PERSPECTIVE PLANNING

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS:

Being a Fast Growing / State level voluntary organization, the VIVEKANANDA EDUCATION TRUST in its perspective planning policies, has adopted the various Millennium Development Goals as set forth by the Govt. of India under their various plans and Policies at a convention represented by various countries under unified development Programme. The development policies of several Governments across the developing world have mirrored a legitimate commitment to the framework as per the object of the Society and has been no exception. Accordingly, the Planning Commission of India has evolved the National Development Goals as part of 19 its Five Year Plans targets. This essentially based on the following 8 MDG targets.

• Achievement of Universal primary, secondary and higher secondary education by establishing Education Hub

• Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan

• Eradication of poverty

• Upliftment of Poor / Slum Community

• Promotion of gender equality

• Reduction of child mortality

• Improvement of maternal health

• Combating HIV / AIDS, Malaria and other diseases

• Ensuring environmental sustainability and

• Developing a global partnership for development.

Therefore, keeping in view the inherent importance of aforesaid Goals the Trustee of VIVEKANANDA EDUCATION TRUST has decided to work towards achieving the aforesaid goals in the following manner. VIVEKANANDA EDUCATION TRUST believes that children are our future. As a child grows up and enters the community and the world, they will start to shape it according to the values and knowledge that they have been taught when they were young. With the world becoming increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous, every child needs to be ready for the future. At Global Eduhub, we prepare children for the future through our innovative curriculum, passionate educators and quality operations, in partnership with parents and the community.

A. IMPARTING EDUCATION:

• VIVEKANANDA MISSION HIGH SCHOOL: C.B.S.E.

       (Class – Balvatika to XII) and W.B.B.S.E. (Class-V TO XII)

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• VIVEKJYOTI COLLEGE (B. ED. /D. EL. ED.)

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B. GENDER EQUALITY WOMEN EMPOWERNMENT:

It has estimated that 78% of India's working women involved in agriculture 35% of which as cultivators and 43% as labours. The women in urban slums and villages are relatively worst off than men have additionally burdened with responsibilities of their homes. With no real economic independence, non-existent involvement in the decision-making process and most importantly their low level of awareness even on common developmental issues, their basic rights, ways and means to have access up to the available facilities. Consequently, this section of the society has become the victim of social and economic inequalities perpetuated by an exploitative social, economic and political order. Wage discrimination and exclusion from decision-making process have made an adverse impact on their control over resources, access to livelihood opportunities, information, technology, skills and so on. Therefore, the intervention of VIVEKANANDA EDUCATION TRUST – PURBA MEIDNIPUR is required pointiest. Both in urban and rural areas and all possible steps are being taken to address the needs of women in deprived areas to ensure that the resources and means are available to them so that they can participate in the decision-making process of developmental activates and also to involve them in the sustainable manner. To continue the efforts of empowering women VIVEKANANDA EDUCATION TRUST – PURBA MEIDNIPUR envisages for strengthening partnership with the tribal and davit women in its developmental areas. In order to enhance the status of women and promote gender equality, women are to be encouraged and empowered to participate with their full potential and on equal footing. To ensure their economic independence, attempts has made towards bridging the gap between community forums and the government and for 49 establishing a viable linkage with the line departments to help in reducing poverty. Our interventions also aim to prepare them to act as agents for change not only in the community development initiatives but to work as a pressure group to pursue policies related to community development at all possible levels. Our plans continue towards empowering and enabling the women, in our target areas, to participate in policy-making and decision-making process at all levels of the society.

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C. REDUCING BELOW POVERTY LINE

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As per available statistical data, about 43% of population in India, including rural Slum dwellers, tribal areas, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, live below the poverty line. Therefore, no Country even dreams of progress and prosperity, till this level is drastically reduced, if not completely eliminated. Therefore, it is of dire importance to make all out efforts to increase the sources of livelihood so that people living in BPL has brought above this line so that they can contribute their bit in the overall development of the country. This is also one of the main objectives under the 11TH Five year Plan of the country, as part of Millennium Development Goals. Looking at the importance of this objective in its perspective planning policies, aspires to give appropriate thrust towards achieving this goal of National importance. With this objective in mind, VIVEKANANDA EDUCATION TRUST – PURBA MEIDNIPUR is giving top priority in its perspective planning policies to make a concentrated effort towards increasing the sources of livelihood, Skill Development Programme, Promotion of Employment through Vocational Training and to prepare the people capable enough for earning which is sufficient for them to lead an improved quality of life in the society with optimum level of standard of living due to increase of the overall monthly income of the poor and slum community.

