Bharat, since long time was known as the land of seekers. Great Gurus meditated up on the ultimate truth and revealed many a secrets of the universe. These knowledges that has been accumulated in human mind were systematically recorded and codified. Later, the process of refinement and development led building of culture of educations. Excellent universities, lakhs of colleges and schools had glittered like a blossomed ‘beautiful tree’ throughout the country. Thus our education attained excellence and perfections. Bharat was named as land of wisdom and “Jagat Guru”. The world has made a pilgrimage to this land.
But after that the history of our education took a strange turn. Though Indian approach to life has a firm foundation, it has been for than 1,500 years neglected, abused and misused thanks to imperial conspiracy. Today, the educated people feel no more pride in their sacred land nor do they feel any comfort and satisfaction under the umbrella of their culture.
In this context we must again make this land as an epicenter of wisdom and a platform of pilgrimage. A paradigm shift in the present day education system is imperative in this regard.
Leaving something unsolved or unattended allows it grow till it demands our urgent time and attention. It was such a situation in 1952: some eminent social reformist scholars of high national credentials designed a Bharatheeya Model and started a “Sisuvatika” at Gharakpur, U.P. Approach of this is model integral and procedure, value based. This system would fulfill one’s aspirations for infinite knowledge, everlasting happiness and ultimate freedom. Surprisingly this experiment was widely accepted as if the country was impatiently waiting for such a model. Thousands of Vidyabharati schools were kicked off across the states even in its initial five to ten years of inception. Present statistics is given below…
In 1977 a society was registered in the name of Bharatheeya Vidyanikethan, Kerala to initiate Vidyabharati educational activities in Kerala. Unlike other states of our country, Kerala is well known for its abundance of educational institutions. Even in this abundance the Bharatheeya Vidyanikethan schools are largely accepted in Kerala because of their qualitative characteristics.