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'''Bharat Lok Shiksha Parishad''' (BLSP) is a charity in [[India]] that operates Ekal Vidyalayas, or single-teacher schools, under the [[Ekal Vidyalaya|Ekal Vidyalaya of India]] umbrella organization.
BLSP operates in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Uttranchal]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Haryana]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], while its sister organization the ''[[Friends of Tribals Society]]'' operates in [[Assam]], [[Orissa, India|Orissa]], [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Maharashtra]] and [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.ekalindia.org/ekaladmin/volunteeradmin/knowledge/Evknowledgebooks/conceptbook.pps
|title=EKAL VIDYALAYA MOVEMENT
|publisher=Ekal Vidyalaya India
|accessdate=2011-09-10}}</ref>

Based in [[New Delhi]], BLSP was established and registered in 1986 by young [[Vivekananda]] educationists who began to work with tribal people in the [[Jharkhand]] forests.
Goals are to eliminate illiteracy among tribal people and improve their social and economic conditions.
The organization has a target of establishing 100,000 Ekal Vidyalayas by 2013.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://say-magazine.com/
|work=Say Magazine
|title=Bharatishikshaparishad.Com
|date=5 August 2011
|accessdate=2011-09-10
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912114400/http://say-magazine.com/
|archivedate=12 September 2011
}}</ref>
BLSP was founded & registered on 3 March 2000 with a vision of bringing all round development to the remote tribal villages of [[India]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://blspindia.org/introduction.htm
|title=An Introduction
|publisher=Bharat Lok Shiksha Parishad
|accessdate=2011-09-10
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828044637/http://blspindia.org/introduction.htm
|archivedate=2011-08-28
}}</ref>
The charity runs Ekal Yidyalayas, where a local youth teaches children aged 6 to 14 for three hours daily using a non-formal approach that includes songs, storytelling, games, art and yoga. The students and their parents are taught principles of health and hygiene. Villagers are trained in agricultural techniques, and are made aware of government schemes from which they may benefit.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://blspindia.org/our_projects.htm
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002163049/http://blspindia.org/our_projects.htm
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=2011-10-02
|title=Our Projects
|publisher=Bharat Lok Shiksha Parishad
|accessdate=2011-09-10
}}</ref>

JP Modi of Modi InfoSol, a [[New Delhi]]-based IT solution provider, is BLSP vice president.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://dqchannels.ciol.com/content/space/106040201.asp
|title=Giving Back To Society
|first=Zia
|last=Askari
|date=April 2, 2006
|accessdate=2011-09-10
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107061516/http://dqchannels.ciol.com/content/space/106040201.asp
|archivedate=January 7, 2012
}}</ref>
Modi has set himself the ambitious goal of building 3,000 girls schools in backward areas of [[Jammu]], [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]], [[Uttaranchal]] and [[Rajasthan]] in partnership with BLSP.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.channelbusiness.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=119&Itemid=88
|title=Channel Samaritans
|publisher=Indian Express
|work=Channel Business
|accessdate=2011-09-10}}</ref>
In 2006, the Dhoot Group of real estate developers adopted 100 BLSP schools.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.dhootgroup.net/corporate_social_responsibility.asp
|title=CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
|publisher=Dhoot Group
|accessdate=2011-09-10
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903123205/http://www.dhootgroup.net/corporate_social_responsibility.asp
|archive-date=2011-09-03
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
In March 2008 BLSP launched its [[Ludhiana]] chapter, which would cater to [[Ferozepur district]]. This was the first chapter in the state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].
Up to 240 Ekal schools were already being run by the parishad in this district.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/blsp-launches-its-ludhiana-chapter/279592/
|title=BLSP launches its Ludhiana chapter
|date=2 March 2008
|work=Express India
|accessdate=2011-09-10
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014231047/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/blsp-launches-its-ludhiana-chapter/279592/
|archivedate=14 October 2012
}}</ref>
In October / November 2009, Bharat Lok Shiksha Parishad organized a three-day International Ekal Conference [[New Delhi]].
The conference was attended by about 13,000 delegates from [[India]], [[America]], [[Canada]], [[England]] and elsewhere.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.hvk.org/articles/1209/9.html
|title=Ekal Vidyalaya is the master plan for country's progress
|first=Pramod
|last=Kumar
|work=The Indian Express
|date=9–15 November 2009
|accessdate=2011-09-10
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214041436/http://www.hvk.org/articles/1209/9.html
|archivedate=14 February 2012
}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Helpingminds]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://blspindia.org/ Official website]

[[Category:Charities based in India]]
[[Category:Educational organisations based in India]]

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