New Delhi, April 16
These are schools that were established during the British regime, when the country was striving for Independence. And years after the country won its freedom, some of these schools, that stood for certain values and ideologies are struggling to exist.
In an effort to resuscitate these dying institutions, some of which date back to almost a century, the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has decided to offer its assistance.
“We will invite proposals from schools, that represent a heritage of innovative activity from the days of the freedom movement. Some great leaders like Mahatma Gandhi inspired many people to set up schools, which were different from the colonial ones of that time. Many of these schools today are languishing,” said the Director, NCERT, Prof. Krishna Kumar.
Explaining the relevance of the project he said, “we will provide them academic and infrastructural support for a few years till they regain their glory, declare them heritage schools and then in the present context help them become distinct schools. Our efforts will be to update them”. Prof. Krishna Kumar added, “a school that was set up in 1910 cannot operate with the ideas of that time, but we will try to help them support those ideas, which are consistent with the ideas of the founder and can be relevant even today”.
