Association for Parivartan of Nation

District

Ramgarh

Ranchi

Hazaribag

Bokaro

States

Jharkhand

Named after Article 21A of the Constitution, and inspired by principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, is APNA’s Project 21A. This project carries forward APNA’s long-standing work to make the Right to Education (RTE) a lived reality for every child. The project brings law and life together, focusing especially on children from marginalised backgrounds in Jharkhand, those for whom education remains the most powerful route to dignity. Project 21A works at the intersection of law, research, and community awareness to strengthen the enforcement of the RTE Act (2009), particularly Section 12(1)(c), which guarantees 25% reservation for children from disadvantaged groups in private, unaided schools.

Our mission is clear: to ensure that every child not only enters school but also belongs there. Through a combination of legal assistance, awareness campaigns, and capacity building, the project helps families navigate the complex processes of admission, documentation, and grievance redressal. Community volunteers track compliance, support parents in filing RTE applications, and engage local education departments to make the system accountable.

District

Ranchi

Hazaribag

States

Jharkhand

Through micro-targeting vulnerable families from Dalit, Adivasi, and other marginalised communities, the initiative helps families navigate the process of securing key eligibility documents, rights, and entitlements by mapping, conducting door-to-door outreach, and organising local facilitation camps. Much of this work is led by community-based paralegal volunteers: youth and women from within these very settlements who are trained to guide others, coordinate with government departments, and spread awareness about available schemes.

District

Ranchi

States

Jharkhand

Knowledge is often produced about communities, not with them. The Participatory Learning & Practice (PLP) Lab was created to change how communities are left out of conversations and topics that directly impact them. PLP serves as APNA’s research and knowledge wing, being a space where grassroots experience intersects policy, and where community wisdom becomes a tool for dialogue and reform. This initiative is designed to capture the real-life stories, experiences, and creative solutions of community members, development workers, and grassroots groups, and turn this knowledge into valuable resources that shape and improve policies and practices.