Education

  • ♦ Ratanmani Vidyalay: A Residential Primary School for Tribal Children
  • ♦ VHAT Vocational Education Centre under NIOS
Community Mobilization

Celebration of Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas in Ratanmani Vidyalay

Community Mobilization with Faith Organizations

Children of Ratanmati vidyalay during morning prayer

Community Mobilization with Faith Organizations

Health Check up of children in Ratanmani Vidyalay to find out the Malaria cases

Ratanmani Vidyalay : A Residential Primary School for Tribal Children

In 1993 , Voluntary Health Association of Tripura (VHAT) planned to initiate one project for promotion of community health , women empowerment and elementary education of the underprivileged children. We selected ten village panchayats under Rupaichari block of South Tripura district as the project area. This was remote , less accessible, tribal people dominated area. There are three clans of tribes live in the area, viz. Tripura, Mog & Chakma . When we did primary survey as part of the situation analysis, it was found that there was not a single person who completed the study up to Class-V. The community priority was also “education” for their children. Giving the importance of community priority , VHAT started a non-formal education centre in April 1994 with village children & developed a condensed course to complete the study of Class 1 to Class V within three years. In the year 2000, this centre got the recognition from the state education department as junior basic school by the name “ Ratanmani Vidyalay” with the aim to promote quality primary education of the tribal children living in this remote hilly areas of Rupaichari block under South Tripura district. As on March 2024 Ratanmani Vidyalay completed thirty (30) years of its existence and achieved the status of quality primary education centre for the poor tribal children in the area.

Students – category: In 2023-2024, two hundred forty six (246) children from various panchayats of Rupaichari Block under the Tribal Area Autonomous District Council admitted in Ratanmani Vidyalay and 238 children were accommodated in the school hostel. The following data will show the present status of the children of 2023-24:

Class SC ST OBC OTH No of children Total Students Grand Total
Boys (B) Girls (G) B G B G Hostel (B) Hostel (G) B G
I 0 22 17 0 0 0 0 19 17 22 17 39
II 0 31 22 0 0 0 0 28 22 31 22 53
III 0 26 15 1 0 0 0 26 15 27 15 42
IV 0 32 19 0 0 0 0 32 19 32 20 52
V 0 33 27 0 1 0 0 33 27 33 27 60
Total 0 144 100 1 1 0 0 138 100 145 101 246
  • The human resource of the project was competent for catalyzing the formal education as well the extracurricular activities for development of the children.
  • At present there are 15 staff in the school. Male staff no -6 & female staff no – 9.
  • It played effective role in promoting primary education, sports and extracurricular activities, environmental orientation, awareness on health & hygiene .
  • All the teachers are residential and giving extra effort out of the school hours , to improve the quality of the education
  • EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOL:

  • There are 15 full time staff , of which 3 are female and 6 are male teachers. Others are –Peon-1, Cook-2 , Cleaner-2 and Watchwoman- 1.
  • The formal education is based on the curriculum of the Tripura Board of Secondary Education and the books are supplied from the State Government Education Department under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).
  • The students ggt life skill training and exposure to vocational activities, viz.health education, environment education and plant nursery.
  • All the children participate in the extracurricular activities organized by the school like dancing, singing & sports . The students are being trained by teachers who were well trained in those activities.
  • The students from class I-V receive health education classes once in a week on prevention of malaria and diarrhoea, fever management and first aids as the area is malaria and diarrhea prone.
  • During vacation days, the students receive free coaching from the school teachers for quality development.
  • On 22nd March 2024 Ratanmani Vidyalay celebrated 30 years of its glorious existence (1994-2024) with students, local people & parents of 300 students. It was a big ceremony for the school.
  • Beside the regular study ,Ratanmani Vidyalay observed all the national days throughout the year.

    VHAT Vocational Education Centre under NIOS

    Since 2007, VHAT has been running a Vocational Training Centre accredited by National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. Vocational Training Centre of VHAT intends to create employment opportunity for the youths. The following courses were offered by VHAT Vocational Education Centre: (AVI-700001). In the year 2023-24 , below list of students got admitted -

    Community Mobilization
    Community Mobilization with Faith Organizations

    Class Room-Community Health

    Community Mobilization with Faith Organizations

    Practical Class on Yoga Training Course

    Community Mobilization with Faith Organizations

    Theory Class on Yoga

    Community Mobilization with Faith Organizations

    Class on ECCE

    Community Mobilization with Faith Organizations

    Class on Homeopathy Dispensing