<div dir="ltr">Perhaps it could be discussed at the Jharkhand meeting, when it is organized.<div><br></div><div>Judicial action can enforce something specific like mid-day meals that were already running before the pandemic and the govt should prioritize that - it was doing it before, so organizational capacity should exist (and financial resources should be found). On other matters, we should avoid judicial tokenism, without any ability to enforce . What is the best way to have dialogue, put pressure etc on state govts.</div><div><br></div><div>Sajitha</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 6:51 AM Guru <<a href="mailto:Guru@itforchange.net">Guru@itforchange.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div>
PIL filed by one party would not make the work of all us
'confrontational' I believe. PIL is one option available to push an
executive that seems insensitive to the plight of the poor. we can
only ask for school opening and mid day meals, something the govt
has been doing pre covid. and pulling teachers from non teaching
duties<br>
<br>
but of course someone from the Jharkhand groups must find it useful
to do / able to do<br>
<br>
In Karnataka a somewhat assertive HC was able to put pressure on
the executive (for instance the govt had actually cancelled trains
which were transporting migrants back to their home states because
'industry' wanted the labour, though nobody had bothered to ensure
food security for them. The HC came down on this move and govt
rescinded its order. The arguments for opening schools is quite
clear, so a PIL could work. <br>
<br>
thanks<br>
Guru<br>
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On 24/09/21 10:23 am, Deepika Singh wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear Guru and Jharkhand members,
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Public Interest Litigation to me is a confrontational
strategy just because we have court as mediator, even if we
are making the PIL to support the State.. Does a State like
Jharkhand even have the capacity for certain things?</div>
<div>Should we explore Public hearing. We could invite some
officials as well. It may be more consultative.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Would like to know others' thoughts as well.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Warmly,</div>
<div>Deepika </div>
<div><br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 10:12
PM Guru <<a href="mailto:Guru@itforchange.net" target="_blank">Guru@itforchange.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div> Jean and RTE forum friends<br>
<br>
do you think a PIL can be explored? even if the PIL will
take its time, the 'publicity' around it will persuade the
Govt a bit about the seriousness. The initial step of
'drafting' can borrow from the Karnataka PIL as well<br>
<br>
regards<br>
Guru<br>
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<div>On 22/09/21 9:18 am, Niranjanaradhya.V.P Aradhya wrote:<br>
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<span>Yes, there was a PIL filed by the SDMC members
to reopen all classes from 1 to 10 and to start MDM
immediately. The response was very good. However,
after Justice Nagarathna Madam got elevated to SC,
the new CJ and other senior judge has taken over and
the case is for hearing in the October. <span> </span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span>Bringing SMC members and teachers to forefront
is very crucial to move forward. We can explore the
possibility of filing a PIL to relieve teachers from
the election duty given the education emergency in
the state though the RTE empowers the states to take
their services during elections, census and other
natural calamities. They can deploy personnel from
other departments. </span></p>
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<span>Regards,</span></p>
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<span>Niranjan </span></p>
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Neighbourhood Common School System through
State Funded Public Education </span></p>
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sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Guru <a href="mailto:Guru@ITforChange.net" target="_blank"><Guru@ITforChange.net></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 21 September 2021 10:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:jharkhand@educationemergency.net" target="_blank">jharkhand@educationemergency.net</a>
<a href="mailto:jharkhand@educationemergency.net" target="_blank"><jharkhand@educationemergency.net></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> niranjan aradhya <a href="mailto:aradhyaniranjan@hotmail.com" target="_blank"><aradhyaniranjan@hotmail.com></a>;
<a href="mailto:core@educationemergency.net" target="_blank">core@educationemergency.net</a>
<a href="mailto:core@educationemergency.net" target="_blank"><core@educationemergency.net></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Jharkhand] Subject : Internal
Update # 2 (September 5 – 18, 2021) – National
Coalition on Education Emergency.</font>
<div> </div>
</div>
<div>Yes, I think the RTE Forum is planning to meet this
month or early next month.<br>
<br>
We should do our best to highlight the extra-ordinary
callousness of the system in denying children their
fundamental right to education.<br>
<br>
In Karnataka, last year itself a PIL was put in the
Karnataka High Court which took the matter quite
seriously (both RTE and right to food/nutrition under
MMS). The directives of the Court were listened to by
the Executive. (Niranjan would have details). If the
CJ is sensitive, this can be helpful.<br>
<br>
The proposed meeting could discuss a PIL as an
immediate action as well. <br>
<br>
regards,<br>
Guru<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 21/09/21 3:57 pm, Jean Dreze wrote:<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.25cm;direction:ltr;line-height:115%;text-align:left">
Dear Guru: The situation in Jharkhand is even
worse than I thought, as you can guess from this
short note. Teachers are on election duty and
there is little chance of them being able to spare
much time for children in the next few months even
if primary/UP schools reopen. By that time
children will be catapulted <i>three </i>grades
ahead of their pre-lockdown class. As it is, some
of them are saddled with textbooks in English <i>and</i>
Sanskrit even if they have forgotten the Hindi
alphabet! Sooner the Jharkhand meeting can happen
the better...</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.25cm;direction:ltr;line-height:115%;text-align:left">
Cordially,<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.25cm;direction:ltr;line-height:115%;text-align:left">
Jean</p>
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<div>On 21-09-2021 15:32, Guru wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite">Dear friends,
<p style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:108%">
Starting from this issue, we will be providing a
brief <i>fortnightly</i> <i>internal update </i>to
those who are participating in the work/
meetings of the National Coalition on the
Education Emergency (<b>NCEE</b>). We feel this
will be useful, as our network has expanded, and
many activities are being organized in parallel.
