D.A.V. AIDED SCHOOLS – EDUCATIONAL HERITAGE

D.A.V. Aided Schools have played a pivotal role in bringing about the educational renaissance in the country. Ever since the first D.A.V. School was founded in 1885 at Lahore, the D.A.V. Movement has been spreading the light of learning throughout the country and providing quality education to the masses based on vedic values. Education, as we all know, is the most effective tool, to fight the ills prevailing in the society. The pioneers of the D.A.V. Movement Swami Dayanand Saraswati and Mahatma Hans Raj Ji realized the efficacy of education to bring about positive changes in the society and thus educational institutions were opened to dispel the darkness of illiteracy, ignorance, injustice and inequality prevalent in the society. The D.A.V. Movement was guided by the principles of selfless service to the society. The sapling sown by Swami Dayanand Saraswati has now grown up as a huge tree with strong branches providing education to the different sections of society in diverse fields as well as nurturing the talent of the future citizens of the country by channelizing their unlimited energies in the right directions. This well grown / mighty tree is firmly rooted by the strong vedic values and principles of Arya Samaj.

Realizing the immense contribution rendered by the DAV Movement and other such organizations in the field of education and to fulfill its social obligations, the Government provided Grant-in-aid to these schools to realize the objectives of the National System of education. These schools have a very rich history and old tradition of providing excellent education inculcating vedic values among the students. These schools, popularly referred to as traditional schools, became synonymous with excellence in education, co-curricular activities, sports, cultural activities and discipline besides instilling moral, ethical and spiritual values among the students. The general public reposed their faith in these institutions and as a result the aided schools became the most sought after institutions. These schools aim at producing not only intellectually brilliant but also morally upright men and women.