9th School Choice National Conference” was organized on 12 November 2017 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Theme for this year’s conference was “Direct Benefit Transfers in Education: Policy, Politics, Parents”. Parth J Shah, President, Centre for Civil Society presented his views on ‘Direct benefit Transfers in Education”. Parth presents the Centre for Civil Society’s policy blueprint on the same theme. The objectives of the conference was two-fold: To discuss and debate various dimensions of DBT including ideation, the theory of change, identification of areas of application, implementation and various challenges at each step. To explore DBT as a tool to bring greater transparency, accountability, and efficiency in theeducation system through empowering parents and enabling choice of access to education.