The newsletter, for a broader circulation, will
be issued monthly. The internal update will take
only a few minutes to read. Feel free to make
suggestions and any help in any area! Please
visit the <a href="https://educationemergency.net/" target="_blank">education
emergency website </a>for more information.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:108%">
<u><b>1. </b></u><u><b>Social Mobilization
Group</b></u> (A big thank you for the many
people who helped with these activities)</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:108%">
<u>Maharashtra</u>: NCEE spoke at a meeting
on Sept 18, organized by the <a href="https://educationemergency.net/advocacy-campaigns/" target="_blank">
RTE Forum, Maharashtra </a>and other
organizations, and discussed the education
emergency context and the work of the
Coalition. The research brief released by
the NCEE was presented to an audience of
around 450 teachers, parents and RTE
activists, in Marathi.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:108%">
<u>Jharkhand</u>: A meeting was held with
various local organizations. A larger public
meeting will be organized in early October.
Among other things, the findings of the
SCHOOL survey and <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kPMr8i-TcgAtX0pomctd-7017iJ16j3-/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">
ongoing work</a> of the NCEE will be
presented.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:108%">
<u>Telengana</u>: A meeting was held with
local organizations and representative of
low-cost private schools. The organizations
will also explore doing the NCEE high
frequency rapid surveys. A larger public
meeting is planned before the end of
September.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:108%">
<br>
<u><b>2. </b><b>Education Support Group </b></u></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:108%">
<span style="font-weight:normal">The
Education Support Group ha</span><span style="font-weight:normal">d prepared a
template for documenting the work done by
organizations in ‘community learning
centres’ during the pandemic. Six
organizations have <a href="https://educationemergency.net/category/innovative-models/" target="_blank">shared
their work </a>as per this template.
Their documents is being collated to
create a note on pedagogical innovations
that would be relevant to teachers in
schools as well.</span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.28cm;font-weight:normal;line-height:108%">
The Group is collating learning resources
and is in the process of sharing these in a
curated manner through a <a href="https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Education_Innovation_Models" target="_blank">MediaWiki
repository</a></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:108%">
<u><b><br>
</b></u></p>
<p style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:108%">
<u><b>3. </b><b>Education Research Group</b></u></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:108%">
The Research Group released a ‘<a href="https://educationemergency.net/2021/09/coalition-releases-research-brief/" target="_blank">Research
Brief</a>’, which is a summary of Indian
and International researches on Covid and
Education, over last 18 months, in English
and Hindi. The compendium consisting of
brief summary of each individual research is
available <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1coEeu0lZRBsMEg366uIVxEYPS7Bc2ey_nO2uCIQwSyE/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">
here</a>. Please use this for your
advocacy and mobilization purposes. </p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:108%">
The group will update the research
compendium <u>every two months</u>, with
studies that are completed.<b> </b><span style="font-weight:normal">Individual
research studies are continuously updated
and can be accessed </span><a href="https://educationemergency.net/category/resource/research-studies/" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:108%">
<u>Rapid survey of households on school
re-opening experience</u>: The
questionnaire has been finalized. It has
been translated into Kannada and will be
pre-tested along with the software. The
survey will be done in Karnataka and
Telangana. Other surveys are planned for
teachers and school heads.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:108%">
<u>State policy implementation tracker</u>.
Data collection formats were finalized. We
are relying currently largely on media
reports. We hope to have a first
visualization by September 25. A method for
submitting information through a Google Form
on the website is being devised.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:108%">
<u>Guidelines for state governments</u><b>.
</b>This is under preparation<b>.</b><span style="font-weight:normal"> </span><span style="font-weight:normal">Guidelines
issued by the Government of India and few
state governments is available <a href="https://educationemergency.net/?s=guidelines" target="_blank">here</a></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:108%" align="left"> <span style="font-weight:normal">Media articles
relating to Covid and Education is
available <a href="https://educationemergency.net/category/media-articles/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><b>
</b><span style="font-weight:normal">Media
articles, Research Studies and other
resources can be searched on the education
emergency site by geography (</span><a href="https://educationemergency.net/?s=Karnataka" target="_blank">state</a><span style="font-weight:normal">).</span></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:108%">
Please share this update with others who would
be interested in participating in the NCEE.
Please email <a href="mailto:info@educationemergency.net" target="_blank">info@educationemergency.net</a>
if you need any clarifications or would like to
join any group.</p>
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regards</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:108%">
Guru</p>
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