Participatory Social Audit: A Tool for Social Accountability

Social Audit, a term used as far back as in the 1950s, is a process to ensure transparency and accountability in the system of Governance to promote people’s participation. It is not a fault finding tool but a system to understand, measure and assess the implementation of the schemes and plans to improve the effectiveness of the local governance. It has been used as a process to empower people to question the systems, processes and authorities in order to assert their rights. This course will give an outline of the different approaches to social accountability and will also give relevance to the term ‘accountability from below’ in the present context.

Who can join?

Appreciation courses are targeted at mid-career professionals who wish to upgrade their knowledge base in terms of new learning’s, trends and experiences in the field. These courses are offered in the distance mode which makes it the most practical and viable way of doing so (given the constraints of time and resources).

Special features

	This innovative course is one of its kind which has been offered in a distance mode
	It will consider conceptual understanding of the term social audit and build clarity of the learners on the history of social audit and its types
	The course has been developed by experts who have worked on this issue for a considerable number of years
	The entire course will be offered through distance education, making learning accessible, outside working hours. Distance delivery includes communication through moodle where the learner will be able to download the course material and required readings online. An open forum would also be provided for interaction with the facilitator and the learners
	The design of this course has been so made that the learner is the main focus. By introducing self assessing tools, the learners can evaluate themselves towards the end of the course by attempting a post-self assessment after reading the modules

Course structure

	Module 1 : An Introduction to Social Audit
	Module 2 : Steps of Social Audit
	Module 3 : Social Audit in India
	Module 4 : Emerging Issues in Social Audit

Learning Objectives

On completion of the course the learner would learn

	provisions made in India to promote accountability in public To understand about social audit as a monitoring tool and gain knowledge about the statutory life
	The various steps involved in social auditing of development programmes
	About the various challenges which might come up during the process of social auditing

Course Author

Pandey, Alok (Dr.), Programme Manager, PRIA, New Delhi

Admission procedure

	Eligibility :The minimum qualification is a higher secondary (Class 12) certificate and the medium of instruction is English.
	Mode of delivery : The mode of delivery would be through an online mechanism where the course material and required readings would be uploaded online. An open forum would also be provided for interaction with the facilitator and the learners.
	Duration :This Appreciation Course will run for ten weeks consisting of four modules. It will require a minimum of 16 study-hours..
	Assignment : After the student finishes reading the material, s/he would attempt an objective type evaluation assessment on the concepts covered in the modules.
	Course fee :The course fee is Rs.3000/- (excluding bank charges) for applicants in India, Rs. 4000/- (INR) (excluding bank charges) for South Asian applicants or 100 US$ (excluding bank charges) for applicants outside India. Scholarships are available to applicants from India and South Asia.
	Payment of fee : The fee is to be paid in Demand Draft drawn in favour of "PRIA EDUCATIONAL TRUST", payable at New Delhi. The fee can also be paid through Bank Transfer.
	Application Deadline :The course will be offered for a period of ten weeks and following are the details of next batches.

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