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Dear all<br>
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I am forwarding a mail from Sajitha on a potential collaboration
with the Kalam Satyagraha program underway in Bihar, which is
self-explanatory. For the reasons mentioned, it would be good for
NCEE to support this campaign, mainly through posters/social media
campaign/letters, inputs to their campaign materials etc. <br>
<br>
Comments requested over next 48 hours, for discussion and
incorporation. If there are no objections or objections are
discussed/resolved then we we will share this mail with Anand, Kalam
Satyagraha.<br>
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thanks and regards,<br>
Guru<br>
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<div>Dear all: <br>
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<div>At the second plenary meeting of NCEE, you had the
opportunity to hear about the "Kalam Satyagraha" campaign in
Bihar. It is organized by a number of organizations, which
includes also the RTE Forum in Bihar. Sajitha made a
presentation to their meeting on May 6; we had a follow up
meeting with several organizations linked to the campaign; and
we invited them to the Plenary meeting. </div>
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<div>They have requested collaboration and support from NCEE and
also shared a Concept Note for inputs. (Please see below and
attached, which includes our comments). The good thing about
this campaign is that it is planned to be conducted in many
locations, right down to the village level, and with many
stakeholders.</div>
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We think this will be a fruitful mutual collaboration and from
our part, we will try to make it as broad-based as possible,
but also as focused as possible for concrete demands. We feel
this can be a model for other states as well, if it works. We
would agree to support developing messages, posters,
undertaking or synthesizing Bihar specific research to support
mobilization, speaking at meetings, publicizing the
activities nationally and in other states etc. In case there
are any suggestions, please let us know in 2 days.</div>
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<div>The Concept Note gives a broad orientation, and of course
needs further sharpening and focus. In our comments, we have
focused on the mission, vision and objectives. What we have
suggested is simplifying it and making it clearly understood
by common people. Our suggested revision to the mission,
vision and objectives are given below.</div>
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<p
style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif"><b><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">Mission
</span></b><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">:
To empower citizens of Bihar, especially the most
disadvantaged, to demand the
implementation of the right to quality education and
enable their participation
in the formulation and monitoring of education programs</span></p>
<p
style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif"><b><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">Vision:</span></b><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">
A high quality publicly funded school for every child in
Bihar</span></p>
<p
style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif"><b><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">Objectives:</span></b><b><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></b></p>
<p
style="margin-left:0.5in;margin-right:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span
style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times
New Roman""> </span></span><b><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">To
make citizens of Bihar, especially
the most disadvantaged</span></b><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">,
aware of the transformative power of modern education to
achieve social justice</span><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p
style="margin-left:0.5in;margin-right:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black;background:yellow">·<span
style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times
New Roman"">
</span></span><b><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">To
publicize
the long term trend of deepening inequalities in the
education system</span></b><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">,
between the education offered to the
poor and disadvantaged groups and those that benefitting
the most advantaged
groups, and the consequences for Bihar</span></p>
<p
style="margin-left:0.5in;margin-right:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black;background:yellow">·<span
style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times
New Roman"">
</span></span><b><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">To
hear from the people about the nature of the education
emergency in Bihar</span></b><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">,
caused by prolonged school closures
during the COVID pandemic, the needs of their children and
the role of
education in bringing about social justice</span></p>
<p
style="margin-left:0.5in;margin-right:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif"><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span
style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times
New Roman"">
</span></span><b><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">To
co-develop a charter of demands to realize the vision of
a “A highly publicly
funded school for every child in Bihar</span></b><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">,
together with broad section of the people and
organizations
representing the disadvantaged groups, and develop the
capacity of people to
fight for these demands.</span><b><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></b></p>
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Dear Sajitha <br>
<br>
It was a fruitful discussion with you and your teammates. <br>
<br>
Thank You for organizing this meeting.<br>
<br>
As discussed our specific expectations from your team are as
follows:<br>
1. Can we use the name of ‘Coalition on National Emergency
on Education (India), as our partner.<br>
2. Can we except similar survey in Bihar as CNEE- conducted
for south.<br>
3. Category wise content/ promotional materials support for
the campaign. Ex- Youth, PRI Representatives, Schools,
Colleges, Government Officials of Education department, MLA,
MP and others.<br>
4. Promotion of Kalam Satyagrah on various national and
international platforms.<br>
5. Last but not the least, Possible support in arranging
fund for this campaign.<br>
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Together we can try to change the political discourse and
agenda in India towards education and other positive issues.<br>
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Thanks and regards<br>
Anand Madhab , Convenor , Kalam Satyagrah <br>
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