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SRINIKETAN in West Bengal

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:53:27 +0000

In consonance with such ideas about reconstruction of village life a new type of school meant mainly for the children of neighbouring villages who would eventually bring the offering of their acquired knowledge for the welfare of the village community was also conceived. This school, “Siksha-Satra” was started in Santiniketan in 1924 and shifted to Sriniketan in 1927. The Loka-Siksha Samsad an organisation for the propagation of non-formal education amongst those who had no access to usual educational opportunities, was started in 1936. Siksha-Charcha for training village school teachers followed next year.

SRINIKETAN

admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:10:58 +0000

The Institute of Rural Reconstruction was founded in 1922 at Surul, 3 K.M. away from Santiniketan. It was formally inaugurated on 6 February 1922 with Leonared Elmhirst as its first Director.
Second but contiguous campus of Visva Bharati came to be located in 1923 at a site which assumed the name of Sriniketan. It took over the work of training in handicrafts already began by Silpa Bhavana. But the main object was that it bringing back life in is completeness to the villages and help people to solve their own problems instead of solution being imposed on them from outside. An emphasis was laid on a scientific study of the village problem before a solution was attempted.