Prajna Vihar School, Bodh Gaya

The school started in 1990 and currently (2016) has around 550 students. Teaching is in Hindi and apart from teaching the normal curriculum and Ethics and Dance, students are encouraged to see the richness in each of the different religious traditions. The school is managed by a not-for-profit society, called the Prajna Vihar Inter-religious Education Society (PVIES).

The school relies on donations from the West and this support often fluctuates. To give an idea of school costs, the 2013 budget for the school recurrent costs is 1,635,500 Rupees (US$ 25,231 or Euros 19,138 at September 2013 exchange rates). This includes teacher salaries for the principal and fourteen teachers.