What is the purpose of ‘Vidyanjali Yojana’?
- 1.To enable the famous foreign educational institutions to open their campuses in India.
- 2.To increase the quality of education provided in government schools by taking help from the private sector and the community.
- 3.To encourage voluntary monetary contributions from private individuals and organizations so as to improve the infrastructure facilities for primary and secondary schools.
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Answer & explanation
Answer: (a) 2 only
Vidyanjali is a school volunteer programme that brings community and private-sector volunteers into government schools to improve the quality of learning. It has nothing to do with foreign university campuses, and it works through volunteers' time, skills and materials, not cash donations.
- ✗ 1. Vidyanjali concerns volunteers in government schools. It has no link to foreign educational institutions opening campuses in India.
- ✓ 2. The programme, launched in June 2016, involves volunteers from different walks of life in government schools and rests on the idea that community engagement improves the quality of learning.
- ✗ 3. The Vidyanjali guidelines define a volunteer's contribution as non-monetary, in the form of service or of assets, materials or equipment. Money is not accepted through the platform.
Remember · Vidyanjali (launched June 2016): a school volunteer programme that brings community and private-sector volunteers into government schools. Contributions are non-monetary.
Sources
- PIB, Ministry of Human Resource Development (16 June 2016): Launch of ‘Vidyanjali’ ↗ “The programme is designed to involve volunteers from different walks of life to strengthen the co-scholastic activities in government schools.”
- Ministry of Education: Guidelines for Vidyanjali, School Volunteer Programme ↗ ““Contribution” means any non-monetary form of contribution by a volunteer to a school.”
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2017, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·