[eebill] FW: Invitation - Public Hearing on 30.01.2005 (from SJ + more on R-Day)

[Gita Dewan Verma]

maybe SJ's R-Day gift! Lovely-ji offered more 20% BPL:
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=115465

mpisg spent R-Day figuring out options for compliance, rather follow-up, on 
court order in our pil for DMP equal access neighbourhood schooling - at 
neighbourhood level. will post details anon (one thing mentioned often was 
the misleading media, another the question that with state bashing private 
schools and lawyers bashing state schools are NGOs/Coke going to do, with 
our 2% cess, the "we can do it" that President called for in his R-Day ad - 
good question, i say, esp after LG endorsed in his R-Day piece both 
"bhagidaari" and this DMP revision)


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>TAKE SCHOOL TO CHILDREN CAMPAIGN
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>(No to Child Labour-Yes to Education­)
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>Western Wing, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi-110054.
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>Phone: 23910014
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>Fax:     23986541
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>   E-mail: socialjur at mantraonline.com
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>        Website: http://www.socialjurist.com
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>27.01.2005
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>Subject:         Public Hearing on Right to Education at Chetnalaya, 
>Part-2, Gali No. 3, Mukandpur, Near Karnal Bypass, Delhi-110042 from 11:00 
>a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 30, 2005.
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>Dear Friend,
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>                     In Delhi, there are more than 15 lacs out-of-school 
>children in the age group 6-14 years.  In Bhalaswa-Jahangirpuri area alone, 
>out of 5 lacs population, 1 lac children in age group 6-14 years are out of 
>school, who are involved in one or the other work.  In this area, there is 
>rampant involvement of school-age children in ragpicking and agricultural 
>work.  It is estimated that in this area, more than 50,000 children are 
>engaged in ragpicking, agricultural work, domestic work, matchstick work 
>and sibling care.  In this area, there are 32 MCD schools and 15 Govt.-run 
>schools in which 47,000 children are studying.  The children of these 
>schools are facing a large number of difficulties because of shortage of 
>teachers, teachers do not teach, absence of basic infrastructure like 
>drinking water, toilet block, adequate number of classrooms, cleanliness, 
>playground, desks, blackboards, books, ramps, special toilets etc.
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>                     In the Mukandpur alone, which is part of 
>Bhalaswa-Jahangirpuri area and have a population of 1.5 lacs, there is no 
>Govt. school at all.  However, there is one (double shift) MCD primary 
>school in which total number of 2,700 students are studying.  It has six 
>classrooms out of which one is used as a store.  In the classrooms, half of 
>the students sit inside the classroom while the rest sit outside the 
>classrooms.  There is no toilet block nor there is any provision for 
>drinking water.  In a nutshell, it can be said that the conditions of the 
>school are horrible.
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>                     Despite repeated complaints from the parents of the 
>area, the Govt. and the MCD have failed to pay any attention.  In this 
>backdrop, it has been decided to hold a Public Hearing on Sunday, January 
>30,2005 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Chetnalaya, Part-2, Gali No. 3, 
>Mukandpur, near Karnal Bypass, Delhi-110042, in which more than 3,000 
>parents of the area are expected to participate and to present their 
>grievances in regard to the difficulties being faced by them in the matter 
>of school education of their children.
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>                     Knowing your concern about the children's right to 
>education, we invite you to attend and participate in the Public Hearing.
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>                     With regards,
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>Yours Sincerely
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>(Ashok Agarwal)
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>                 Advocate, Convener
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>Take School to Children Campaign
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>Mobile-9811101923
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