Volunteer Teachers under SSA
The Central Government has launched ‘Vidyanjali’, a
School Volunteer programme on 16th June, 2016 & issued necessary guidlelines. Vidyanjali is an initiative to involve people from-
- Indian Diaspora
- Retired teachers
- Retired government officials including retired defence personnel
- Retired professionals and
- Women who are home makers,
Having graduation degree
to strengthen co-scholastic activities in schools such as reading in Government
run elementary schools through the services of volunteers across the country
under the overall aegis of the Sarva Shikhsa Abhiyan (SSA).
Volunteers under the programme will offer their services
to Government schools through an online portal developed by MyGov.in. These Volunteers will conduct one or more co-scholastic activities with children in
standard 1 to 8 such as
- Reading to children
- Helping children with creative writing
- Public speaking
- Play acting and
- Preparing story books.
The programme
is being implemented on a pilot basis across 21 States and UTs.
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