Sunday, August 30, 2009

Communities - New sentinels of quality grassroots education



New Delhi: Community and voluntary organisations have a crucial role to play in the delivery of quality education at the grassroots in the country with 42 million children aged between six and 14 still outside the purview of the recently-passed Right to Education law.

A two-day workshop, "Community as Vigilante: The Role of Community-Based Monitoring (CBM) for Building Ownership and Ensuring Accountability in Education", by global non-profit network Oxfam here, is showcasing community-based initiatives in primary education in villages from states like Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh to demonstrate community monitoring is the most effective tool to implement the Right to Education Bill.

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