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Introduction to 

Contents:● 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 India’s 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 theireffectiveness in the classroom.

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  If you think you are passionate for making a change and have the rightmind and heart, then, you can apply for the various opportunitiesavailable on our website. You can also make donations to Teach forIndia 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 role-

model, 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 Boothand 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 India’s “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.”