Organization

SWaCH: Solid Waste Collection and Handling, PuneKKPKP: Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat, Pune

KKPKPMembership based trade union of waste

pickers and itinerant waste buyers.Aimed to establish and assert waste

pickers’ contribution to the environment, their status as workers and their crucial role in the Solid Waste Management (SWM) of the city.

mobilizes against the exploitation of waste-pickers – redressing grievances, organizing boycotts against moneylenders, and fighting for compensation in cases of harassment.

SWaCHA wholly owned workers cooperativeProvides door to door collection of

waste in Pune City.Women waste pickers in SWaCH

constitute 78 per cent of SWaCH membership.

Self – sustainable social enterprise of waste pickers aiming to improve their living conditions, along with focus on sustainable solid waste management.

Topic of study: KKPKP RTE Project and SWaCH Plus InitiativeThis is a project undertaken by SWaCH

and its mother organization KKPKP.Educating the Children of the Waste-

PickersImplementation of the 25%

reservation provision of the Maharashtra Right to Education Act by Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP)

SWaCH Plus Initiative – increasing sales of sanitary dispo bags.

Objectives of the RTE StudyCreating awareness about the 25%

reservation provision clause of RTE among the waste pickers and their families.

Check the implementation of the clause by the organization and the schools listed under the 25% reservation provision clause under the Act.

Gain familiarity with notion of Right to Education and the Maharashtra provision of 25% reservation of seats in schools at primary level.

Look into the issues of the waste pickers regarding the Right to Education Act.

Examine whether the rights regime applicable to the waste pickers under relevant legislation is being delivered in the required manner.

Get a reality check to find out the actual situation of the work carried out by the organization in terms of admission of the children and grand - children of the waste pickers.

HypothesisImplementation of the 25% reservation

provision clause under the Maharashtra RTE Act is a thoughtful initiative resulting in successful provision of admission to a significant number of children of the waste pickers into good private schools.

It can also be observed that admissions into the private schools can be a way to change the attitude of the children for the foreseeable future.

Institutions

Insitutions

Government of Maharashtra

Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)

Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC)

Non State Actors

Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat

(KKPKP)

Solid Waste Collection and Handling (SWaCH)

Methodology and data sourcesMethodology: It was mostly a

qualitative study Interviews of different

waste pickers and their families were conducted in order to gather information. Personal interaction with the waste pickers and activists were held. A proper survey has been carried out to prove the hypothesis and beyond

Data Sources:Primary data -

Interview, Personal Interactions with activists, Lawyers, members (waste pickers) of KKPKP and SWaCH.

Secondary data - Organization reports, Legislative Acts, Organization videos and newspaper articles.

Key FindingsComplete Disconnect with the

intended beneficiariesNo standard Manual NormsProblems with access to internetMessages sent in mobiles are in

EnglishHelp Centers open only on

weekdaysNo uniformity in class levelsNo uniformity in age criteria

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