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ONE DAY SEMINAR ON RTE<br />

One day seminar on Right to Education Act was held at Arepalayam Government Middle school near<br />

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Sathiamangalam, Erode district. The seminar was held on 16 <strong>July</strong> 2011. Mr.Henri Tiphagne, State Representative<br />

for NCPCR facilitated the program. Mr.Chellapandi, IHRE coordinated the program. The meeting was jointly<br />

organized by NCPCR and IHRE.<br />

NCPCR SR RTE PROGRAMS<br />

NCPCR - RTE Social Audit Program at Kallal and<br />

Kalayarkoil blocks in Sivagangai District was<br />

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conducted on 12 and 13 <strong>July</strong> 2011. Mr. Henri Tiphagne,<br />

Special Representative of RTE in Tamil Nadu of the National<br />

Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and<br />

IHRE Team members organised and participated in the<br />

program. The Government officials from the educational<br />

and other department officials participated in the program.<br />

NCPCR - RTE Social Audit Program at Katpadi,<br />

Anaicut, Gudiyatham, Peranampet, Alangayam blocks<br />

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were conducted on 28 to 30 <strong>July</strong> 2011. Mr. Henri Tiphagne,<br />

Special Representative of RTE in Tamil Nadu of the National<br />

Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and IHRE<br />

Team members organised and participated in the program. The<br />

Government officials from the educational and other department<br />

officials participated in the program.<br />

National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights:<br />

Regional Consultation Meeting<br />

As per the National Commission for Protection Child Rights (NCPCR) recommendation the State Representative<br />

for RTE in Tamilnadu Mr.Henri Tiphagne Executive Director of <strong>People's</strong> Watch conducted regional<br />

consultation meetings for Nagapattinam, Tanjore, Thiruvarur, Hosur ,Cuddalore, Erode and Trichy Districts.<br />

This is the first time where the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights had appointed a Nongovernmental<br />

organisation as a Special Representative.<br />

Since our main responsibility is to monitor the functioning of the RTE with particular reference to violence<br />

against children in schools, we gathered the civil society and particularly those who are engaged in the<br />

protection and promotion of the rights of the child in monitoring RTE 2009 in Tamil Nadu. Members of<br />

various organisations came forward and took the responsibility for monitoring the RTE Act in their nearby<br />

schools and they have also promised among themselves that they will elect representatives among them who<br />

will act accordingly. Some of the organisations joined hands with other such organisations to carry out the<br />

<strong>People's</strong> Watch

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