Priyanka Chopra supports RTE

Priyanka Chopra (picture copyright Priyanka Chopra)

Hindi movie industry top rung actress and former Miss World Priyanka Chopra has joined the campaign for right of every child in India to go to school.  Priyanka was appointed UNICEF national ambassador earlier this year.

The National award winning actress is lending support to the Awaaz Do campaign, and has voiced her support in a video message encouraging people to sign up on the campaign website. Priyanka said in the video “School was the best time of my life, I loved school. Every time I see kids going to school, it brings back such amazing memories of my own time,"

"Education can change lives. That's why I'm raising my voice for the 8 million children who are out of school... We've tried silence. It's now time to speak up for every child's right to be educated," she added.

The Awaaz Do campaign was launched nationwide in November to increase awareness of low schooling numbers in India. It is a fact that about eight million children in India, aged six to 14, still do not go to school.

Since the launch, more than sixteen thousand Indians have supported the cause, and signed up on the campaign website or by sending an SMS.