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  • On 11 November 2025, the SMF team led by Executive Director Shri. V. Venkataramana met Shri. Jatin Goyal, Director of Education, DNH & DD) and senior officials at Lekha Bhavan, Daman, to plan the next phase of Mulyavardhan 3.0. Key discussion points included the extension of Mulyavardhan to Grades 6-8, making cluster meetings more meaningful, and preparing the implementation roadmap for the coming academic years. The department confirmed that Mulyavardhan 3.0 will continue across DNH & DD for the next 2-3 years, reinforcing its commitment to value-based education.
  • A block/cluster level teacher’s training programme for Mulyavardhan 3.0 organised by Maharashtra State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT) and SMF was completed across Maharashtra’s 17 districts. Nearly 70,602 teachers are trained till 13 October 2025.
  • SMF has launched the first phase of a statewide study on Mulyavardhan 3.0 in Maharashtra from 19 January 2025, with approval from SCERT, Pune. The study aims to understand how Mulyavardhan 3.0 is being implemented in classrooms, what students are learning, and how education officials are supporting the programme on the ground. Using a rigorous random-sampling approach, trained SMF teams will interact with over 3,000 students, 500 teachers, 500 parents and 100 officials across all 35 districts of Maharashtra. This initiative marks a significant step towards strengthening implementation and building a robust, long-term impact assessment of Mulyavardhan 3.0.
  • A district-level teacher training (DRG Training) programme for Mulyavardhan 3.0 organised by Maharashtra State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT) and SMF was completed across Maharashtra’s 32 districts. Nearly 8500 teachers are trained during this training till 13 October 2025.
  • A state-level teacher training programme for Mulyavardhan 3.0, organised by the Maharashtra State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT) and SMF, was completed on 18 July 2025. A total of 831 State Resource Group members (teachers and DIET faculty) were empowered to work as trainers for district-level resource groups. SCERT Director Dr. Rahul Rekhawar addressed the participants, sharing his insights and encouragement. Shri Shantilal Muttha also interacted with the participants, Inspiring them with his vision for value-based education. The training programme of five days duration was conducted in five phases starting 16 June 2025 at BJS’s Wagholi Educational Rehabilitation Centre in Pune.
  • Hon. Chief Minister of Goa Dr. Pramod Sawant had a virtual interaction with over 30,000 students, teachers, and parents on 12 July 2025, to review the statewide implementation of Mulyavardhan 3.0. Selected participants had the unique opportunity to interact directly with the Chief Minister. He thanked Shantilal Muttha Foundation for its support and expressed the confidence that Mulyavardhan will shape a responsible, values-driven generation, paving the way for ‘Viksit Bharat – Viksit Goa.’
  • On 13 June 2025, Hon. Shri Sachindra Pratap Singh, IAS, Commissioner (Education), Maharashtra State and Hon. Shri Rahul Ashok Rekhawar, IAS, Director (SCERT), Maharashtra visited the SMF Head Office, Pune. The dignitaries appreciated the Mulyavardhan programme’s vision and its transformative impact on value-based education across Maharashtra.
  • Mulyavardhan training of teachers of grades 3 to 5 was successfully conducted from 2 to 7 June 2025 in the Union territory of Daman and Dadra Nagar and Haveli and Diu. A total of 571 teachers from Gujarati, Marathi, English, and Hindi medium schools were empowered to conduct Mulyavardhan activities in their classrooms.
  • A historic milestone was achieved on 28 April 2025, when the Government of Maharashtra signed an MoU with Shantilal Muttha Foundation for the implementation of Mulyavardhan 3.0 in schools across the state. Under the MoU, Mulyavardhan will be implemented in grades 1 to 8 of government and aided schools. SMF will provide technical support including educational materials and support for teacher training. With this pathbreaking step, Maharashtra will be implementing the largest-ever value-education programme in the country.
  • Mulyavardhan 3.0 activity books for printing and distribution by the Government of Maharashtra were reviewed and approved in June 2025 by an expert panel constituted by the Maharashtra State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT), Pune. The books are in three languages (Marathi, Hindi, English) for grades 1 to 8.
  • Mulyavardhan training of teachers of grades 3 to 5 was successfully conducted from 2 to 7 June 2025 in the Union territory of Daman and Dadra Nagar and Haveli and Diu. A total of 571 teachers from Gujarati, Marathi, English, and Hindi medium schools were empowered to conduct Mulyavardhan activities in their classrooms.
  • Implementation of Mulyavardhan began in the Union territory of Daman and Dadra Nagar and Haveli and Diu on 9 December 2024 with a four-day State Resource Group (SRG) training programme for Gujarati, Marathi and English medium schools.
  • Shantilal Muttha Foundation participated in two-day national seminar held by SCERT, Goa on 5-6 December 2024. The seminar focused on framing State Curriculum Frameworks (SCF) aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP-2020), as a foundation for transforming school education in India.
  • Hon. Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Devendra Fadnavis, highlighted the contributions of Mulyavardhan in Maharashtra during the BJS National Convention held in Pune on 30 November 2024.
  • The SMF team participated in National Life Skills Collaborative partners’ annual conference on 13 to 15 November 2024 at New Delhi.
  • Mulyavardhan training for block-level primary school teachers was conducted in Goa from 4 to 22 October 2024. A total of 939 teachers from 12 blocks attended the training.
  • Mulyavardhan 3.0 activity books for printing and distribution by the Government of Goa were reviewed and approved in May 2024 by an expert panel constituted by the Goa State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT), Porvorim. The books are in three languages (Marathi, Konkani, English) for grades 1 to 8.

