[3][4] In the year 2020, the million lives club selected Vidya Bharati as an official member of Vanguard cohort for its contribution to school education.
[4][6] The Saraswati Shishu Mandir model was quickly replicated across several locations and as the number of schools increased, there arose the need of a definite management structure.
This coincided with the Bharatiya Jan Sangh (political arm of RSS) winning the national elections, as a member of the Janata Party.
[6] The Vidya Bharati schools are spread all over the country ranging from rural to urban areas from western ghats to northeast parts of India.
Shankardev Shishu Niketan which is a cluster of schools run under Vidya Bharati in northeast India has produced some of the young minds coming from minority communities who topped grade 10 and won several Sanskrit essay writing competitions.
According to Awaaz, a London-based organisation, a significant portion of the Sewa International earthquake funds for Gujarat has been used to build RSS schools.
They are trained to become strong leaders idolizing Jhansi Rani Lakshmibai, Ahilyabai Holkar, Rudramadevi, and other successful women in various fields like Kalpana Chawla, Kiran Bedi, Indra Nooyi etc.
[citation needed] In the morning assembly, the children are taught to pray and sing songs steeped in Sanskrit and the spirit of patriotism.
In the words of a Vidya Bharati commentator "dedication to the motherland with a deep Bharatiya spirit inculcates in the child the will to change his character [and] adjust his nature and program to fulfill the nation's will and necessity.