RESPONSIBILITY Vs SECURITY

Dear All

It is the fact we are all moving forward for leading better living with quality of life. In this race, there is a less priority for the values, ethics and relationships. This leads for creating gap between the rich and poor, conflicts, migration, health hazards, disasters and further consequences. In spite of this unpleasant or unhealthy environment still, there is way to come out of this situation. 

The buzz words are RESPONSIBILITY & SECURITY which needs to be given priority while working at all levels. More postings will be made on this in due course of time. 

Looking forward

with thanks 

RTE WITH RTI

Dear All

In continuation, Right to Information (RTI) will be the powerful tool for the effective utilization of the Right to Education (RTE). I am going to be part of the RTE Seminar to be held in the month of October 2012.

It is the known fact that RTE insists for Free and Compulsory Education (FCE) and allotment of 25% seats in all unaided private school (except unaided minority schools) for children from underprevilages background.

Some of the challenges of RTE in the State of Andhra Pradesh include:

• 12 Lakh children are out of schools

• slow in implementation

• in spite of Supreme Court order, private schools response is very poor for allotting 25% of their seats for the children from underprivileged background

• Govt not ready to fund the studies of these children in private schools

• as per the GO, private schools should need to open gates for underprivileged children only after all the seats in neighbouring govt schools got filled

• this GO is the major limitation for the admissions and advantage for the private school to deny the admissions for this group of children

• some looks for these children as charity rather than their right

• poor monitoring of what the schools have been doing

• most of them feels RTE as a SSA

• no redress mechanism exists for parents to express their grievances

• no blue print of the planning is given to the schools

• poor awareness among the parents who should avail the benefits

• several other issues.

These are the real challenges for the poor implementation of the RTE. When RTI is added with RTE, hope many of these challenges will be resolved for the effective implementation of RTE.

In spite of the positive hope, still AWARENESS ON RTI & RTE is on the top priority.

More will be posted on these key tools for the mainstreaming of all the children irrespective of their backgrounds in general and particularly the one with special needs.

Looking forward

All the Best

Dear All

In continuation, Right to Information (RTI) will be the powerful tool for the effective utilization of the Right to Education (RTE). I am going to be part of the RTE Seminar to be held in the month of October 2012.

It is the known fact that RTE insists for Free and Compulsory Education (FCE) and allotment of 25% seats in all unaided private school (except unaided minority schools) for children from underprevilages background.

Some of the challenges of RTE in the State of Andhra Pradesh include:

• 12 Lakh children are out of schools

• slow in implementation

• in spite of Supreme Court order, private schools response is very poor for allotting 25% of their seats for the children from underprivileged background

• Govt not ready to fund the studies of these children in private schools

• as per the GO, private schools should need to open gates for underprivileged children only after all the seats in neighbouring govt schools got filled

• this GO is the major limitation for the admissions and advantage for the private school to deny the admissions for this group of children

• some looks for these children as charity rather than their right

• poor monitoring of what the schools have been doing

• most of them feels RTE as a SSA

• no redress mechanism exists for parents to express their grievances

• no blue print of the planning is given to the schools

• poor awareness among the parents who should avail the benefits

• several other issues.

These are the real challenges for the poor implementation of the RTE. When RTI is added with RTE, hope many of these challenges will be resolved for the effective implementation of RTE.

In spite of the positive hope, still AWARENESS ON RTI & RTE is on the top priority.

More will be posted on these key tools for the mainstreaming of all the children irrespective of their backgrounds in general and particularly the one with special needs.

Looking forward

All the Best

UTILIZATION OF RIGHT TO INFORMTION ACT

Dear All

The Right to Information (RTI) Act is the powerful tool in the hands of the people for accessing their rights at right time. It has been enacted in the year 2005 and in the last 7 years it has moved very less in reaching its aims and objectives.

The reasons are many but the real fact is that the people were denied their rights for leading better living at all levels. Then the question comes whom to blame or who are responsible for this lag? The answer ends at PEOPLE only. The logic goes like this: when the top down appraoch (TDA) has got some limitations, the bottom up apraoch (BUA) should be active in overcoming the limitations. This is the right path all the developmetal works inclung acts, sytems and strategies. 

More will be posted on this key issue with possible solutions. 

Looking foward

All the Best    

SYA WITH BLOGGER

Dear All

In continuation to the need of better connectivity, Star Youth Association (SYA), Velugodu has made the initiation of starting the Blogger. It is the positive sign to move towards the technological connectivity for reaching the stakeholders with better access and transparency of services what is is extending to the targeted groups. 

I have supported and made a comment to move forward with need based strategies and interventions matching to the skills, needs and vulnerabilities of the targeted groups. SYA can be reached at www.staryouthassociationvelugodu.blogspot.in and all the required support should be extended to reach its vision and mission in terms of both quantitatively and qualitatively.  

Looking forward for better networking of the service organizations (NGOs / CBOs / DPOs) and reach the unreached with sustainable solutions....

All the Best

    

AT NIDM ON 14TH JUNE 2012

Dear All

I had a nice time with the Trainees of the Disasters and Disability on 14th of June 2012 in sharing some of the topics presentations like disaster shelter management, disasters into CBR and Livelihoods. This is highly interesting and created positive impact to move forward. I will be posting more on this in due course of time.

All the best

toilets at Planning Commission

Dear All

See the addtion to the earlier comments made on the toilets at Planning Commission as:

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In continuation to the comments made just now,if the cost of construction of toilets is the real estimation, then the same logic should be extended for the planning of other schemes in genral and particularly the fixing of POVERTY LINE. How far the guidelines of the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSE) are matching with this?

Standard estimations with guidelines helps the people to understand the reality and to follow the same at all levels with better acceptance and participation.  

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This is only to get better understanding with standard guidelines...

All the Best