Thank you very much everyone! On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 12:19 AM, Mahesh Murthy <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > > >
