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Why Teach For India? How does the Teach For India movement operate? How can you be a part of this movement? How will the Teach For India Fellowship help you? How do we reach out? How does teaching evolve a leader in you? What will be the outcome of the movement?

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WHY TEACH FOR INDIA?

The Present Picture: 4% - of Indian children never go to school.

42% - drop out before they finish primary school. 90% - drop out before entering university.
The achievement gap between the privileged and under-privileged schools is aplenty. This is because of the lack of quality teachers and efficient teaching methods. Thus, the child loses interest and is not able to reach his/her true potential. And the day that all children reach their potential, is the day that India reaches her mark, a step near towards its vision to development.

HOW DOES THE TEACH FOR INDIA MOVEMENT OPERATE?

The Fellowship: Teach For India recruits Indias most promising college graduates and high performing professionals to serve as full-time teachers in low-income schools for two years. Fellows work tirelessly to bridge the immense gaps their children face, putting their students on a fundamentally different life path. Teach For India staff provides training and support to Fellows so that they can employ innovative teaching strategies to maximize their effectiveness in the classroom.

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In the second year of the Fellowship, the Fellows undertake Be the Change project which creates impact beyond the classroom to the school or community towards tackling a challenge which hinders the achievement of their students.

The Alumni Movement: Teach For India Alumni are a powerful and growing leadership force. Informed by their experiences and insights, the alumni movement works from inside and outside the educational system to effect the fundamental, long-term changes necessary to ultimately realize educational opportunity for all. Teach For India Alumni stay connected to each other and to Teach For India, working towards eliminating inequity across every part of India.

HOW YOU CAN BE A PART OF THIS MOVEMENT?

If you are student in your final year or a working professional, then , you can apply for the Teach For India Fellowship. You can also opt to become the face of Teach For India in your college or office by becoming a Campus Ambassador or a Young Professional Ambassador. If you are an HR professional, then you can network with your organization to partner with Teach For India. If you are a college principal/staff of a college, then, you can introduce the Fellowship and the job openings available in Teach For India with your students.

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 If you think you are passionate for making a change and have the right mind and heart, then, you can apply for the various opportunities available on our website. You can also make donations to Teach for India either offline or online. Please check our website for further details.

HOW WILL THE TEACH FOR INDIA FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM HELP YOU?
A Teach For India Fellow is looked upon by the children as a rolemodel, by the society as an agent of change and in his conscience is a more honest and content individual. Teach For India alumni are now spread all over the country and abroad in jobs ranging from consulting to education start ups; and as students in top universities such as Harvard, Cornell, Chicago Booth and Columbia. Teach For India supports its Fellows to pursue their individual career interests by training and mentoring them and striving to build relationships with top schools, universities, NGOs, and corporate throughout the country.

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HOW DO WE REACH OUT?

Teach For India has a wide range of partners who are front runners in educational sector.

Teach For India has already established close ties with HDFC, Godrej Industries, Harvard Business School, IIM Bangalore, ISB, McKinsey & Company, Tata Consultancy Services, Ernst & Young and the Thermax Group, among many others. Teach For India regularly recruits campus ambassadors and young professional ambassadors, for reaching out to colleges and corporate, respectively. We have a distinguished board of directors with leaders from the social, corporate and academic sector namely, Ms. Anu Aga, Mrs. Nita M. Ambani and Ms. Nisa Godrej.

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HOW DOES TEACHING EVOLVE A LEADER IN YOU?

Teach For Indias Teaching As Leadership (TAL) model is based on the belief that excellent teachers employ the same skills as excellent leaders in any field. The TAL model requires teachers to plan purposefully, execute, effectively, work relentlessly and reflect continuously in order to push students to significant academic gains. Through the TAL model, Fellows become leaders who can make significant academic gains in the short run and advocate educational reform in the long run.

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WHAT WILL BE THE OUTCOME OF THE MOVEMENT?

The Teach For India movement started in 2009 with 80 Fellows teaching in 33 schools across Mumbai and Pune. Today, the Teach For India movement is spread across Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai. It has 196 alumni and the Fellows teach approximately 16,000 Children.

In the next Five years, Teach For India aims to impact approximately 60,000 Children with its unique methods and philosophy, and for our alumni to become proof points across sectors of society: examples of excellence that will fundamentally change our idea of what is possible. Teach For India, by bridging the achievement gap will bring to reality the dream that, One day all children will attain an excellent education.

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