Vidyasthali Kanar Inter College is a co-educational, English Medium school situated on Hardoi Road, in Malihabad, 32 kilometres away from Lucknow,. It was established in 2005 by Study Hall Educational Foundation, with the goal of providing affordable but high quality education to rural children. It started with 84 children from nearby villages but quickly rose to cover 55 villages in a 25 km radius. In 2011, Mr. Chandru Kewalramani and the Kewal Ramani Foundation recognised efforts of SHEF and has been generously supporting it financially. The school runs classes from Pre-school to Class 12 and is affiliated to the UP Madhyamik Shiksha Board for High School & Intermediate. A dedicated faculty of 27 teachers provide quality education to over 483 students in Science, Humanities and the Commerce streams. The school has an inclusive approach and has a diverse student body in terms of class and caste. The mission of the school is to provide a caring, nurturing learning environment for students, to maintain high academic standards, develop critical thinking, and an innovative, entrepreneurial, solution-oriented approach. Our aim is to help students to aspire for strong professional careers and to equip them for these. However, more significantly, to enable them and inspire them to contribute meaningfully to the development of their own villages as well. To spearhead this approach, we make the student, staff and parents realize that a village is a land of powerful possibilities. Vidyasthali has built a strong reputation in the region and is are now working at almost full capacity. With the kind support of the Kewal Ramani Foundation (KRF), we have expanded our building in order to increase our outreach to a larger group of students. Our larger goal is to make Vidyasthali a centre of excellence & rural development, for education and other entrepreneurial experiments in rural areas. To achieve this, we are actively working to develop partnerships with other organizations.
Vidyasthali Kanar Inter College is a co-educational, English Medium school situated on Hardoi Road, in Malihabad, 32 kilometres away from Lucknow,. It was established in 2005 by Study Hall Educational Foundation, with the goal of providing affordable but high quality education to rural children. It started with 84 children from nearby villages but quickly rose to cover 55 villages in a 25 km radius. In 2011, Mr. Chandru Kewalramani and the Kewal Ramani Foundation recognised efforts of SHEF and has been generously supporting it financially. The school runs classes from Pre-school to Class 12 and is affiliated to the UP Madhyamik Shiksha Board for High School & Intermediate. A dedicated faculty of 27 teachers provide quality education to over 483 students in Science, Humanities and the Commerce streams. The school has an inclusive approach and has a diverse student body in terms of class and caste. The mission of the school is to provide a caring, nurturing learning environment for students, to maintain high academic standards, develop critical thinking, and an innovative, entrepreneurial, solution-oriented approach. Our aim is to help students to aspire for strong professional careers and to equip them for these. However, more significantly, to enable them and inspire them to contribute meaningfully to the development of their own villages as well. To spearhead this approach, we make the student, staff and parents realize that a village is a land of powerful possibilities. Vidyasthali has built a strong reputation in the region and is are now working at almost full capacity. With the kind support of the Kewal Ramani Foundation (KRF), we have expanded our building in order to increase our outreach to a larger group of students. Our larger goal is to make Vidyasthali a centre of excellence & rural development, for education and other entrepreneurial experiments in rural areas. To achieve this, we are actively working to develop partnerships with other organizations.
During the U.P.Board exams the school resembles Tagore’s Shantiniketan. Students are kept in residence so that they can be prepared intensively by their teachers who also reside with them. A majority of our students are first generation learners with very little academic support at home. The community participates generously by keeping the students and teachers in good supply of food. Teachers are committed to helping their students perform competitively with high-end academic support and enrichment programmes. Understanding the financial constraints of the rural population, we have kept our fees very affordable, subsidizing them by almost 60%. An average monthly fee of Rs. 750 is charged with scholarships for students, particularly girls who are unable to afford even that. Out of approximately 500 students more than a quarter of them are recipients of scholarships and other forms of financial aid.
During the U.P.Board exams the school resembles Tagore’s Shantiniketan. Students are kept in residence so that they can be prepared intensively by their teachers who also reside with them. A majority of our students are first generation learners with very little academic support at home. The community participates generously by keeping the students and teachers in good supply of food. Teachers are committed to helping their students perform competitively with high-end academic support and enrichment programmes. Understanding the financial constraints of the rural population, we have kept our fees very affordable, subsidizing them by almost 60%. An average monthly fee of Rs. 750 is charged with scholarships for students, particularly girls who are unable to afford even that. Out of approximately 500 students more than a quarter of them are recipients of scholarships and other forms of financial aid..
