Saman Bachpan Abhiyan
 Saman Bachpan Abhiyan, The Equal Child Hood Rights Campaign, is a people -led movement, in six tribal dominated districts of Southern Rajasthan (Udaipur, Dungarpur, Rajsamand, Banswara, Sirohi and Pratapgarh), committed to ensure equal qualitative educational opportunity for all children – both from privileged and under privileged communities.
The objective of the Campaign is to build a ‘public demand’ in the backward districts of Southern Rajasthan for systemic changes (changes in policy, program and their implementation) in the education sector, for poor and marginalized children ensuring ability to grow to the fullest of potentialities.
The movement has received tremendous support from a cross section of society; from farmers to government officials, from students to professors. IGSSS has adopted the path of tireless campaign to meet its end, net worked with NGO’s and other local institutions and awareness generation and local leadership development.
Highlights of Saman Bachpan Abhiyan – Equal Childhood Rights
- Noticing the good work of the campaign, the District Collector of Dungerpoor, Rajasthan, invited the campaign team to take a lead role on behalf of the civil society to implement the RTE Act in the entire District, particularly to strengthen the SMCs.
- The communities in the intensive area have learnt to raise voices.
- Experimental Education Centres mainstreamed 133 children into government schools who would have otherwise remained non-starters had there not been interventions by the project.
- The Deputy Secretary of School and Sanskrit Education Department (Government of Rajasthan), issued to this effect an order to the commissioner of the Rajasthan Council of Elementary Education dated 9th November, 2010 to address the issues raised by the campaign.
- Total 976 people (787 men and 189 women) from most backward communities interacted with the campaign team and promised to strengthen the campaign in their respective community.
- The consultation, “Muslim Community and Education” had drawn 100 participants from different parts of the State. Teachers, professors and leaders of the Muslim community participated in the consultation along with others, highlighted on different aspects of the plight of education among the Muslims, and brainstormed on the possibilities of how the campaign can work with Muslims in future.
- Continuous engagement with the MLAs of the local constituencies by the conveners pushed Nanalal Ninama, the MLA of Ghatol constituency, Kanta Garasiya of Gadi constituency, Dayaram Parmar of Kherwada constituency and Mangilal Garasiya of Gogunda constituency and the Minister of Education in the current State Cabinet to raise the issue of adequate provision of teachers in the government schools, the state government issued a notification on equal distribution of teachers (Samanikaran Niti) to diminish the discrimination between the urban and the rural areas and implemented it soon as a result of which there has been an improvement in teachers provision to rural areas in project locations.
- The campaign was able to form the people’s apex forum at Southern Rajasthan level, 26 Panchayat level and 07 Block level forums.
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