India's first school voucher programme  was launched in New Delhi to demonstrate to the government, the impact of voucher system of education in India. The programme is also an attempt to gauge and present to the government, the demand among the citizens for this kind of education funding.

Through mobile vans playing songs and radio jingles, the message of school choice is being taken to over 2.5 million people in four low-income group dominated districts of Delhi. Pressure-groups are gaining ground across the city. Elected representatives specially the newly elected councilors are being briefed about School Choice.

Volunteers are distributing voucher application forms to each household. The filled-in application forms will be  collected, of which 400 recipients of the school vouchers will be selected through a public lottery system.
 

Govt should fund students, not schools The Hindu

Pledge your support to the Delhi school voucher programme

400 children from government schools are to be provided vouchers to help them have access to better schools. You can join the campaign by sponsoring a child by funding a voucher. To know how, contact Rajshri at rajshri@ccs.in

A full house at the Press Club during launch of

Delhi voucher programme

A better school for my child too - Delhizens demand vouchers

Campaign reaches Bihar, Jharkhand

Mr. Harivansh, the chief editor of Prabhat Khabar and Dr. V P Sharan, Head of Department, Political Science, St Xavier's College, Ranchi are  ambassadors of the School Choice Campaign in Jharkhand .

The campaign is on full swing in Garhwa, Snthal Pargana, Chibasa and Ranchi. Support has been assured by Ex-CM Babulal Marandi and two local MLAs who were briefed about the campaign. 786 people have already signed letters to their Minister in support for the School Choice Campaign.

Talks have begun with the parents and panchayat members of the villages of Sarsi, Champawati, Bhawanipur in Bihar. Representative committees have have already been set up and the the response has been very enthusiastic.

School Choice reaches villagers in Purnia, Bihar

 

Prof James Tooley joins CCS Education team

Prof James Tooley, Director, E.G. West Centre in UK is now  Senior Research Fellow with CCS. Prof. Tooley has worked extensively on nature and extent of private education serving low income families in Asia and Africa.

Prof James Tooley

So that citizens too can plan their city

The Government has ruled out the involvement of citizens in the creation of Delhi City Development Plan under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. A press conference was held on 16 March  to highlight this issue. Prominent speakers included Mr. Vijay Jolly, MLA, Saket; Late Mr. V C Tandon, President, Delhi RWA Joint Front; Dr. Shreekant Gupta, former Director, National Institute of Urban Affair and Professor, Delhi School of Economics; Mr. Promod Chawla, Convenor, URJA Bharat 2000; Ms. Kalyani Menon Sen, Jagori and Ms. Alpana Kishore, Convenor of New Delhi People's Alliance. 

Informing youth of their right, in good humour

A street play on Right to Information was conducted at the prestigious Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology  by Prabodh - a group of CCS seminar graduates in Delhi. The skit named "Gabbar Singh files an RTI" left people in splits, nevertheless educating them about the process of filing an RTI .

Fire of Freedom spreads to Kolkota, Chandigarh

Graduates of CCS seminars continue to gather together in various parts of the country to spread the message of freedom. The latest to join the force are the Friends of Freedom (FOF) groups that have sprung up in Kolkota and Chandigarh. The groups have begun by spreading the message of livelihood freedom by organizing screenings and workshops of Jeevika films in their respective cities.

FOF Ranchi also organised a workshop to train over 40 youth who volunteered to work for the CCS School Choice Campaign.To know more about our graduate programs, click here.
 

 
Jeevika, South Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival Final Call for entries, last date: 31 May

CMS Vatavaran Film Festival Call for entries

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