Ratanmani Vidyalay-Residential School for Tribal Children in remote hilly area of Tripura.

In 1993, Voluntary Health Association of Tripura (VHAT) planned to initiate one project for promotion of community health, women empowerment and elementary education of the underprivileged children. We selected ten village panchayats under Rupaichari block of South Tripura district as the project area. This was remote , less accessible, tribal people dominated area. There are three clans of tribes live in the area, viz. Tripura, Mog & Chakma. When we did primary survey as part of the situation analysis, it was found that there was not a single person who completed the study up to Class-V. The community priority was also “education” for their children. Giving the importance of community priority, VHAT started a non-formal education centre in April 1994 with village children & developed a condense course to complete the study of Class 1 to Class V within three years. In the year 2000, this centre got the recognition from the state education department as junior basic school by the name “ Ratanmani Vidyalay” with the aim to promote quality primary education of the tribal children living in these remote hilly areas of Rupaichari block under South Tripura district.

As on March 2024 Ratanmani Vidyalay completed thirty (30) years of its glorious existence and achieved the status of quality primary education centre for the poor tribal children in the area.

Students – category:

At present Three hundred six (306) children from various panchayats of Rupaichari Block under the Tribal Area Autonomous District Council admitted in Ratanmani Vidyalay and accommodated in the school hostel

The school is following the government’s norm in school curriculum, with additional extra-curricular activities. The main philosophy behind running the school is that children should not be detached or isolated from the activities of their normal life & quality primary education helps to stop children being dropout in upper classes.

Due to special care for the children and other extracurricular activities, community acceptance for the school is very high

As the parents’ literacy is almost nil and due to long distance of the hilly villages there is great demand in the community to put their children in our hostel. 

All the children in Ratanmani Vidyalay are from ppr tribal Jhumia (Shifting Cultivators) family.

To provide them nutritious food in the hostel & for the educational purpose we require donations.