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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | RTE Act: ‘Awaaz Do’ to all the street children out there

RTE Act: ‘Awaaz Do’ to all the street children out there

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published Published on Jan 14, 2011   modified Modified on Jan 14, 2011

Driving down the road to your office early in the morning, you stop at a traffic signal. A group of boys, armed with books and magazines, pound on your car window — begging you to buy their wares. That is when the light turns green and you drive away, not giving a second thought to the ones outside.

‘Awaaz Do’, a digital campaign launched by the UNICEF, is an attempt to help children who try to earn a living on the street. And going by what the body claims, more than 200,000 people have already joined it in less than three months.

With Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal as the guest campaigner, the ‘Awaaz Do’ campaign has been launched to raise awareness on the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE). And giving him company in the cause is Bollywood actor and UNICEF national ambassador Priyanka Chopra, who has also signed up for the campaign.

Noting that there are about eight million out-of-school children across the country at present, Sibal said in a video message: “Every child in India is entitled to equitable and quality education. RTE provides for that. The ‘Awaaz Do’ campaign will help ensure it. If we are to provide free, quality education to children who are not in schools, we should make this campaign a success.”

The RTE Act guarantees free and compulsory education for every child in the age group of six to 14 years. Urmila Sarkar, Chief of Education, UNICEF, said, “We must continue to build on the momentum that has been achieved in such a short span of time. We must keep public discourse focused on RTE. The campaign has successfully forged partnerships among media, government, civil and corporate organisations and, most importantly, with citizens who demand that all children get the quality education they deserve.”

The ‘Awaaz Do’ campaign, which uses “new technology and social networking”, allows citizens to get “actively involved in demanding the right for children who are excluded and marginalised.”

“As part of its commitment to get all children into school, the campaign encourages people to learn more about RTE and help schools implement the Act,” Sarkar added.

A event in this regard, to be attended by Sibal, UNICEF India representative Karin Hulshof and schoolchildren, will be held on January 25. The official website for the campaign is http://awaazdo.in.

The Indian Express, 14 January, 2011, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/RTE-Act---Awaaz-Do--to-all-the-street-children-out-there/737124/


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