Over 76% of Indian people live in more than 5 lakh villages; 3 crores live in slum colonies and under-privileged localities and 5 crores in jungles and hilly terrains in clusters of small villages. After five decades of independence, the economic & social condition of the vast population of the country has not altered much for want of proper educational facilities and other developmental measures to be  made available there. Political Independence has dawned but there is educational, social & economic  darkness there with the result that there is continuous exodus of villagers towards cities. Vidya Bharati has given first priority to lit the lamps of literacy & start other projects of economic & social upliftment of the ignored & neglected population of this country. There are 10,000  schools functioning in villages; 583 in under-privileged localities & 1300 in tribal areas. During the five decades of post-independence, Vidya Bharati is the first to reach these remote areas.

Besides teaching 3 Rs, special projects have been started aiming at promoting economic self- reliance, Sanskriti, Health & hygiene, social awareness & love for the mother land.

Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh, Ghaziabad and Sultanpur districts in U.P. have been taken as Models for starting pilot projects. Many schools are managed by single teachers. Curriculum & scheme of studies of such schools are also different as compared to those in the rest of the country.

The greatest menance of tribal areas is the exploitation  of poor natives of forests by the Christian  Missionaries. In the guise of providing education and health services, they have been bartering economic & social facilities for conversion to Christianity. Instead of blaming the Christian Missionaries, Vidya Bharati has extended its educational programmes to these Vanvasi areas. The effort is to foster national  unity, patriotism & pride in Bharatiya Dharma & Sanskriti through the medium of education.