are proud of their students' enthusiasm for learning.