This project supports students from malnourished and poverty-hit tribal areas of Melghat in Amravati district and Dahanu block of Palghar district of Maharashtra. For long, tribal regions in India have been in the foreground of socio-economic backwardness. Despite the several measures to bring about a change in the lives of tribal populations, the problems have continued to persist.
The decision to focus on educating specially children especially from these malnutrition and poverty-hit tribal areas was in view of the dire needs of the people residing in these regions. Marked by appallingly high levels of poverty, Illiteracy, and malnutrition, these tribal groups remain the most marginalized sections of society so far untouched by any modern or scientific development.
Realizing that a long-term, consistent, and systematic approach is what is required to resolve the situation, this program running since 1997, offers to bring about a change in the destiny of tribal populations through providing care and education to their children.
At present, the ENG program is focused on the educational rehabilitation of children affected by farmer suicides; from all district in the drought-hit all regions of Maharashtra, and housing them in WERC. Maharashtra is a standout amongst the most terribly drought-hit states in recent years, which has exponentially deteriorated the farmers’ economic condition. Having been deprived of their only means of livelihood, many farmers have chosen to end their lives.
This has forced their children to work in fields, or undertake some other kind of work for livelihood, leaving no other option but to discontinue their education. Moreover, lack of proper education and guidance has adversely affected the mental& emotional well-being of the people, leading some of them to taking step of ending their lives.
BJS has thus decided to support the families affected by farmer suicides, by providing their children with mainstream education and historic development in the WERC center.
We also have the special daily routine plan for all the students to make them habitual for good habits. All students strictly follow the rules and regulation of the daily routine plan under our trained & educated rector’s observation. Following is the daily routine plan for Monday to Friday, Saturday and Sunday:
| Sr. No | Time | Planning Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6.00 | Wake-up Timing |
| 2 | 6.00 To 6.30 | Fresh-n-up |
| 3 | 6.30 To 7.00 | Yoga |
| 4 | 7.00 To 8.00 | Bath Timing |
| 5 | 8.00 To 8.45 | Breakfast |
| 6 | 9.00 To 10.30 | Study |
| 7 | 10.30 To 11.30 | Free Time (Hospital for sick students) |
| 8 | 11.35 To 12.10 | Lunch |
| 9 | 12.20 To 5.30 | School Timing |
| 10 | 5.45 To 6.45 | Free time for games and sports |
| 11 | 7.00 To 7.30 | Assembly & Evening Prayer |
| 12 | 7.30 To 7.35 | Prayers & Sholka – only respective batch |
| 13 | 7.30 To 8.20 | Dinner |
| 14 | 8.30 To 9.30 | Study Time |
| 15 | 9.45 | Bed-Time |
| Sr. No | Time | Planning Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6.00 | Wake-up Timing |
| 2 | 6.00 To 6.30 | Fresh-n-up & bath |
| 3 | 6.30 To 7.00 | Breakfast |
| 4 | 7.20 To 12.20 | School Timing |
| 5 | 12.30 To 1.15 | Lunch |
| 6 | 1.20 To 3.45 | Personal Work or Free time or make a call at home. |
| 7 | 4.00 To 5.00 | Study Time |
| 8 | 5.00 To 6.45 | Optional Time |
| 9 | 7.00 To 7.30 | Assembly & Evening Prayer |
| 10 | 7.30 To 7.35 | Ganapati Prayer – Respective batch only |
| 11 | 7.30 To 8.20 | Dinner |
| 12 | 8.30 To 9.30 | Study Time |
| 13 | 9.45 | Bed-Time |
| Sr. No | Time | Planning Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6.00 | Wake-up Timing |
| 2 | 6.00 To 6.30 | Fresh-n-up |
| 3 | 6.30 To 7.00 | Yoga |
| 4 | 7.10 To 7.20 | Shramdaan |
| 5 | 7.20 To 8.00 | Self-Time |
| 6 | 8.00 To 9.00 | Breakfast |
| 7 | 9.00 To 12.00 | Optional Time |
| 8 | 12.00 To 1.00 | Lunch |
| 9 | 1.00 To 6.45 | Free Time |
| 10 | 7.00 To 7.30 | Evening Prayer |
| 11 | 7.30 To 7.35 | Ganapati Prayer – Respective batch only |
| 12 | 7.30 To 8.20 | Dinner |
| 13 | 8.30 To 9.30 | Study Time |
| 14 | 9.45 | Bed-Time |
Following is the student information from 1993-94 to till date:-
