A student of Delhi University, Raghavendra Parpanna, wanted to study the role of decentralisation in decision making about primary education. He asked some questions to the villagers. These questions are given below. If you were among those villagers, what answer would you give to each of these questions? A meeting of the Gram Sabha is to be called to discuss what steps should be taken to ensure that every child of the village goes to the school. a. How would you decide the suitable day for the meeting? Think who would be able to attend / not attend the meeting because of your choice. (i) A day specified by the BDO or the collector (ii) Day of the village haat (iii) Sunday (iv) Naag panchami / sankranti b. What is a suitable venue for the meeting? Why? (i) Venue suggested by the circular of the district collector. (ii) Religious place in the village. (iii) Dalit Mohalla. (iv) Upper caste Tola (v) Village school c. In the Gram Sabha meeting firstly a circular sent by the district collector was read. It suggested what steps should be taken to organise an education rally and what should be its route. The meeting did not discuss about the children who never come to school or about girls’ education, or the condition of the school building and the timing of the school. No women teacher attended the meeting as it was held on Sunday. What do you think about these proceedings as an instance of people’s participation? d. Imagine your class as the Gram Sabha. Discuss the agenda of the meeting and suggest some steps to realise the goal.
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After reviewing the situation I can conclude that (a) Sunday is good for the meeting as it will be feasible for all the villages to attend it.
(b) A village school can be a good place for a meeting.
(c) In the gram sabha meeting, it should make compulsory for all the villagers to attend the meeting. attendance should be made compulsory too.
(d) It is important for every child to attend school and for that there are some steps that we should in mind.
1) Parents should take responsibility.
2) Everyone should be aware of the importance of it.
3) Free books and other things like this should be given to them for a good start.
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