I understand HaqDarshak does this On 15-Jan-2016 3:11 PM, "Ingrid" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >
