Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement

Organisation: Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement
Initiative: Promoting Science Education Program for Rural & Urban Government Schools
Website: www.svym.org.in
Location: Karnataka, India

‘Promoting Science Education Program for Rural & Urban Government Schools’ is under the Community Education initiative of Swami Vivekanand Youth Movement (SVYM). It is noted that students from rural remote and underprivileged areas find Math and Science very challenging. The objective of SVYM is to design technology enabled education in government schools promoting equitable and joyful learning experience. Moreover, the technology-enabled learning mode encourages peer to peer learning improving slow learners.

SVYM has taken a pragmatic approach towards teaching and learning methodologies with the inclusion of Mobile Science lab, Mobile Planetarium, Mobile Library, etc. to bridge the gap of poor infrastructure and provide hands-on experience.

The school education program has benefitted over 55,854 students from 336 government schools in the districts of Dharwad, Mysuru & Bengaluru. There is also a significant increase in attendance and a reduction in dropped-out students.