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My Vote, My Choice! Parallel Campaign The campaign encouraged voters to demand the ‘Right to Education of Choice’ from their respective candidates. As part of this campaign, School Choice mascots (in colorful school uniforms) interacted with voters at election rallies, political meetings and public places. They carried two props, a hand and a pencil with the slogans “If we can choose our governments….” “…why can’t we choose our schools?”
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the campaign, smaller political parties such as the Jaago Party and
Bharat Punanirman Dal voiced support for the School Choice Campaign.
Among the national parties, BJP’s East Delhi candidate Mr Chetan Chauhan
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| 'Ticket to Learn': SCC Advocacy Film 'Ticket to Learn', a SCC production is an advocacy film based on street theatre. Outreach through performing arts is a PR project we started in 2008 to integrate performing arts, especially street theatre, into our awareness and advocacy design and execution. After the successful completion of our outreach program in Rajasthan and Orissa, which saw 315 street theatre shows between July and December 2008, we decided to integrate elements of the plays in our SCC advocacy film 'Ticket to Learn'. Directed by award winning filmmaker Nandan Saxena, the film showcases the life of Rahul, one of the Delhi Voucher Project beneficiaries and his life after having received an education voucher. The film also shows an overview of the government run voucher project 'Pehel' in Uttarakhand and incorporates views of noted figure and author of the book India Unbound Mr Gurcharan Das amongst others. The film will be distributed widely to the media, civil society bodies, political party heads, government officials, NGOs/INGOs working on education, schools, parents, and the youth. |
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“Vouchers for the Marginalised” on Rainbow FM 102.6 MHz |
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| SCC on BBC One World Radio
This program which aired on the BBC One World Radio on Friday, 17 April 2009 showcased the School Choice Campaign and the achievements of budget private schools in providing schooling to a large section of the population that wants affordable school education. The program featured Baladevan R, National Campaign Director, SCC and the Principal and students of Shishu Mangal School in East Delhi |
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| Education Dialogue Series at India Habitat Centre
SCC will organize a monthly dialogue on issues pertaining to education with an objective to review the existing programs and ideate on ingenious solutions to provide quality education to children all over India. The dialogue will be in the form of an interactive and informative panel and open floor discussions: presentations by guest speakers, debates on hot issues, viewpoints from key stakeholders and industry leaders and sharing of successful experiences and interventions. The first dialogue is scheduled for Wednesday, 8 July. For information on how you can participate in the program, email Baishali at baishali@ccs.in |
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| Developing New Leaders by Awakening Youth | |
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Delhi Governance Research Internship 2009 In this regard, our 2009 interns had a successful meeting with the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi Smt Sheila Dikshit at her residence on Tuesday, 19 May. Smt Dikshit was very supportive of the program and appreciated the active participation of young college students who are eager and excited to study various Delhi government departments, schemes, and services this summer. The CM offered to hold a workshop, in the Delhi Secretariat to discuss the findings of the interns towards the end of the program. Interactive sessions on relevant subjects which are conducted by professional also form a part of the internship program design. The sessions conducted so far include “Understanding Government Budget” by Mrinalini Sapra, Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Indian Revenue Service, Government of India, “How To Convert A Research Paper Into A Newspaper Article” by noted journalist Mrs Sahnaz Aiyar, “Right To Information” by Amrita Johari, Knowledge and Information Coordinator, Satark Nagrik Sangathan, “Where has all our Money gone?” by Yamini Aiyar, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, and “Who am I?” by Swati Chawla, Consultant, CCS. The research papers this year will be published as chapters in the Delhi Citizen Handbook 2009, which is a joint initiative of CCS and Sahabhagi Campaign of the Times Foundation. |
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CCS Intern Releases Research Paper on 'Kalari Cheese' |
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Campus Pulse Project: Liberal Youth Forum |
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The
School 
SCC
and One World South Asia (
This
year we have a promising and exceptional batch of 
A
press conference was organized on Friday, 5 June at the Delhi Press
Club to officially release the research paper of Jatinder Handoo on
“‘Sustainable Livelihood For Hills – Policy And Institutional Arrangements
For Kalari Cheese In The Hills Of J & K’. The paper suggests innovative
public policy changes to support the market for the delicacy and explores
the possible ways where the government bodies, local producers and sellers
of Kalari can come together to form an organized market for the cheese.
Jatin is a research intern with CCS and a graduate in Master in Public
Policy (MPP), ICFAI School of Public Policy, Hyderabad. 
The
Liberal Youth Forum (LYF)- India, founded by CCS graduates is a movement
of young individuals, informal groups and formal associations collaborating
for a freer India. They launched the Campus Pulse Project, a unique
initiative to groom and facilitate outstanding candidates who possess
the capacity to take up leadership positions across campuses during
a three-day workshop (6-8 June) in Delhi. LYF selected 10 coordinators
and mentors each from all over India through a competitive application
process. The speakers during the workshop included the newly elected
MP and a Young Turk from Rahul Gandhi’s brigade, Ms Meenakshi Natarajan,
CCS President Dr. Parth J Shah, Sourav Sharma from the renowned Josh
group working in North Campus of Delhi University and Prof. Anjana Dev,
Principal, Gargi College. For further information contact Renu at renu@ccs.in. 