Education Voucher Distribution Ceremony:

26th June, 2011:Pratigya organised Education Voucher Distribution Ceremony at MLA House, Vidhan Sabha , Ranchi. In this event Education Voucher were distributed to 125 students, mainly tribal and girls from Jagannathpur slum of Ranchi .  Each education voucher is worth Rs 18,000 (Rs 4,500  per annum per student for a period of 4 years ).

Education Voucher  is a special coupon worth Rs 4,500 per annum per student , provided by Pratigya. Education Voucher can be redeemed at any school chosen by the Parent. Parent can take this coupon to any school under the Project and get their ward admitted. Instead of depositing the fees, parents  have to deposit  the voucher in the school  on the monthly basis. On the basis of voucher submitted  by the parents, Schools can get the reimbursement from Pratigya  covering  school fees upto Rs 4,500 (Four thousand five hundred) per annum. Initially this voucher is given for 4 years which can be renewed till the student finishes class 10th depending on  certain conditions, more...

Kumudni Award by Rotary Club Ranchi:

18th June, 2011:Pratigya was awarded with Kumudni Award by Rotary South for the year 2010-2011. The award was given to Pratigya for its contribution in the field of Education, with special mention to the impact of Education voucher Project under which 129 students are getting Education Voucher worth Rs 4,500  per annum, which covers the expenses incurred in school and the Srijan Bachpan Project under which  weekly Life Skill Training and Personality Development Classes are conducted every Saturday and Sunday.

Pratigya Students at Child Rights Fair:

19th November, 2010: 10 students from Pratigya participated in the "Child Rights Fair organised by UNICEF and Social Welfare Department , Government of Jharkhand. Our students raised their voice to include "Right to Choose School" with Right to Education as a Child Right. They also presented the Song "Hum Honge Kamyaab Ek Din" (we shall overcome some day) to which they added a new stanza "Hogi Shiksha Sabke Pass Ek Din" (Everyone will have education one day).

Recognition by Rotary Club:

27th June, 2010: Rotary Ranchi South Conferred "The Nesar Ahmad Award" to Secretary of Pratigya , Mr Rajan Kumar Singh for " Providing Leadership to Youth of Ranchi" for the year 2009-10. Education Voucher Project and Right to Information Workshop for more than 500 College Youth organised under Project Yuva, bagged this award for Pratigya.

 

 

EDUCATION VOUCHER DISTRIBUTION CEREMONY :

1st June 2008, Ranchi: Pratigya started the Education Voucher Project by distributing vouchers worth Rs. 6.48 lakh to 45 children from slum regions at the Education Distribution Ceremony organized at MLA club Hall, Vidhan Sabha in Ranchi. 45 children presently studying at government schools were awarded vouchers worth Rs. 300/- per month for next four years.

more...These coupons are redeemable at any school of the parents choice Fr. C Debrower , educationist, St. Xaviers College, Ranchi - Chief Guest on the occasion - said Pratigya has opened the door of good quality school Education for these poor children, now its their turn to study hard and shape their own future as well as of the society The Guest of Honour, Mr. Kamal Kumar Bose, Head of Hindi Department, St. Xaviers College, Ranchi, termed the voucher as a revolutionary instrument and silver lining around the dark clouds that loom over the present day school system. He also said Pratigya has falsified all the claims that youth of today are becoming self centred and irresponsible towards society. The Special Guest Mr. Leo, Director of Anglomania Institute, said We dont know when exactly the government will start this education voucher; we should come forward and bear at least the expense of one voucher for one child.
   

"Am I an Active Citizen?";  Seminar 8th November, 2008 Ranchi :

Pratigya in collaboration with Liberal Youth Forum of India organized a seminar on the theme active citizenship, named “Am I an Active Citizen?” seminar for College and Senior Secondary School Youths. 68 youths across different colleges and schools of Ranchi participated in it.

more... The seminar started with a workshop on Right to Information, conducted by Rajan Kumar Singh, Pratigya. A documentary on RTI campaigning was screened which sensitized the participants and increased their interest and curiosity about RTI. Address and Panel Discussion on “Role of Youth as an active citizen” was commenced by the Chairperson, Women Commission, Jharkhand -Mrs Lakshmi Singh ( Ex Chief Secretary of Jharkhand) , Deputy Mayor, Ranchi Municipal Corporation - Mr Ajay Nath Shahdeo , Noted Educationist, Fr. C De Brower from St. Xavier’s College and the Director of Career Training Institute Anglo Mania,Mr. Leo . During this session various Questions which shocked the panel were asked by participants like “‘Can a poverty stricken individual be expected to act as an active citizen?’, ‘What is the guarantee of change in the system with more youths in politics as Jharkhand has the maximum number of youth MLA’s and Ministers and even earlier CMs, but it still ranks the highest in corruption and underdevelopment?’ and ‘Why are the roadside vendors beaten and thrashed every now and then in Ranchi?’”etc. Apart from sessions on “Constituents of active citizenship” conducted by Mr. Leo, group presentations by the participants were done on the issue of “Censorship” and “reservation”
   

"Am I an Active Citizen?";  Seminar, 12th November, 2008, Jamshedpur :

‘Pratigya’ in collaboration with Liberal Youth Forum of India organized a seminar on the theme Active Citizenship named “Am I an active Citizen?” Seminar on 12th November,2008 at Karim City College, Jamshedpur. 86 young people from different colleges participated in it.

more... The event began with a workshop on RTI its origin, implication and how to file it etc by Rajan Kumar Singh. A documentary on the impact of RTI was screened which made the participants more interested and sensitized.  A panel consisting of Dr. Bhaskar Rao, noted litterateur, Sri Rajesh Rao , All India Radio, Prof. Dr. Neha Tiwari, HOD English & Mass Communication Department, Karim City College & Mr. Syed Khalid Lecturer, MBA Department, Women’s College, addressed the audience. Further there were group presentations by the youth who participated on the issue of “Censorship” presenting their arguments both for and against it. The presentations were made in a very impressive manner covering all the relevant and important arguments. The presentations were followed by a discussion which was facilitated by Rageshree Das Gupta, Project Coordinator, Pratigya. Mr. Syed Khalid also conducted a session on “Individual as an active citizen and constituents of Active Citizenship”. He discussed the various ways in which we as citizens can make the government more transparent. For this, he stressed on the use of writing for newspapers, filing RTI’s to make the system transparent and accountable. He gave some tips to start and/or run a campaign at the individual level.
   

Campus Governance and Right to Information Workshop, Indian School of Mining (ISM)– Dhanbad, 9th January, 2009

Workshop on Right to Information and its role in making the campus administration and governance more efficient, competent, transparent and accountable was conducted by Rajan Kumar Singh.

more... More than 250 students of different branch of Engineering participated in the workshop. Session on RTI included the detailed discussion about the history, procedures, format of application, where to be used and framing of questions etc. A documentary on the importance and success of RTI was screened following the discussion on how to use this in college to make the management more responsible. Different myths, queries and questions were raised by the participants which got clarified during the session. Such an interest and enthusiasm among the technocrats for a social issue and the social work being done by “KARTAVYA”- a social work of ISM students (which organised the workshop in collaboration with National Service Scheme, ISM) on such a massive scale by them proved the baseless notion wrong that youths of today are becoming more and more materialistic and less sensitive towards society.
   

Pratigya is an independent youth movement to ensure Right to Quality School Education for each and every child and mobilise youth to action.
 
 

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