CRY Volunteers North

...on occasion of 3rd anniversary of RTE implementation  An RTE meet was organized by the All India Parents Association (AIPA) and Social Jurist on 31st March 2013, the eve of the RTE anniversary, at the Gandhi Peace Foundation. The main panel consisted of eminent advocates and philanthropists of education industry - O.P. Sharma, I.S. Gambhir and Ashok Argawal. Many remarkable points on government schools and private schools (both low income and high income) were discussed through speeches and interactive sessions. Through the interactive session, many parents, activists and students of government schools voiced their experiences and concerns. The most common of those concerns included commercialization of education, poor quality of education, exploitation of school fees, abuse of children in school, corporal punishment and discrimination of minority group children. CRY Delhi volunteers raised the security issue of schools and the issue of discrimination faced by ch

CRY Action Centers (CAC) or the RTE booths as more popularly known, are spaces created by CRY volunteers in the community to share information and take action on child rights. They also act as a referral center for cases of CR violations that are reported. Through the CAC, the CRY Volunteers have regularly engaged with key officials - the Block Education Officers, the Child Development Project Officers, Councilors, Government School principals and staff, and Aanganwadi teachers. This has also strengthened community participation and increased the volunteers' ownership, coordination, appointment seeking, detailed planning and discussions. In Delhi, the CAC are functional and regular in three Geo PAGs- Bharat Vihar (Dwarka), Dakshinpuri (Saket) and Seemapuri (East Delhi), thus representing work in 3 districts of the city.                       Detailed report of CAC is available here .