2. KKPKP
Membership 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.
3. SWaCH
A wholly owned workers cooperative
Provides 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.
4. Topic of study: KKPKP RTE
Project and SWaCH Plus
Initiative This is a project undertaken by
SWaCH and its mother organization
KKPKP.
Educating the Children of the Waste-
Pickers
Implementation 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.
5. Objectives of the RTE Study
Creating 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.
6. 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.
7. Hypothesis
Implementation 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.
8. 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)
9. Methodology and data
sources
Methodology:
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.
10. Key Findings
Complete Disconnect with the
intended beneficiaries
No standard Manual Norms
Problems with access to internet
Messages sent in mobiles are in
English
Help Centers open only on weekdays
No uniformity in class levels
No uniformity in age criteria
