A specially designed
Voucher Program under which vouchers worth
Rs 4,500 per annum is given to
125 students from economically and
socially weaker section in a slum called
Jagganathpur at Ranchi, Jharkhand. They
are those students who earlier were
studying in a government school or were
dropouts, with the vouchers they took
admission in different private schools of
the choice of their own and their parents.
The Voucher Project is a pilot to
strengthen the movement of "Right to
Choose School, with Right to Education."
The next phase of the project is starting
in March 2012 which aims to provide
Education Vouchers to 500 students. You
can also take this movement ahead by
sponsoring Education voucher for a child ,
which will support his/her Education in
the school of choice of the parent and
child and becoming his/her Education
Guardian.
A Supplementary Education
Project for the students who are getting
Education Voucher along with other
students in the surrounding slum. The goal
of this project is to facilitate the
growth of these students, so that they can
excel in their academic, personal and
social life as a responsible student and
an individual. The major themes on which
we work on, with them are- Life skills,
Social Education, Financial Education,
Counseling, Art and Craft and Extra
Curricular Activities. On these themes,
different activities using different
motivational fun games and interactive
sessions are organized with the help of
various Resource persons and Counselors.
PRATIGYA strongly
believes that the movement of "Right to
Choose School, with Right to Education"
can only be obtained with a strong youth
movement. To sensitise them regarding the
harsh reality of the system, aware them
and mobilize them to become an Active
& Responsible Citizen we organize
several seminar, workshop and training
programme on various socio-economic and
political issue. The major events so far
had been Debate and Discussion on "Present
School System", "Am I an active Citizen?"
seminar and Right to Information Workshop
at various colleges in Ranchi, Jamshedpur
and Dhanbad.
Your
Endeavour
Support us, and make your
contribution towards bringing about a
better tomorrow.
Pratigya is an independent youth
movement to ensure Right to Quality School
Education for each and every child and mobilise
youth to action.
125 students from a slum are studying in better Private Schools through Education Voucher
About 15% of these students today are among the rank holders in their class who in all probabilities would have been drop outs
Some of our students dissatisfied with their schools have changed their school in past two years, this shows the power of choice which Education Voucher provides
Parents in the community now talk about Quality of Education and are demanding “Right to Choose School”
We started giving Education Voucher to 40 students in 2008 and the number grew threefold in the year 2011-12
