Child Education

NAME OF THE CENTRE: Centre for Social Development (CSD) (NIRD) TITLE: Evaluation of national child labour projects (NCLPs) (Consultancy) PROJECT LEADER: Suman Chandra, K STARTING DATE : Joly, 2001 DATE OF COMPLETION: March, 2002 NAME OF SPONSORER: V V Giri National Labour Institute, Noida, New Delhi. OBJECTIVES: 1.To prepare a status report on child labour; 2.To examine the functioning of NCLP schools working under NCL Projects; 3.To improve awareness among the child labour working in various industrial units; and 4.To monitor the NCLP and give suggestions to improve the quality and standards. STUDY AREAS: Adilabad, Cuddapah, East Godavari, Nizamabad and Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh KEYWORDS: SOCIOLOGY;CHILD LABOUR;CHILDEDUCATION;NATIONAL CHILD LABOUR PROJECT (NCLP);ADILABAD DISTRICT;CUDDAPAH DISTRICT;EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT;SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT;ANDHRA PRADESH Child Labour NAME OF THE CENTRE: Centre for Social Development (CSD) (NIRD) TITLE: Mainstreaming child labour into rural development programmes (Consultancy) PROJECT LEADER: Prasad, R R PROJECT TEAM: Suman Chandra, K STARTING DATE: August, 2001 DATE OF COMPLETION: July, 2003 NAME OF SPONSORER: International Labour Organisation(ILO) New Delhi. OBJECTIVES: 1. To mainstream issues related to ruralchild labour households into rural development programmes with a view to ensuring that the long-term effects of poverty alleviation programmes on child labour impinge on determinants of absolute poverty, such as the endowment of resource ownership, productivity in using resources and the net earnings realized through the productive use of resources.2. To build up capacity of government officials, training institutions, panchayati raj institutions, rural cooperatives, community based organizations (CBOs), NGOs and self help groups to plan and implement income generating programmes for rural child labour households. Ensure that the increased income of the households result in releasing working children in rural areas from workplace and joining formal schools. STUDY AREAS: All India KEYWORDS: SOCIOLOGY;CHILD LABOUR;SOCIOECONOMICDEVELOPMENT;RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES;INDIA Children NAME OF INSTITUTION: Institute of Development Studies MAILING ADDRESS: 8-B, Jhalana Institutional Area, Jhalana Doongri, Jaipur--302 004. Rajasthan TELEPHONE NO. 0141-515726/517457 FAX: 91-141-515348 E-MAIL ADDRESS: ids@jpl.dot.net.in WEBSITE: www.jdsj.org TITLE: NGOs networking: pevention and eradication malnutrition women and children (Action Research) PROJECT LEADER(S): Rajamshi, Jyotsna STARTING DATE: March,1998 DATE OF COMPLETION: March,2002 NAME OF SPONSORER: UNICEF-J 2, Raj Bhavan Road, JAIPUR. TELEPHONE NO.(S): 225638 PROJECT ABSTRACT: Objectives: 1)To establish a sustainable system of regular advocacy, communication,education, nutrition information strategies and ensuring community participation through social mobilization; 2)Net working among concerned GO functionaries, NGOs, PRIs and Community and 3)To strengthen the NGOs in designing and implementation of the programme aimed at improving the nutritional and health status of women. Methodology: The three tier management and monitoring system has been adopted.PRA technique has been used in making action plans for implementation by NGOs. Study area: Bikaner District, Three Blocks;Bikaneer, Nocha and Kolayat and 66 villages. PLANNED OUTPUT: Book, Report Thesis, Workshop Reports and Working papers. KEYWORDS: HEALTH AND NUTRITION; WOMEN; CHILDREN;VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS;NETWORKS