Joint Akhil Bharatiya Meet of Vidya Bharati Prachar Vibhag and Archives Department

Joint Akhil Bharatiya Meet of Vidya Bharati Prachar Vibhag and Archives Department

Bring in discussion of Swa- in education: Narendra Thakur

Ujjain | A two-day joint Akhil Bharatiya meeting of Vidya Bharati Prachar Vibhag and Archives Department was held at Vidya Bharati Malwa Prant Office, Samrat Vikramaditya Bhawan, Ujjain.

On this occasion, Akhil Bharatiya Sah-Prachar Pramukh of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Shri Narendra Thakur said that the Karyakartas of Vidya Bharati must develop their own discourse in education and if the opposition discourse is being established then they must change that through their actions.

Shri Thakur said that the discussion related to the contribution of Vidya Bharati in education and national idea should be taken to the society at large. Any discussion is built on continuity of content, so keep delivering your content regularly on different media platforms, he added. When a topic reaches across all mediums simultaneously and is being discussed, a narrative is formed. The Prachar Vibhag, therefore, must create a media ecosystem, he further said. The job of Prachar Vibhag is not to propagate any person or institution, but to propagate the national idea. Three central topics have been decided for discussion viz., Hindutva, Bharat, and Self (Swa-). Courses can be made a medium to bring in discussion of self in education. This may include subjects such as history, mathematics, and languages. From the point of view of your discussion, you can prepare an annual calendar at Akhil Bharatiya level in which special content can be prepared and broadcasted on important days of the year et cetra. At the provincial level, content can be developed on important days of the prant, prominent persons of the prant, important developments, and Current issues. After content creation, regular contact and communication will have to be established with the media for its effective broadcast.

Shri Thakur said that Vidya Bharati has completed a long journey of imparting the ideas of Bharatiyata in education in the last 70 years. During this period the nature of media has also changed. We do not promote ourselves to gain fame but go to the society to further spread the idea of fraternity and national spirit. It is also important to document your work and this work can be done effectively by the Archives Department. It is the responsibility of the Prachar Vibhag of Vidya Bharati to inform every person of the society about the changes and research taking place in the education sector.

Establishment of Indian Education is the goal of Vidya Bharati: Gobind Mahant

At the same meet, Akhil Bharatiya Sangathan Mantri Shri Gobind Chandra Mahanta said that the aim of Vidya Bharati is to establish Bharatiya education. Bharatiyata and education based on Bharatiya cultural traditions is necessary in education. Vidya Bharati's teaching method has its own specialties. It is the job of the Prachar Vibhag to make society aware of these features. 
Shri Mahant said that it is not possible to establish a school at every place in the country, but we can establish the ideal of a school in every locality and in every village. This would be ideal Bharatiya culture and tradition. Vidya Bharati's suggestions have been included in the National Education Policy and National Curriculum Framework. It is necessary to establish a discussion to bring the National Education Policy into the system. It is very important to record the works of Vidya Bharati. Along with recording, an archive of records should also be created, so that material can be made available when necessary. Keeping in view the centenary year of the Sangh, special emphasis is expected on five major topics. These include social harmony, environment, sense of self, family empowerment and civic duty. Vidya Bharati being an education organization should create good content on these subjects and publish and disseminate it.

An effective action plan to be made by Prachar Vibhag Karyakarta: Sudhakar Reddy

Shri Sudhakar Reddy, Sangathan Mantri of Dakshin Kendriya Kshetra of Vidya Bharati and guardian of Prachar Vibhag presented a review of the topics discussed in the meeting and gave a message to the workers to work by holding effective meets. He presented an account of the past work of the Prachar Vibhag and gave information about the upcoming action plan. Vidya Bharati's Akhil Bharatiya Executive Member Dr. Lalit Bihari, Vidya Bharati Malwa Prant's Sangathan Mantri Shri Akhilesh Mishra and 87 workers from across the country were present at the meeting.

Selection of appropriate words and understanding the algorithm of social media key: Ravi Kumar

Shri Ravi Kumar, Sangathan Mantri of Vidya Bharati Jodhpur Prant and member of the central team of the Prachar Vibhag, emphasised the understanding the algorithm of social media and urged activists to post unique content. Along with this, follow the rule of right information, right time by selecting appropriate keywords and hashtags for social media. At the workshop, Shri Kumar said that the nature of social media is constantly changing, and the user base is increasing. In such a situation, a Karyakarta should be assigned to handle the official social media account at Vidya Bharati Samvad Kendras. 
It would be better to have different people to handle different social media accounts. Content for social media can be of many types, the main ones being text, photos, videos, shorts, reels etc. Contact social media influencers in their respective areas and provide them with content related to Vidya Bharati. At appropriate time, these social media influencers can use this material to create content for their platforms and thus the content of Vidya Bharati can reach the larger society. Prachar Vibhag Karyakarta should follow the authorized handles of education related departments so that they can keep getting updates from the world of education.

Creation of a social media Calendar.

Shri Kumar further added that to successfully run official social media accounts, create a social media calendar. A calendar has been made by the Centre, but apart from this, social media calendar should also be made at the provincial level and preparations should be made in advance for posts on specific dates. Prepare content for social media in local languages too. Also create an archive of content shared on social media which can be used. This can be used if needed in future.

Completion of the writing work of Vidya Bharati's development journey by February: Pradeep Ji 
In the Combined Akhil Bharatiya Meeting of Vidya Bharati Prachar Vibhag and Archives Department, Akhil Bharatiya Sanyojak of Archives Department Shri Pradeep said that the work of chronicling the journey of Vidya Bharati will be completed by the month of February. Reviewing the topics covered in the Archives Department's workshop, he said that special discussions were held on the technique of interview, need of archives, technique of history writing et cetra. Along with this, the upcoming action plan has been prepared. We all must work based on the direction that the Archives Department workers have received from this workshop.

Conclave on Media Contact and Dialogue

At the workshop, a media conclave was organized on contact and dialogue with the media. Dr. Sushil Sharma, senior journalist and faculty member of Vikram University, Ujjain, School of Continuing Education, Shri Devesh Kalyani, Group Editor of Dainik Pradesh Today and Shri Vishwanathan, Executive Editor of Hyderabad's Independent TV news channel, answered queries. The conclave was coordinated by professor of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, IIMT University, Meerut, Dr. Narendra Mishra. In a special session, Dr. Sonali Narkunde from Indore discussed documentation process in detail.