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The Joseph P Overton Fellowship for Education Policy

The Joseph P. Overton Fellowship is a year long program that provides a dynamic platform to track developments within the education sector in India. Working independently at the state level, Overton Fellows will focus their research and analyses on the implementation of the Right to Education Act in each of the 29 states across the country. The Fellowship program is aimed at motivated young individuals with an interest in policy and advocacy. The Fellows will be selected on the basis of their academic achievements, leadership skills and expressed motivation to work in the policy sphere.

The Overton Fellowship will be administered by Centre for Civil Societys School

Choice

Campaign

in

an

attempt

to

facilitate

a

comprehensive

understanding

of

The

Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2010. With state governments racing to finalise their rules, discourses around access and quality in education remain highly dynamic and the need to highlight best practices and throw light on implementation of Right to Education (RTE) at the state level is imperative. Centre for Civil Society calls for Fellows from across India to spearhead this initiative that would track state wise developments with regards to RTE.

The Fellows will play a key role in expanding CCSs network in the state they are allocated and assist the School Choice Campaign to fulfil its goals of advocacy relating to RTE. The activities of an Overton Fellow will include, but are not limited to, the following:

Gather state specific news stories and upload them to the RTE portal once a week as well as identify the top story of every week

Manage a personal column to which they will update a 500 word commentary every month

Conduct an interview with an opinion maker in the field of education every month

Identify emerging trends in the RTE discourse in their state

Maintain

a

photographic

journal

of

budget

private

schools

and

government schools in their state Interview parents of (primary school) students with a focus on school

choice

QUALIFICATIONS Be currently enrolled in an MA/MSc Program or have recently

completed an MA/MSc in Social Science, Economics, Politics, Humanities or other related fields. Undergraduates with relevant work experience may apply.

Demonstrated

interest

in

public

policy

Willingness to work on education and RTE

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Demonstrated experience in network building. Strong communication skills Self starter Knowledge of regional language is a must Leadership position on campus is preferred, but not mandatory

BENEFITS

Fellows will receive rigorous monthly online training by CCS staff on researching, writing, editing and presentation reports

Fellows will participate in webinars mentored by experts Fellows will receive a monthly stipend of Rs 1000 and a letter of

recommendation with a grade for their performance at the end of the year

Candidates who feel qualified based on the description above can send their cover letter and resume to schoolchoice@ccs.in . Please send your applications on or before 30 June 2011

ABOUT US: Centre for Civil Society is an independent public policy think tank based in New Delhi conducting research, advocacy and outreach programs on critical public policy issues that affect India. CCS offers challenging opportunities in a unique, high energy and vibrant work environment to interested individuals who wish to be tomorrows change makers. For more information about CCS, click here .

ABOUT SCHOOL CHOICE CAMPAIGN : CCS's flagship project, the School Choice Campaign (SCC) was launched in 2007 and is a campaign to bring about the much needed reforms in the system of school education in India today using the three pronged approach of Education Vouchers, Regulatory Reforms and Encouraging Edupreneurs. To know more about SCC, click here .

ABOUT JOSEPH P. OVERTON : The late Joseph Overton was senior vice president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Michigan USA at the time of his passing in 2003. Overton was an ardent

advocate of School Choice and was a close friend of CCS. Through this work, Joe evolved his model of public policy change which has been now posthumously named the "Overton Window". For more information on Overton, click here .