Browsing by Author "Iyer, Shyamsunder"

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Rural research project : Primary Education Intervention Organization: Jan Vikas
    (MICA, 2017) Sethi, Stuti; Ahuja, Aakash; Aishwarya; Iyer, Shyamsunder
    In the Right to Education Program 269 local social activists ('edu-leaders') have been trained and accompanied as change agents. They monitor and support SMCs in demanding from the government compliance with the RTE Act on improving physical indicators, which include basic infra-structural facilities, creating separate toilets for boys and girls, drinking water facility, implementation of mid-day meal schemes, Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR), adequate rooms, playground, sports equipment, library etc. Currently 300 government schools with over 50,000 pupils have benefited from this. In Kutch District 15 defunct government schools were revived thanks to the advocacy of edu-leaders and 3500 pupils that were earlier being educated by Janvikas trained para-teachers now continue their education in the revived government schools. In total some 80 schools in Kutch District are now functioning well, due to constant pressure of the edu-leaders. Thousands of children from minority communities got access to pre-matric scholarships of the government thanks to the work of the edu-leaders. The Jan Adhikar Manch advocacy forum reached out to more than 506 government primary schools to observe RTE compliance and accessed 6700 scholarships for children under the Prime Minister 15-point program.