| Sr. No | Year | Earthquake Student | Seed Students | Orphans | ENG Students | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Old | Total | New | Old | Total | New | Old | Total | New | Old | Total | New | Old | Total | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |
| 1 | 1993-94 | 1001 | 0 | 1001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1001 | 0 | 1001 | |
| 2 | 1994-95 | 7 | 916 | 923 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 916 | 923 | |
| 3 | 1995-96 | 8 | 837 | 845 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 837 | 845 | |
| 4 | 1996-97 | 5 | 757 | 762 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 757 | 762 | |
| 5 | 1997-98 | 49 | 565 | 614 | 351 | 0 | 351 | 231 | 0 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 631 | 565 | 1196 | |
| 6 | 1998-99 | 0 | 402 | 402 | 0 | 294 | 294 | 27 | 195 | 222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 891 | 918 | |
| 7 | 1999-00 | 0 | 255 | 255 | 70 | 222 | 292 | 56 | 156 | 212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 633 | 759 | |
| 8 | 2000-01 | 0 | 200 | 200 | 17 | 210 | 227 | 123 | 177 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 587 | 727 | |
| 9 | 2001-02 | 0 | 141 | 141 | 0 | 179 | 179 | 88 | 254 | 342 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 574 | 662 | |
| 10 | 2002-03 | 0 | 91 | 91 | 0 | 96 | 96 | 212 | 292 | 504 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 475 | 687 | |
| 11 | 2003-04 | 0 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 61 | 61 | 32 | 252 | 284 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 365 | 397 | |
| 12 | 2004-05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 36 | 206 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 232 | 268 | |
| 13 | 2005-06 | 501 | 0 | 501 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 177 | 237 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 561 | 177 | 738 | |
| 14 | 2006-07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 178 | 227 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 178 | 227 | |
| 15 | 2007-08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 176 | 226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 176 | 226 | |
| 16 | 2008-09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 167 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 167 | 224 | |
| 17 | 2009-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 71 | 1 | 181 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 181 | 253 | |
| 18 | 2010-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 68 | 143 | 0 | 147 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 215 | 290 | |
| 19 | 2011-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 143 | 219 | 0 | 74 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 217 | 293 | |
| 20 | 2012-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 218 | 285 | 3 | 40 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 258 | 328 | |
| 21 | 2013-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 261 | 285 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 284 | 308 | |
| 22 | 2014-15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 262 | 278 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 269 | 288 | |
| 23 | 2015-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 272 | 306 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 277 | 0 | 277 | 311 | 278 | 589 | |
| 24 | 2016-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 277 | 313 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 238 | 239 | 477 | 274 | 517 | 791 | |
| 25 | 2017-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 264 | 303 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 414 | 414 | 39 | 678 | 717 | |
| Total | 1571 | 4216 | 5787 | 886 | 2853 | 3729 | 1028 | 2709 | 3737 | 515 | 653 | 1168 | 3990 | 10427 | 14417 | ||
As the students come from very impoverished families, the hostel even provides them with items of daily use during their stay at the campus. For instance, the students are provided with daily essentials like toiletries (including towels, toothpaste/brushes, soap, and oil and nail cutters). They are even provided with footwear and every day clothes as well as school uniforms.
The students stays in hostel rooms which are fully furnished with cots, mattresses, study tables and chairs, bed linen like sheets and blankets, etc.
