Rishi Valley Rural Education Centre (REC) consists if RIVER (Rishi Valley Institute for Educational Resources), a residential Middle School for students from the immediate neighbourhood and twelve ‘Satellite Schools’. While RIVER, along with two ‘Satellite Schools’, and the Middle School are located on REC’s 14-acre campus, the other ten ‘Satellite Schools’ are located in nearby hamlets.

Aims of the Programme are

• To promote village-based education
• To train teachers and teacher trainers in a multi-grade multi-level methodology (MGML) developed by RIVER
• To publish instructional materials in the MGML methodology
• To draw working children into the school system
• To create green spaces around the school campus for the conservation of bio-diversity in general and medicinal plants in particular
• To raise awareness of health, nutrition and sanitation
• To actively involve the community in the day-to-day management of their children’s school

For further information contact Director of River at: yaprao@rishivalley.org

yaprao@yahoo.com