On 15 January 2016 at 13:59, Chew Lin Kay <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello everyone, > > Udhay suggested that I tap the Collective Brain for this--has anyone heard > of NGOs in India (one? many?) that trains volunteers to a) read the > relevant federal and state level documents on funding for schools, b) > explain said allocations to local schools so that c) schools can go back to > the authorities to demand for the money that should have been forthcoming? > I think the programme also involved data collection (e.g. schools saying > that they need more flexibility in spending, less specific allocations for > certain less useful areas etc). > > Many thanks! > Chew Lin > India's Right To Education policy requires that schools be monitored by local School Management Committees/Village Education Committees (comprising representatives of parents of students, teachers, local authorities among others). Many NGOs that work in this area include capacity building of these committees as part of their programme design. A Delhi NGO that focuses entirely on this aspect is Saajha, featured here: http://forbesindia.com/article/30-under-30/abhishek-choudhary-and-saransh-vaswani-a-class-act/39603/1 Saajha was incubated by Pratham who evaluate school infrastructure and facilities as part of their ASER report: http://www.pratham.org/templates/pratham/images/rte_indicators_aser2013.pdf I'm not aware of an organisation that focuses specifically on school budgets. Hope that's useful. Ingrid
