HOSTELS

Chhatralaya for Boys:

This is a hostel for students of the schools. Pupils are admitted at about the age of ten. Preference is given to poor and deserving Jain boys from villages where no educational facilities are available. These boys are given financial assistance in terms of concessions or total exemption from the boarding, lodging, and school tuition fees.

The boys are trained to live a simple and self-reliant life in the hostel. Their daily schedule begins at 5 a.m. with a community prayer, P.T. and Games. At 7:30 a.m. the pupils devote some time to their individual prayers, pujas etc. for which they may visit the temple on the campus if they so wish. Jain boys and girls are encouraged to learn some selected Jain sutras. A light refreshment in the afternoon and milk in the evening is given in addition to the main meals. Most of the individual and community work like cleaning of utensils, washing of clothes, etc. is done by the boys themselves. A Hostel Panchayat of the boys assists in the hostel administration. At present there are 125 boys in the hostel.

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Girls' Hostel :

At present there are 100 girls residing in the girls hostel. In addition to the routine activities the girls learn to assist in the community kitchen in batches by turns. The girls also learn music and sewing.

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Talimi Hostel :

The Primary Teachers' Training College trainees are admitted to this hostel. The kitchen is managed by the trainees themselves under the supervision of the authorities and great care is taken to keep the expenditure as low as possible. Community life and sanitation are integral parts of the training. At present there are 100 students in the hostel.

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Vyayam Vidya Bhavan Hostel :

This is conducted on the same lines as the Talimi Hostel. With a number of hostels on the campus, programs are often arranged which bring them in closer contact and create a feeling of fraternity. There is accommodation for 130 students in the hostel.

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G.B.T.C. and Fine Arts College Hostel :

With two faculties housed in the same building, this hostel creates an atmosphere of mutual aid for the G.B.T.C. trainees and art students, particularly the A.T.D. students. A number of new educational projects are undertaken jointly, some of which would make excellent teaching aids. At present, there is provision for 40 G.B.T.C. students and 40 Arts students. On every Thursday all the hostel students and teachers and their families residing on the campus meet together for common community prayer. These prayers are followed by entertainment, which brings out the talent in a large number of students through extempore plays, monologues, songs, mimicry and other modes of creative and artistic expressions.

There is also provision for the residence of some Employes on the campus who stay with their families and participate in the corporate life contributing to the general atmosphere.

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Ladies Hostel:

Recently a hostel is opened for ladies studying in the G.B.T.C. and A.T.D. with a provision for 40 ladies.

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Shri Chiman Chhatra Mandal:
The Vidyavihar, in the beginning , consisted of only a hostel for boys. An Old Boys' association was started with offices in Ahmedabad(Chiman Chhatra Sangh) & Mumbai(Chiman Chhatra Mandal).

This organization, as a token of affection and regard for the mother institution collected a sum of Rs. 63,454 from the old students and handed it over to Smt. Indumatiben, with a promise to raise the figure to Rs. 1,11,111 in the next two years. Smt. Induben has placed this amount in the hands of a trust - The Vidya Nidhi Trust. This fund is being used for the welfare of deserving students.