PM Modi to address Ekal Abhiyan’s one lakhth school opening function in Gujarat via video conferencing

Gandhinagar: One lakhth Ekal Vidyalaya (school) under Ekal Abhiyan will be inaugurated at Songadh in South Gujarat on December 6th with address by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conferencing in presence of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Tribal welfare minister Ganpat Vasava.

According to website of Ekal Abhiyan, ‘Ekal Vidyalaya is a Movement involved in integrated & holistic development of rural & tribal India and Nepal. The main activity undertaken in this movement is to run one-teacher schools (known as Ekal Vidyalayas) all over India, in the remotest rural & tribal villages to take the education to every child. The overriding philosophy of Ekal Vidyalaya Movement is to take a holistic approach of social and economic development to Tribal & Rural India that is Bharat and Nepal. With the participation of numerous trusts and non-profit organizations, this movement has become the largest grassroots level non-governmental education & development movement that operates in the remote villages of India and Nepal .The Ekal movement aims to help eradicate illiteracy from rural and tribal India and Nepal following the philosophy of rural development based on the criteria of equality & inclusiveness across all the sections of the society.’

One of the founder members of Ekal Abhiyan, Sham Gupta will deliver address on this occasion.

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