Bharat Lok Shiksha Parishad (BLSP) is a charity in India that operates Ekal Vidyalayas, or single-teacher schools, under the Ekal Vidyalaya of India

Ekal Vidyalaya

The Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation is a non-profit organisation involved in education and village development in rural India. It is the largest grassroots, non-government education initiative in India with presence in over 34,000 villages providing free education to more than one million children...

 umbrella organization.
BLSP operates in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

, Uttranchal, Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...

, Haryana

Haryana

Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...

, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...

, while its sister organization the Friends of Tribals Society

Friends of Tribals Society

The Friends of Tribals Society , or Vanbandhu Parishad, is a volunteer organization formed in 1989 with the goal of improving literacy and health among the Adivasi, rural tribal people in India...

operates in Assam

Assam

Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...

, Orissa

Orissa

Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

, Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

, Jharkhand

Jharkhand

Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...

, Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

, Chhatisgarh, Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

 and Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

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Based in New Delhi, BLSP was established and registered in 1986 by young Vivekananda educationists who began to work with tribal people in the Jharkhand

Jharkhand

Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...

 forests.
Goals are to eliminate illiteracy among tribal people and improve their social and economic conditions.
The organization has a target of establishing 100,000 Ekal Vidyalayas by 2013.
BLSP was founded & registered on 3 March 2000 with a vision of bringing all round development to the remote tribal villages of India.
The charity runs Ekal Yidyalayas, where a local youth teaches children aged 6 to 14 for three hours daily using a non-formal approach that includes songs, storytelling, games, art and yoga. The students and their parents are taught principles of health and hygiene. Villagers are trained in agricultural techniques, and are made aware of government schemes from which they may benefit.

JP Modi of Modi InfoSol, a New Delhi-based IT solution provider, is BLSP vice president.
Modi has set himself the ambitious goal of building 3,000 girls schools in backward areas of Jammu, UP, Uttaranchal and Rajasthan in partnership with BLSP.
In 2006, the Dhoot Group of real estate developers adopted 100 BLSP schools.
In March 2008 BLSP launched its Ludhiana chapter, which would cater to Ferozepur district. This was the first chapter in the state of Punjab.
Up to 240 Ekal schools were already being run by the parishad in this district.
In October / November 2009, Bharat Lok Shiksha Parishad organized a three-day International Ekal Conference New Delhi.
The conference was attended by about 13,000 delegates from India, America, Canada, England and elsewhere.