Bhopal: With the BJP governments in the saddle in the four northern states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh, the network of school’s setup by the Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh — controlled Vidya Bharati, is poised for massive expansion. An elaborate multi-crore five-year plan has been drawn up to have a Vidya Bharati school in every block by the end of the plan.
“We cannot meet the needs of the entire education system, but are confident that we can provide model “schools for the country. We propose to establish at least one school in every block of the country”, said Lajja ram Tomar, the organising secretary of the Vidya Bharati which has its headquarters at Lucknow.
At the root of the Vidya Bharati’s philosophy is the long-held RSS viewpoint that English-medium education was responsible for most of the ills of the country.
Their opposition is not to the teaching of English but to the attitudes and perceptions that are developed because of English-medium education. “As far as the language skills are gonanes, we are in favour of teaching English.
Top RSS leaders, Prof Rasta Singh, Bhimrao .Deloras, Sudarshan, and Nanai Deshmukh chaired “the four-day conference attended by over 5,000 teachers from the 5,000 Vidya Bharati schools at a special campus on the outskirts of Bhopal. (Times of India, Nov. 1)
