Vidya Mytri Trust

Vidyamytri was founded in 2015 to provide education to the children of vulnerable communities so they gain balanced emotional and cognitive growth and Read more enable them to be contributors to a peaceful society. The founders of the organization include people with many years of experience and expertise in early childhood and primary education, running learning centers and schools, and working extensively in the North Karnataka regions towards teacher capacity building. The basis of Vidya Mytri’s work is the personal research of one of its founders, K T Margaret, into how and what children learn, which is documented in her book, " The Open Classroom" published by Orient Blackswan - 1999, 2004 & 2012, " Learning for Life" published by Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Patishth- 2013, "The Substunce of Play" published by Orient Blackswan - 2018.  Though we started work with this aim and functioned in these 6 years of work, we have experienced change, and transformation and were made to adapt to the present need. Before going into the details, I just briefly explain our proposed project and plan. The implementation of NEP will change the present working pattern in the government schools and we need to change our present mode of working and adapt to the present. Going through the draft of NEP 2020 we realize that it seems to help us to put into practice our aims, objectives, and methodology in an organized systematic form with much clarity. At present our Kushtagi Block has 20 clusters, each cluster having schools ranging from 9 – 15. We came to know that the government of Karnataka announced to introduction and implementation of NEP2020 in 20,000 schools. For our block 20 to 50 schools will be implemented. We plan to begin work with 4 NEP implemented schools. Working with the foundational stage of, pre-primary and grade 1 and 2 ages ranging from 3 to 7 years. From our experience in teaching in the past, we realize that once a strong foundation in education is given at this stage the next stages in education could grow in a healthy, positive direction. Since we have the methodology, practical experience, and educational resources needed for this, we feel confident to take up this. I will explain the details of this in the proposed project and plan slide.    All the trustees of our organization are actively participating in our work, and support good governance.