Education - A game changer in the foothills of Niyamgiri

Living in the bustling towns and cities in India, we’ve often wondered “What if I had got a chance to study in XYZ school? My life would have been so different!” It is we who have understood the value of imparting and receiving education to our children to make them better people. We try to make eligible citizens out of our children and give them a respectable place in our society. But what about those people who have been left ignored all along? In regions where starvation deaths have haunted the people since a long time, what value does education hold for them? Is it any good to preach to people with empty stomachs?

DAV Vedanta International School

Lanjigarh, situated in Kalahandi, Odisha is one of the most backward regions of the country. For long, people of this region hadn’t witnesses any kind of development. In the year 2006-07, anchored by Vedanta, the foundation of DAV Vedanta International School was laid in the region with merely 6 students in Nursery. Now, the strength of the school has expanded to 930 students from Nursery to Class XII which includes 200 first generation tribal students with 34 teaching staff. Approximately 60% of the students are belong to the tribal and underprivileged families. Vedanta DAV International School nestled in the hills stated with only 6 students in 2006.

Children in the play school

With a vision of imparting quality education to the children of this remote locality, the school has always attempted and succeeded in exploring the realms of holistic development of the budding talents who might have bloomed unobserved otherwise. The learned galaxy of teachers sincerely inculcates pragmatic and innovative ideas among the children. This school works upon imparting quality education to produce productive citizens, especially from the weaker section of the Society with all available modern facilities. DAV is the only school in this vicinity which not only provides better learning prospects to the students but also tries to encompass teachers, students & parents in one fold through carrying out different social doings. The school is well-equipped with adequate infrastructure and facilities like computer lab, science lab, maths lab, multimedia room, Smart Classrooms, library etc. to quench the inquisitive thirst of the growing children. Apart from regular curricular exercises, effort is also served towards personality development of the students, engaging them in community services and other extra-curricular activities. Many of the students are first generation learners in their family.

DAV Lanjigarh has also been the recipient of many coveted awards at state, National and International level out of which International School Award instituted by the British Council (2015), by Expression India (2015) & Prakruti Mitra Award by Ministry of Forest, Govt. of Odisha (2013), etc. are worth mentioning.

Health awareness drive at Balabhadrapur by the students

Education fosters a society to flourish to its best form ever. With a mission to ensure and explore the realms of holistic development of the students enlightening them in an environment that fosters blossoming of quality, character and sense of self, empowering them with creative ability, the institution is putting all its effort towards educational transformation of such a remote and backward area of the country so that young generations can make their own road to destiny, realizing their potential to the fullest excellence. The purpose of gaining true education is to pass it on and make the world a better place.

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