Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, Deoghar

INTRODUCTION

The Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, Deoghar is an Ashrama. It has a residential Senior Secondary School for boys from classes VI to XII. It is administered by the monks of the Ramakrishna Order, under the direct control and guidance of the Headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission at Belur Math, Howrah, West Bengal. Being inspired by Swami Turiyananda, one of the monastic disciples of Bhagawan Sri Ramakrishna, some young monks took initiative and started this school in 1922. They began with only three students in a small house at Mihijam in the then Bihar State. However, when Mihijam was found inconvenient soon after, the school was ultimately shifted to Deoghar in 1923 and permanently founded on a piece of land where it now exists. Vidyapith officially came under the jurisdiction of the Ramakrishna Mission in 1924. It later became a High School in 1929 and still later, grew into a Higher Secondary School affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi in 1964. The first batch of students appeared at the Class XI Board examination in 1967. With the abolition of the Higher Secondary (XI) system and the introduction of the Class X & Plus 2 system by the Central Board, Vidyapith eventually reverted to be a Secondary School again in 1975. Continuing for 25 years as such, it was finally upgraded as a Senior Secondary School under the same Board in 2000. This has become a boon for the students passing 6 the tenth standard and trying to get into the Plus-two category. The boys of Vidyapith have already been proving their excellence in the final AISSC (Plus 2) Examination since its inception. Grappling with numerous adversities, the seed which was sown more than nine decades ago has now evolved into a Multi- purpose Model Educational Institution. Vidyapith was honoured with the National Award for outstanding work in the field of Child Welfare by the Government of India in 1986.

MOTTO:

 The motto of the twin organizations is ATMANO MOKSHARTHAM JAGAD HITAYA CHA, “For one’s own salvation and for the welfare of the world”.  It was formulated by Swami Vivekananda.

IDEALS: Work as worship, potential divinity of the soul, and harmony of religions are three of the noteworthy ideals on which these two organizations are based.  It is this ideal of service to man as service to God that sustains the large number of hospitals, dispensaries, mobile medical units, schools, colleges, rural development centres and many other social service institutions run the twin organizations.