The objective of home visits is to keep children in touch with their own background and family members and keep their native culture alive within them. For this reason, 2 scheduled home visits are planned during Diwali and summer holidays in a year, under supervision and company of BJS personnel. Thereby, children get to meet their near and dear ones and spend time with them for 3 months a year, thus also assuaging their homesickness.
01. Timings – Hostel – Students Should be present in the Hostel before 8.30 p.m. (girls before 7.00 pm) Students are not allowed to go out of the Hostel after 8.30p.m. (Girls after 7.30p.m) without gate pass.
02. Roll Call will be taken at 9.30 p.m. daily. No students should leave the institution after the roll call without permission.
03. Allotment of accommodation will be on the basis of 4 students per room.
04. Only vegetarian food will be served in the mess of the hostel. All resident students will strictly follow vegetarianism.
05. Smoking of tobacco & consumption of liquor & gutka or drugs are strictly prohibited. Any student found indulging in these vices or found in possession of the same, will be expelled from the Hostel.
06. The application for admission will not be considered unless hostel fees & mess charges along with caution money paid as per rules.
07. The Management reserves the right to reject admission without giving any reason whatsoever.
08. It is the duty of all resident students to see that the walls of the rooms allotted to them are not spoilt by fixing nails or by scratches or marks by pencil or such other means. Students should keep their beds, rooms, bathrooms etc. in a clean & orderly condition.
09. Students will submit medical fitness certificate from his / her family doctor.
10. The authorities have the right to enter & inspect the rooms at any time.
11. A Student wishing to go on leave should apply to the Administrator at least 24 hrs. Before intended departure. He should not leave the institution unless authorized by the Administrator.
12. Before leaving the institution for vacation student has to give full account of articles supplied to him for his care to the management. They will have to compensate for any loss or damages.
13. Students should inform the Administrator in case they themselves or their room-mates are unwell or suffering from any ailment.
14. No student should disturb his/her roommates or inmates or adjoining rooms by talking or reading loudly or by any other means.
15. The light in the room should be switched off when not needed; use of electricity is solely meant for lighting purpose & not for heater, stove etc. The Administration has the right to confiscate such material and terminate the student’s hostel administration without any refund.
16. Student shall observe the rules in force as well as the alterations & additions made therein from time to time.
17. Ragging is strictly banned. Students guilty of insubordination, unbecoming language or misbehavior are liable for expulsion.
18. Students are advised not to keep ornaments, jewelry or other valuables & big amounts of cash with them. The hostel authority will not be responsible for any losses as well as they are not allowed to keep pet animals. They have to stay in the rooms allotted to them & not change without the permission of the Administrator. Hostel Administration can change the room allotment for admin purposes.
19. Visitors can meet the residents at the allocated place between 5pm to 7pm & will not be allowed to enter the buildings, unless permitted by Administrator.
20. Hostel mess employees & security personnel should be treated with due courtesy & their services should not be utilized for personal work.
21. Students will be answerable to the Administrator of hostel & obey all instructions given by him from time to time.
22. No outsider can stay with students unless & until permitted by the competent authority.
23. The Management will have total right to cancel admission or rusticate student in case of misbehavior. In such case fees will not be refunded.
24. All the residents of the hostel must follow the rules & regulations made from time to time.
25. Fees once paid will not be refunded in any case.
26. Original receipt of the Deposit must be attached with the application for the refund of deposit .Please note that without original receipt, the deposit will not be refunded.
27. Except for the final year students, security deposits will be refunded in the month of August. The final year students will be refunded deposit immediately on application along with the original receipts.
28. ALL STUDENTS ARE ADVISED TO PRESERVE THEIR ORIGINAL RECEIPTS TILL THEY FINALLY VACATE THE HOSTEL.
29. Security deposit amount cannot be adjusted against hostel fess short payments. The grant of admission to the hostel will be solely the decision of the management.
30. Student will have to vacate hostel after the date prescribed by management and cannot extent their stay for backlog.