Reported by Thehindu.com on June 16, 2012
The Hindu : NATIONAL / ANDHRA PRADESH : New RTI forum to be launched on June 25

The United Forum for Right to Information (RTI) will be starting a new forum called ‘Educators in RTI Service (ERS)' on June 25 according to a press release by the ERS Convenor P.C. Sai Babu.

Prominent RTI activist Sandeep Pandey and IAS officer Jannat Hussain will be participating in this event which will be conducted at Press Club, Basheerbagh, in Hyderabad.

Many lecturers, teachers working in various districts of Andhra Pradesh and vice-chancellors of various universities will be coming together under this forum to spread awareness among the student community on a large scale.

The educators in this forum will be striving to bring back lost glory to the teaching profession and inculcate values and social responsibility in students. The educators will also be required not to be affiliated with any political party and be socially active by involving themselves in all social economic problems and also be aware of all the affairs of the country.

Awareness programme

They will also be responsible for conducting awareness and training programmes and facilitate to start RTI clubs in various educational institutions by the students.