It was in 1931 Dr. Mohan
Sinha Mehta founded Vidya Bhawan Society to fulfill his vision and dream to
provide uncommon and innovative education to the common man. He took a bold
initiative to start a school for inculcating values such as responsible
citizenship, secularism, democracy and selfless service of the economically and
educationally weaker sections of the society and above all humanism at a time
when the entire Mewar region was struggling to free itself from the clutches of
feudalism and colonial stranglehold. Incidentally, the same ideals and
objectives as cherished and envisioned by the founding fathers of Vidya Bhawan
found a pride of place in the Indian constitution in the year 1950. In short, it
marked the beginning of a serious and earnest effort by Vidya Bhawan to build an
egalitarian and just society through highly creative and participative processes
of education based on gender equality and all round development of an
individual’s personality.
Over the past 75 years, the
vision and dream of the founding fathers continues to be vigorously pursued and
realized through the effort of a highly dedicated and motivated team of teachers
and workers of the society. It is gratifying to note that the philosophy of
Vidya Bhawan has been actualized by setting up a number of educational
institutions steeped in its basic values and ideals. These institutions are
located over 600 acres of land having two sprawling and beautiful north and
south campuses. The institutions of Vidya Bhawan family include four Secondary
and Senior Secondary schools, a Teachers Training College, a Rural Institute, a
Polytechnic College, a Krishi Vigyan Kendra, a Local Self-government and
Responsible Citizenship Institute and an Education Resource Centre. Close to
3500 students are reached out every year in the institutions by nearly 200
teachers and 225 non-teaching staff. |