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Disha
from MHRD Compendium
by renure
Disha, a non-profit social organization, focuses on holistic personality development of youth on the theme “Know Your Self, Know Your Country and Know Your Culture”
Area of Intervention Value education and skill development program to enable youth to evolve as better human beings
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Key Geography Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Need for the initiative
Problem • Lack of values such as integrity, patriotism and social responsibility • Prevalence of individualism and materialism leading towards self-centric society
Situation Before • The focus of educational institutions was predominantly to prepare learners for a living • Absence of holistic approach to education (lack of emphasis on values and skills) Intervention
Overview
Disha facilitates the integration of values in education by motivating learners to adopt sustainable lifestyles and thereby initiate personal and societal transformation
Steps • Analysing the factors necessary for youth empowerment • Developing the content and delivery methodology • Promoting various personality development, life skills and leadership programs in educational in • Implementation of programs
Resources • Dedicated and qualified team for content development, promotion and implementation • Salary of coordinators and operational expenses towards program facilitation • Gadgets and internet connectivity for technical assistance
Impact and Key Learning Achieved so far • Over 40,000 UG/ PG students and over 15,000 high school and PU students have benefitted • Over 1,000 faculty members and 2,000 school teachers have been trained • Vivekananda Jayanthi has reached around 30,000 students through 150 programs of 1 hour each in over 100 institutions • A paper titled, “Student Participation and Engagement in Sustainable Human Development- A Value Education Approach” has been presented at MIT, Boston, USA at the World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities taking Disha as the case study.
Key Learning • Youth have the great energy and potential; need the right direction (Disha) • Transform Indians to Transform India
