Education in rural India is a matter of great concern even today. Although Government strives to impart compulsory education to all children below 12 years, thousands of such children are still deprived of even elementary education. Till today, due to the lack of education in the remote villages, parents do not allow the children to attend School. Poor transportation and lack of basic amenities deprived the needy, poor and village tribal children from education. To fill this gap and to improve the literacy rate, way back in 1998, SAMPARC™ started a School & Hostel in the remote terrain village of Bhambarde in Pune District, at a distance of 70 km from Pune & 130 km from Mumbai.

The sole purpose behind this difficult task was to educate the poor tribal children in Mulshi Taluka up to Std. X. In the initial stages, it was very difficult to convince and persuade the illiterate farmers to send their wards to school. In this hilly terrain where the importance of education plays least significance, SAMPARC™ is proud that children regularly attend classes since the last 11 years. Today 246 students study in the school. Counselling and creating awareness among the villagers, enabled us to win their confidence and trust.

We have also constructed two hostels (separate for boys & girls) to accommodate the residential students. 134 village students live and study here. Due to the increase in the number of the students in the school we have constructed 4 classrooms.

Another 4 classrooms have been constructed where basic agricultural training is imparted to the youth of the surrounding villages. SAMPARC™ also plans to start junior college in the same premises.

This school is first of its kind in Mulshi Taluka. The school provides a good platform for various extracurricular and cultural activities. The school bagged many District & Taluka level awards & medals for special performance in sports. Coaching in sports is provided to many enthusiastic youngsters in a 2-acre wide specially prepared sports ground.

Another feather in the school’s cap is the recognition of the State Government as the “Best School in Mulshi Taluka of the year 2005”.

The school has well-furnished classrooms, kitchen-cum-dining hall, toilets, laboratory, library and computer room, a huge playground for the students. The project has developed a water reservoir /check dam on 1.5 acres of land and 5 acres of land is brought under agriculture cultivation. There is a medical centre in the hostel campus, equipped with primary medical facilities. A residential doctor runs the medical centre, provides treatment to the patients, conducts health awareness programmes for 10 villages surrounding Bhambarde centre.

Like any other schools in the city, this school also is equipped with Headmaster, trained teachers, office staff, hostel in-charge, helpers, doctor & other staff.
The center is run by the school and hostel managing committee where Mrs Pushpa Singhvi is the Chairperson along with Mr Ajay Argade, Mrs Ratna Banerjee and Dr Soman with the headmaster and village representatives.

The central counsellor and the Trustee, Mrs Ratna Banerjee regularly visited the center to guide and counsel the students on Stress Management, Career Guidance, Planning on Time and Academic Management, etc.
There is a local committee which is headed by the President, Dr Aboli Mundargi and other 9 members who look after the centre.

One of the most significant factors that differentiate this school and hostel from other such institutions in and around Pune is that it provides a very serene, congenial & pollution-free atmosphere for the stay and study of children.