Listen . Act . Change

Project

Eklavya

Can  Sania  and  Uma  be  in  the  same  class?

India  is  the  world’s  largest  

democracy  and  one  of  the  fastest  growing  nations  in  the  world

While  we  are  making  strides  in  many  areas,

we  still  lack  behind  in  many  more

We  have  some  great  policies    but  fall  behind  due  to  poor  implementation

How  long  can  we  continue  to  wait  for  the  government  to  deliver?

It's  time  to  take  ownership  of  our  problems

Indus  Action  is  striving  hard  to  bridge  the  policy  implementation  gap

by  bringing  in  innovative  ideas  to  build  scalable  models  

Last  year  we  ran  a  successful  pilot  campaign    and  understood  the  ground  reality

This  year  Project  Eklavya  aims  to  make  atleast  10k  applications  from  all  over  Delhi  to  fill  the  25%  free  

seats  under  RTE  Section  12

Let  us  try  to  understand  the  problem  first

25%  seats  in  all  private  schools  are  available  for  free  for  economically  weak  and  disadvantaged  kids*

but  less  than  10%  eligible  families  are  aware  of  it

to  solve  this  we  just  need  to  provide    Right  Information  to  the    Right  Person  and  at  the    Right  Time

Indus  Action  cannot  reach  every  eligible  family  on  its  own

but  together  we  can

The  only  question  remains

We  have  identified  not  one  but  three  easy  ways  

1) Reaching  out  low  income  housing  communities  

2) Engaging  their  employers  

3) Empowering  high  income  individuals

Model  1    

Seeking  partners  in  every  low  

income  community  in  

Delhi

and  bringing  like  minded  people  together  to  form  a  coalition

to  engage  them  to  become  community  champions

and  identify  information  hubs  to  spread  awareness

to  ensure  that  every  parent  is  aware  of  of  their  child’s  right  to  education  and  the  procedures  to  realize  it

Model  2  

 Engaging  the  employers

and  encouraging  them  to  support  their  employees  

by  sharing  relevant  information  and  providing  backend  support

Model  3    

Empowering  the  individuals

You  sign  up  as  as  a  Champion

and  get  all  the  necessary  information  on  the  go

Tell  your  domestic  help,  driver,  cook,  

dhobi  etc.  about  RTE  Section  12  

and  support  eligible  parents  to  submit  application

For  all  the  three  models,  Indus  Action  provides

Necessary  information easy  access continuous    

support

What  happens  after  all  this?

The  families  submit  their  application  and  the  schools  conducts  lottery

The  kids  get  admission  to  some  of  the  best  schools

they  rise  and  shine  to  make  the  nation  proud

All  champions  build  leadership  and  citizenship  potential

This  way  we  have  collectively  solved  the  problem

and  the  world  sees  a  unique  example  of  Participatory  Democracy

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