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Pushp Niketan School is visualized to be a world-class model for progressive education with child centric education philosophy, pedagogies and processes. Here, we promote excellence in learning and sound values in a safe, supporting and stimulating environment. The school is a non-profit venture, presently supported by the Sugar mill and caters to the people residing in and around Dhampur town and rural areas. It has been started as a pilot venture to bring in high quality inquiry based child-centered education methodologies to small towns and rural settings in India. A great thought behind this project is “a lot is happening in the cities, not in small towns, so let us join hands in raising the quality of life and education in small towns like Dhampur.”
Our Mission: In the process of education, the school aids the spontaneous development of the mental, spiritual, emotional, psychic, physical, creative and artistic personality of the child, thus giving them an all round growth potential. Our school is an extension of the student’s home where care, love, good sense, discipline, humor, empathy and traditional values abound. It provides for growing children to grow harmoniously in an environment that respects each individual’s space while sharing a family life experience. Here we nurture the varied multiple intelligences present in children and provide enough opportunity and freedom for expression and thus for love of learning to grow and lead to an explosion.

The students studying in the school are exposed to an integrated value system based on the family, community and global society. While individualism has its virtues, progress within society occurs largely when students work jointly, and are able to fuse their personal, social and global values. Team spirit arises through sound social values by placing community interests above one. The life at school enhances the ability of a student to make a choice in governing one's life, choosing right value systems and determining relationships. This is brought about by providing them an atmosphere of compassion, love and emotional stability.

We lay much importance on physical development through participation in sports. This promotes qualities like cheerfulness, comradeship, spirit, frankness, courage, emotional well being and paves the way to remove narrow feelings not suited to humanity. Sports have various other advantages like building stamina, body flexibility, strength, and grace, improving eye-hand co-ordination, cardio-vascular fitness and agility.

We believe that every child is unique and has varied skills and interests in varied fields. This includes music, dance, art and craft. The teachers are the first to identify this and to help the child express and develop them. The biggest impediment in learning, in leading and in living life fully is fear. Fear may be in the form of fear of authority, of the unknown, of failures and even fear of oneself. We therefore, encourage the questioning spirit and appreciate candor in relationships, both in children and teachers. This paves the way for creativity and ‘initiative’ to be instilled. The theme/project based learning and child centered methodology of teaching facilitate this thoroughly, brought about through inquiry, dialogue, experimentation, discussions, outside classroom exposure and hands on experience. For this we ensure freedom of thought, freedom of expression, freedom of movement and freedom of choice, which paves the way for the development of strong will power and confidence in children.

There is a fair mix of freedom and discipline in school life. This is done to ensure development of students with balanced personalities. Discipline may be imposed which would ultimately take the form of self-responsibility that comes about through values, education and motivation. Discipline also implies respecting the norms of other cultures and accepting criticism in a positive manner. We thus encourage students to build co-operation and generate harmony amongst each other.

Teachers take care by providing children, counseling and high standards of safety and livability in the school. We also advice, counsel and mentor students on all round performance, personal issues and social guidance.

Much training and opportunity is made available to teachers and students to assume leadership and service roles in the school and thus in the community to help realize their social responsibilities.

In imparting such an education stated above, we need to involve the community in the process and also enrich the community which the students represent. This is essential as change can only be brought about simultaneously in both places-community and school. It cannot take place in isolation…

Support needed:

We would like to invite volunteers in the field of English language teaching, Science experiments, communication skills, leadership, meditation, peace education, teacher training, integrating values in the curriculum, elementary education, social awareness and sensitivity, music, singing, theater, art and craft. In the process we would like to support volunteerism and give potential volunteers from all over the world an excellent and safe platform to pursue their field of interests and learn from varied diverse cultures in India.

Support provided to Volunteers:

1. Furnished accommodation with basic amenities in a safe environment.

2. Family atmosphere and medical help by the Sugar Mill General practitioner Doctor.

3. Transportation to and fro from airport on arrival and departure respectively.

4. Local transportation in the town.

5. Free food, safe filtered drinking water and electricity.

6. Domestic help for a group of volunteers.

7. Enriching community life amidst gentle and mature teachers.

8. Computer and internet facility available in school.

9. All guidance regarding touring places in India after the project.

10. Exposure to the culture of the place.

Please send in an application along with a detailed resume and give us a call on the mobile phone given below.

Major Rajesh Ranjit.
Principal, Pushp Niketan School.
DSM, Dhampur, Bijnor Dist, UP-246761, India
Phone: 91-9997092308,

E-mail: bhageeraj@yahoo.co.in, major_raj@hotmail.com, major.rajesh@gmail.com