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D. HEALTH AND SANITATION

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It has been realized that with the growing population, people require an increased and improved services specially that of health to cater to their requirement. The situation calls for immediate attention in the growing cities where most of the population is either illiterate or poverty stricken, living in difficult conditions and largely ignorant to avail health services. The available health services, particularly in cities, are either very expensive or depend on the whims of the Government functionaries. The problems in Government, run hospital are numerable, ranging from non-availability of drugs/facilities to the indifferent attitude of Doctors and paramedics. The condition in private hospitals is also not very satisfactory due to their financial motive. All the growing cities, without exception, are Therefore, in dire need of proper healthcare services. The poor health condition has attributed:

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• Insensitivity of the masses towards preventive health care services

• Unhygienic conditions

• Lacking facilities etc.

To offset such deficiencies, a beginning has to make by ensuring appropriate maternal and child health care, which include proper immunization to mother and children, regular growth monitoring and the like.

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OTHER AREAS OF INTERVENTIONS

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1) Tree and Herbal plantations with medicinal value. This will not only generate new sources of livelihood for them, but will also meet the growing requirement of such plants in India.

2) Social Marketing: Every effort will be made, by way of arranging awareness campaigns, meetings, personal counselling, Tele counselling and distribution of contraceptives, to control the dreaded disease of HIV/AIDS which has now taken a magnitude of global concern.

3) Soil Conservation: The farmers are to be encouraged for tree plantation so that soil erosion may be contained and fertility of the land in improved. This will help them not only to get maximum crops but will also improve their earnings and financial status. In addition, in co ordination with village people, tanks and canals has also constructed so that farmers dependence on rainwater has reduced.

4) Adopting Villages: In an innovative effort, the VIVEKANANDA EDUCATION TRUST – PURBA MEIDNIPUR planned to adopt certain number of villagers. Every year with the object to register the expectant mothers, as well as children of such villages, provide them with proper vaccination, affordable but nutritious food and conduct their regular check-up, so that their health has be maintained at the desired level.

5) Drop-out children: Attempt is to be making for ensuring at least the primary education to the dropout children of urban slum areas, in the target districts, to select each year.

6) Elimination of child labour practice: Although engagement of children in activities within the definition of “Child Labour” has been legally prohibited, but still the number of children engaged in one or another type of such activities is still prevalent in almost all parts of India. This not only hampers their proper education, but also restricts their future growth. Therefore, VIVEKANANDA EDUCATION TRUST – PURBA MEIDNIPUR has vowed to work towards elimination of this menace of “Child Labour” at least in the areas of its intervention.

7) Development of non-forest waste land:- Taking clue from the policy initiative of Government of West Bengal for development of non-forest 52 waste land in all the districts of West Bengal, through the public private partnership, including Non-voluntary organization, out proposals are already under consideration with the district authorities and we hope of commence our activities in this behalf very soon.

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DIRECTION

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VIVEKANANDA EDUCATION TRUST – PURBA MEIDNIPUR have 5 members and they are PRESIDENT, AND FOUR EXECUTIVE BODYY MEMBERS and a team of Consultative Committee Members consisting of eminent personalities in their respective fields, to provide policy level directions and necessary guidance for achieving its goals. Presently the Trusty Members are as Follows :

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​INFRASTRUCTURE AVAILABLE

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• Semi furnished Office premises, duly equipped with all modem office equipment and facilities, situated near State Capital of West Bengal

• Computers with printer.

• Coolers and ceiling fans.

• Office Furniture-Tables, chairs, cabinets, almirahs etc.

• Telephone system

• Various Training equipment like black board, display board, Etc.

• Carpets and other items to facilitate smooth functioning of office.

• Sofa sets.

• Water Cooler with small Refrigeration

• Calculators

• The total cost of available infrastructure is most of the donated to the Society free of cost and some are acquired by society out of its own sources.