Port Blair, Aug. 22: Vidyanjali 2.0, (a school volunteer programme) an initiative of Ministry of Education aims to enhance the quality of school education through community and volunteers’ participation by allowing them to connect directly with the Government and Government aided schools and share their knowledge and skills as well as to contribute in the forms of assets/materials/equipments.

Almost all the Govt. and Govt. Aided schools of A &N Islands have onboarded on Vidyanjali 2.0 portal and will post the required service/activity or assets/material/equipment on the web portal. Depending on the request raised by the school, a volunteer based on his/her area of expertise/interest or assets/material can express his/her interest to partially /fully contribute to the schools who have requested for assistance. The Vidyanjali 2.0 portal may be accessed at https://vidyanjali.education.gov.in.

Volunteers can register themselves by logging into the portal: https://vidyanjali.education.gov.in/en/users/login.

The volunteers can be any retired person having knowledge & experience of   teaching yoga, art & craft, vocational   skills, assistance for Divyang students, adult education etc./any NGOs/the civil society organization who can offer assets & materials such as basic civil infrastructure, electrical infrastructure, digital infrastructure, equipment for extracurricular activities- sports& yoga, health & safety aids, teaching learning materials, maintenance & repairs, office stationary /furniture etc.

Any contributions of assets / materials/equipment shall not be in the form of any monetary support.