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Vikramshila Education Resource Society had set up a Career Hub at Sakhawat Memorial Govt. Girls School  

About Vikramshila

Vikramshila Education Resource Society started its journey in 1989 in an attempt to make quality education a reality for all children. Based in Kolkata (West Bengal, India) Vikramshila reaches out to underprivileged and under-resourced sections of society to make education meaningful and relevant to their lives.  Over the last twenty years, Vikramshila has undertaken various initiatives in action research and teacher-development programmes all over India, reaching out to more than 200 grassroots level organisations 25,000 teachers and 14, 00,000 children.

Vikramshila works with children, teachers and government systems through teacher development programmes and childrens’ learning support programmes. The organisation through its various action research initiatives is attempting citizenship education in its centres, quality improvement in madrasas as well as linking education to employability within the formal school system. Vikramshila, which has championed the cause of free and compulsory quality education for all children, aligns its programmes and activities to support the state in the light of the Right to Education Act.

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At present Vikramshila works with children, teachers and government systems, by

·         Providing learning support to children

·         Working with teachers for their continuous professional development

·         Attempting quality improvement in madrasa education

·         Developing a model of citizenship education

·         Attempting to link education to employability within the formal school system

·         Developing and producing exemplary resource materials, studies and publications

·         Undertaking research studies

·         Organizing seminars and workshops

·         Developing a model of library as active learning spaces  

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