The document summarizes the findings of a video audit conducted by Video Volunteers across 7 states in India to assess compliance with the Right to Education Act. Video Volunteers trained local community representatives to create videos documenting issues in 166 schools, which found high levels of violations regarding infrastructure requirements like teacher ratios, separate toilets for boys and girls, kitchens to cook mid-day meals, drinking water, and playgrounds/libraries. In some cases, the videos led authorities to resolve the issues highlighted. The document concludes by emphasizing Video Volunteers' role in empowering communities to monitor government and hold authorities accountable for fulfilling people's rights to education.

1. School Video Audit
Right To Education Act Implementation status (2011-2015)
Prepared by
Bhagwan Kesbhat

2. http://www.videovolunteers.org/rte-pass-ya-fail/

3. VIDEO VOLUNTEERS
Identify, train and empower
community representatives who
create change in and for voiceless
communities across India
Using video as a tool, these
representatives identify gaps in
entitlements and services, inform
and educate communities about
entitlements, and advocate with
authorities to bring about change
by addressing the gaps
In 2013-14, one out of every four
reports published by VV’s
Community Correspondents led
to the resolution of the
entitlement violation that was
highlighted
This shows that introducing a
community journalism element
into monitoring has great
potential

4. Outreach
19 states in India
142 districts
174 Community
Correspondents
3000+ videos

5. Impact
450+ videos managed
to solve the problem
they addressed
50,000 people took
action
1,260,827 people
benefitted

6. ASSERTING EVERY PERSON’S RIGHT TO A VOICE

7. Voices of the People

8. PASS YA FAIL? RIGHT TO EDUCATION

9. Pass Ya Fail Aims to
Monitor
implementation
of government
schemes
Hold officials
publicly
accountable
Facilitate
dialogue
between
community and
officials to
resolve issues

10. PASS YA FAIL? RIGHT TO EDUCATION
Video
National
Audit
of 100 Schools
in 100 districts

11. What is RTE Video Audit?
A community led,
community based
attempt to examine and
demand implementation
of RTE Act
Most distinctive part of
audit: apart from stating
problem, it is focused on
bringing about change in
issues identified-
Correspondent meets
with concerned
authority and dialogues
to take action and
resolve the issue

12. What is RTE Audit
By virtue of having a
camera and motivation
to audit what is working
and not in a school,
Correspondent brings
about a sense of vigil
Going beyond figures:
Complements other
reports by providing a
wider, more holistic
understanding of
situation on ground –
capturing nuances of
what a violation
means, or why
violation happened
People who are ‘right
holders’ of RTE Act,
directly involved in
monitoring,
scrutinizing and
ensuring that Act
implemented -not an
outsider who goes in
to ‘study’ what’s
working and not – but
people from
community who claim
their right to evaluate,
point out and work
towards ensuring that
issue is resolved

13. Audit: Goals
To video audit Schools
across the country for
their compliance to
RTE Act
(infrastructure
provisions)
Mobilized community works
towards implementation of
the RTE provision that has
been violated in that school

14. Scope of the audit
7 states
82
districts
166
audited
Schools

15. RTE Audit Status: across India
63
69
29
42
30
49
27
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
No Cases of RTE Provision Violation

16. Others
Education for
children with
disability
Physical
punishment
and mental
harrassment
(presence of)
School
Management
Committee
(absent or
dysfunctional
25%
reservations
in private
schools

17. Others
Admission
being denied to
migrant
children
Corruption J&K
Discrimination
(present)
Neighbourhood
Schools
(absent)

18. RTE Audit Status
Across the states

19. Bihar
Districts:12
No. of
schools
audited: 35
Cases of RTE
violations-
71

20. Bihar
15
17
7
8
3
15
8
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
No. of Violations recorded in Bihar
Teacher student Ratio
Seprate Toilets for girls and
boys
Separate kitchen to cook
MDM
Availability of clean and
safe drinking water
Playground, Library and
Play Material
Building
Other
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21. Jharkhand
Districts: 19
No. of
schools
audited: 41
Cases of RTE
violations-
70

