RTE Awareness Campaign 2025: Taking the Right to Education to Every Doorstep
Between Feb–Mar 2025, APNA ran a statewide RTE campaign across Ranchi, Hazaribagh and nearby rural blocks, holding camps and door-to-door outreach to help families apply for free school seats. Over 100 families received support, strengthening awareness and educational equity.
Between February and March 2025, APNA launched a statewide awareness campaign across Jharkhand under Section 12(1)(c) of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009, reaffirming its commitment to educational equity. The campaign aimed to ensure that families from marginalised backgrounds, including those from EWS, SC, ST, and OBC communities, were informed about their children’s entitlement to free and compulsory education in private unaided schools.
The initiative combined structured outreach with on-ground engagement. APNA teams organised a series of local camps, workshops, and door-to-door sessions, providing one-on-one guidance to parents on eligibility, documentation, and the online application process. Importantly, families were assisted in real time with submitting RTE applications, turning awareness into immediate action.
In Ranchi, two key camps at Doranda exemplified the campaign’s impact. On 16 March 2025, at AG More, Doranda, with support from Councillor Pappu Gaddi, 7–8 families participated, and two applications were successfully submitted. Just two days later, on 18 March 2025, another camp was organised at Mani Tola, Doranda, in collaboration with Ward Councillor Jamila Kathoon, drawing active participation from several families eager to learn about the admission process.
Extending beyond urban centres, APNA’s field teams brought the campaign to rural Hazaribagh. Workshops were held in Katkamdag (15 visitors), Dhengura Panchayat Bhawan (over 50 visitors), and Banha (Nawada) (around 25 families), where trained volunteers set up help desks and assisted parents in filling out online forms.
“We had never used an online system before,” Farhat Afreen, a participant from Dhengura. “The team guided us patiently — now I know how to apply for my son’s admission next year too.”
Local leaders echoed the campaign’s importance. Councillor Jamila Kathoon remarked, “APNA’s efforts bridge a crucial information gap. They ensure that government provisions truly reach the people who need them.” Reflecting on the campaign’s success, Md Ehtesham, APNA’s Field Coordinator, noted,
“Every form submitted is more than a document — it represents a step towards equality. When parents realise that private schools are within their children’s reach, the system begins to change from the ground up.”
By the campaign’s close, the initiative had reached over 100 families across three districts, combining legal literacy, digital assistance, and community mobilisation. The RTE Awareness Campaign 2025 stands as a testament to APNA’s belief that access to education begins with access to information, and that both are matters of justice.
