Journey

  • 2018

    Uchcha Shiksha Sansthan was established.

  • 2018

    It had 24,396 schools, 45 million students, over 93,000 teachers, 15 teacher training colleges, 12 degree colleges and 7 vocational and training Institutions.

  • 2003

    To about 14,000 schools with 1.7 million pupils. This expansion was facilitated by the growing demand for education in India and the disaffection with the state school system.

  • 1990

    By the early 1990s, the network had grown to 5,000 schools.

  • 1977

    In 1977-78, an all-India apex body, Vidya Bharati was set up to coordinate the activities between these state committees and was headquartered in Delhi.

  • 1952

    The first Saraswati Shishu Mandir brand school was established in Gorakhpur in 1952 by Nanaji Deshmukh.