22. Jharkhand
17
13
5
7 7
6
15
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
No. of Violations recorded in Jharkhand
Teacher student Ratio
Seprate Toilets for girls
and boys
Separate kitchen to cook
MDM
Availability of clean and
safe drinking water
Playground, Library and
Play Material
Building
Other

23. Maharashtra
District covered- 5
No of Video- 11
No of cases of RTE
violations- 27

24. Maharashtra
1
7
4
5
3
4
3
0
2
4
6
8
No. of Violations recorded in Maharashtra
Teacher student Ratio
Seprate Toilets for girls and boys
Separate kitchen to cook MDM
Availability of clean and safe drinking water
Playground, Library and Play Material
Building
Other

25. Chattisgarh
District covered-
12
No. of
Video- 22
No of cases
of RTE
violations 33

26. Chattisgarh
11
4
2 2
1
7
6
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
No. of Violations recorded in Chattisgarh
Teacher student Ratio
Seprate Toilets for girls and boys
Separate kitchen to cook MDM
Availability of clean and safe drinking water
Playground, Library and Play Material
Building
Other

27. Madhya Pradesh
District
covered- 10
No. of
Video- 21
No of cases
of RTE
violations 33

28. Madhya Pradesh
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3
7
2
3
5
6 6
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
No. of Violations recorded in MP
Teacher student Ratio Seprate Toilets for girls and boys Separate kitchen to cook MDM
Availability of clean and safe drinking water Playground, Library and Play Material Building
Other

29. Odisha
District
covered- 7
No. of
Video- 13
No of cases
of RTE
violations 25

30. RTE Audit Status: Odisha
4
3 3
6
3
5
1
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
No. of Violations recorded in Odisha
Teacher student Ratio
Seprate Toilets for girls
and boys
Separate kitchen to cook
MDM
Availability of clean and
safe drinking water
Playground, Library and
Play Material
Building
Other
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• Pass Ya Fail Campaign by Video Volunteers

31. Uttar Pradesh
District
covered- 12
No. of
Video- 34
No of cases
of RTE
violations 65

32. Uttar Pradesh
16 16
5
9
6
8
5
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
No. of Violations recorded in UP
Teacher student Ratio
Seprate Toilets for girls
and boys
Separate kitchen to cook
MDM
Availability of clean and
safe drinking water
Playground, Library and
Play Material
Building
Other

33. Rest of India
District
covered- 4
No. of
Video- 6
No of cases
of RTE
violations 20

34. RTE Audit Status: ROI
1
5
2
6
2 2 2
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
No. of Violations recorded in RoI
Teacher student Ratio
Seprate Toilets for girls and boys
Separate kitchen to cook MDM
Availability of clean and safe drinking
water
Playground, Library and Play Material
Building
Other

35. Impact: RTE provision
4
2 2
1
2
4
1
2
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
Provision-wise- Impacts
Teacher student Ratio
Seprate Toilets for girls and boys
Availability of clean and safe drinking water
Discrimination
Neighbourhood Schools
Building
Corruption
Education for migrant children

36. Cases where VV stopped violation
4 4
6
1 1 1 1
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
No. of Impacts- Cases where VV videos stopped the violation
Bihar
Chattisgarh
Jharkhand
UP
Maharashtra
MP
Odisha
ROI

37. Video
Volunteers
empowers
communitie
s to hold
authorities
accountabl
e and
monitor
whether
governmen
t is fulfilling
people’s
rights.

38. What VV can contribute to RTE
Production of
RTE violation
documentaries,
short films
Community Screening
Local Advocacy

39. Expectations from Govt & CSO
Readiness and open to monitor and
Integrate video in Education
departments monitoring mechanism
Provide cases of Violation
Support in Micro Impact

40. MEDIA
COLLABORATIONS
Jharkhand
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
Madhya Pradesh
Chhattisgarh
Odisha
Maharashtra

41. MEDIA
COLLABATIONS