making education a reality for every child m.v.foundationapresentationby shantha sinha may, 2004
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Making education Making education aa reality reality ffor or eevery very cchildhild
M.V.FOUNDATIONM.V.FOUNDATION
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Presentation Presentation
ByBy
Shantha SinhaShantha Sinha
May, 2004May, 2004
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From From Work Work
To To SchoolSchool
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M.V.Foundation – ImpactM.V.Foundation – Impact
• From 33 villagesvillages and 3030 childrenchildren mainstreamed in Ranga Reddy district in 1991
• To over 6000 villages villages and 264,000264,000 childrenchildren mainstreamed spread over 11 districts of Andhra Pradesh in 137 mandals in 2004
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Possible Possible BecauseBecause
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Approach To Child LaborApproach To Child Labor
• Child Labor is defined as being all all children out of schoolchildren out of school and so, a link between child labor and educationchild labor and education is established
• That all children must be in full time full time formal day schoolsformal day schools is a non-negotiable
• No parallel institutionsNo parallel institutions are set up, in fact existing institutions are strengthened
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Parental DemandParental Demand
• Poor parents are keenparents are keen on sending their children to school, and are also willing to contribute.
• Parents do not require income-generating incentives or subsidies to sustain their children in schools.
• The best incentive is to make schools sensitive to the needs of illiterate parents and their children
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Youth ParticipationYouth Participation
Youth activists are the Youth activists are the anchorsanchors of the entire program
– facing the wrath and anger of employers
– involving the Gram Panchayat & Community
– bringing pressure on schools and
– giving parents the
confidence to send their children to school
– Over 3000030000 youth youth volunteersvolunteers contribute to the program today
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StrategiesStrategies
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Campaign and MobilizationCampaign and Mobilization
FORUMS AND INSTITUTION BUILDING
• Child Rights Protection Committee• Girl Rights Protection Committee• Mothers’ Committee• School Education Committee• Gram Panchayats• Teachers’ Forum for Liberation of
Child Labor (BKVV)• United Political Forum (Aikya
Vedika)• Mandal Task Force
ALL MOBILISATION RESULTS IN INSTITUTION BUILDINGALL MOBILISATION RESULTS IN INSTITUTION BUILDING
Establishing a social norm that no child must work and all Establishing a social norm that no child must work and all children must be in schoolschildren must be in schools
MOBILISATION•Campaigns•Marches•Street Theatre•Child to Child Campaign•Petitioning•Public Meetings•Inclusion
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ReachingReaching Out toOut to ChildrenChildren
Direct
Short Term Camp Camp* Bridge Course for children,(3 Days) Tutions and Coaching for Exams
Monitoring School Attendance and Short Term Camp Motivation Centers Camp* status of out of school children(3 Days) Re-enrolment of children
especially girls who droppedout from classes 5 & 7
Motivation Centers Camp*Inst. arrangements for shifting children from primary schools to
Motivation Centers upper primary and high schools
12-18 months for children in 12-14 years age group
RETENTION
SCHOOLS
ENROLMENT
*Camps - 4 months for children in 9 - 11 years age group
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The ‘A.P. Model’The ‘A.P. Model’• The debate in Andhra
Pradesh is on ‘how to how to bring children to bring children to schoolsschools’ and not ‘why children work’
• Child labor defined as ALLALL children out of children out of schoolschool
• Campaign on ‘the right the right place for every child is place for every child is the schoolthe school’
• Universalization of Education planned for ALLALL children in 5-14 age-group and up to class Xclass X
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The ‘Andhra Pradesh Model’ reinforces The ‘Andhra Pradesh Model’ reinforces M.V.Foundation’s ExperienceM.V.Foundation’s Experience
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MVF MVF TodayToday
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• Over 3000030000 youth youth volunteersvolunteers
• 800 800 villagesvillages have been made child labor free
• Over 30003000 education education activistsactivists
• 70007000 bonded laborersbonded laborers have been released
• 1500015000 adolescent girlsadolescent girls have accessed schools
• A forum of government teachers with strength of 24002400 teachersteachers has been formed
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How Many…How Many…
653,000653,000 CHILDREN BEING MONITORED ON A REGULAR BASIS
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District No. of MandalsRanga Reddy 17Nalgonda 11Adilabad 6Mahaboobnagar
6
Chittoor 6Kurnool 45Srikakulam 6Vizianagaram 6Ananthapur 1East Godavari 10Kadapa 22Visakapatnam 1
States
Assam
Karnataka
Maharastra
Madhya Pradesh
Orissa
Nepal
Technical SupportProgramme
Where…
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Diversity
NalgondaHistory of Left/Communist Movements and Activism, existing Debates on Globalisation, IMF/WTO
AdilabadForest Area, Tribal Population, Different Languages (6), Naxals
Mahabubnagar Migration, Tribal Population, Naxals
Srikakulam Coastal area, Fisherman Community
Vizianagaram Hill-top Population, Tribals, Naxals
Chittoor BC Population, Small Habitations, Bilingual
Ranga Reddy Sub-urban, Backward Villages
Kurnool & Kadapa Factional Feuds
Assam Cross Border Issues
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Schools- Access To All RightsSchools- Access To All Rights
• Schools are institutionsinstitutions that break the inter- inter- generational cyclegenerational cycle of povertypoverty and deprivationdeprivation
• Schools become the first stepfirst step towards equityequity and access to cultural capitalaccess to cultural capital
• A process process of democratisation of schools begin democratisation of schools begin. Therefore, schools become site for the contestation of power.
• Schools bring children to the public space public space under public scrutinypublic scrutiny.
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Our main donors
– HIVOS- a Netherlands based Funding Agency and the European Union
– NORAD – UNDP/UNICEF/ILO– Sir Dorabji Tata Trust – National Child Labor Program(NCLP) of the
Government of India– District Primary Education Program(DPEP)of
the Government of Andhra Pradesh
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Non NegotiablesNon Negotiables
•All children must attend full-time must attend full-time formal day schools.
•AAny child out of school ny child out of school is a child labourerchild labourer
•AAll workll work/labor is hazardous hazardous and harms the overall growth overall growth and developmentdevelopment of the child.
•There must be total abolitiontotal abolition of child laborof child labor
•AAny justificationny justification perpetuating the existence of child labor must be condemnedmust be condemned.