SMF Partners with GoM for ‘Model School Programme’ in Maharashtra

The Government of Maharashtra’s Model School Programme seeks to establish select government schools in every district as exemplary sites of learning.

Aligned to this vision, 488 schools run by local bodies, from every block and district will be developed as ‘model schools’ (Adarsh Shala) in the first phase through public/private/ philanthropic partnerships with NGOs and corporate organizations. The government has announced its objective of sustainably scaling the impact to 5000 Model Schools across the state in a phased manner.

To spearhead the strategy, plan and action, an MoU has been signed between the Government of Maharashtra and the Shantilal Muttha Foundation. Hon’ble Commissioner of Education, Maharashtra Shri Vishal Solanki, Hon’ble Director SCERT Shri M.D.Singh, Hon’ble Dy. Director Shri Vikas Garad visited SMF Office on 15 February 2022. Shri Shantilal Muttha, Founder, Shri Vishal Phanse, CEO, and the entire team of SMF and BJS was present at the event.

To co-create and facilitate the strategy, planning, effective implementation and scale-up of the Model School Programme, a Model School Transformation Cell (MSTC) would be jointly set up by SMF and GoM at SCERT. MSTC would also support strengthening the school systems, improving quality and governance for holistic student achievement.

The government has allocated a special budget for upgrading infrastructure and educational learning resources for enhancing the learning outcomes of the children through this initiative. The programme has been envisioned to create schools as Centres of Excellence to mentor and inspire neighbourhood schools and realize the expectations of the NEP 2020.

A roadmap has been defined by the Government of Maharashtra that ultimately aims to scale the impact of the Model School Programme to all the 67000 govt. schools with sustainability plans and action.

SMF is committed to supporting the GoM to attain the envisaged outcomes, achieve scalability as well as the sustainability of the desired impact.

SSA Training for Shikshan Sarathi (Nagpur,3/2/2021)

Given the effect of COVID-19, the global epidemic that has caused the closure of all primary schools, it has become necessary to meet the educational needs of children in their own villages. To address this grave concern, Shantilal Muttha Foundation and former MLA Dr Ashish Deshmukh, in collaboration with VSPM Academy for Higher Education, has taken an initiative to implement ‘Sahayogi Shikshan Abhiyaan’ in Katol and Narkhed talukas in the Nagpur district.

The Abhiyaan began with a training workshop for Shikshan Sarathis, which was inaugurated by former Agriculture Minister and President of the organization Hon. Shri Ranjit Babu Deshmukh, former MLA Dr Ashish Deshmukh, and Vidarbharatna Shikshan Maharshi Shri Bhausaheb Bhoge. The programme will be implemented in 257 villages with an estimated participation of over 9,000 students. A total of 200 Shikshan Sarathis were trained by SMF to run all the Samaj Vidya Kendras.