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Home > Voucher schemes in India
Voucher schemes in India
DELHI
SCHOOL CHOICE CAMPAIGN PILOT PROJECTS
Progressive state governments have started adopting School Choice idea to devise innovative solutions to specific problem in their states. Various pilot projects have been designed to empower the poor and improve the education system in these states in both quality and infrastructure.
UTTARAKHAND
PAHAL – An Innovative PPP (private public partnership) initiative has been providing education vouchers to children (6-14 yrs) of rag pickers, scavengers, snake charmers, orphans, etc. from the slums of urban deprived areas of the State. The eligibility criteria for selection are that the child should never have enrolled or has been a drop-out for at least a year and that there is no government school/EGS centre (Education Guarantee Scheme) within a kilometer of the habitation.
RAJASTHAN
The government of Rajasthan has announced two schemes that use school vouchers- Gyanodaya for classes 6-12 and Shikshak ka Apna Vidyalaya for classes 1-5.
Gyanodaya Yojana: The yojana is to facilitate opening up of new schools for classes VI to XII under Public Private Partnership on a BOO (Build, Operate & Own) basis. A maximum of 5 such schools will be set up in each district in the first phase. 50% of the seats in these schools will be sponsored by the state government through school vouchers. The scheme has inbuilt monitoring and evaluation mechanisms and gives preference to girl and under privileged children.
Shikshak Ka Apna Vidyalaya: Under this scheme, particular emphasis has been given to the role of trained unemployed teachers. It aims to enhance the access to and quality of primary schools by letting these teachers adopt government run one-teacher primary schools and open new schools in Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the rural and the backward areas of the state. All children living within a 3 km area can access these schools with government sponsored vouchers. Such students will constitute 50% of the school strength.
School Choice Campaign conducted a one day interactive workshop on 30 July 2008 for the Rajasthan Education Department on Education Vouchers in the context of the Gyanodaya and Shikshak Ka Apna School schemes. SCC will share its research findings with Rajasthan and offer technical expertise in the implementation of these two new schemes.
UTTAR PRADESH
The government of Uttar Pradesh has decided to provide poor children from standard 1 to 8 the opportunity to study in Convent and Montessori schools. Towards this end, preparations are afoot to provide parents in backward areas of the state with an educational voucher that will cover the cost of their child’s entire schooling like tuition fees, stationary and other related expenses. The private schools will be reimbursed school expenses only if the parents are satisfied with the quality of education their children receive. In the first phase, the project will be implemented only in those areas where the total population is 300 and where there are no primary schools within a kilometre.
MADHYA PRADESH
Paraspar - Under this scheme announced in Bhopal, Jabalpur, Indore and Gwalior, the government proposes government sponsorship for students from economically weaker sections living in slums and other poor unauthorized urban areas to attend private schools already functioning in these localities. This scheme stipulates the transfer of Rs. 3000 to private schools in lieu of per student expenses which is required to cover all fees, books uniforms, conveyance and other ancillary expenses.
