Teach for India

Teach For India, a nationwide movement whose aim is to bridge the educational disparity in India, announced that it is expanding to Hyderabad with plans to bring 75 fellows in 35 low-income, English medium private and municipal schools of the city. This movement aims to bridge the gap by placing the country’s high potential college graduates and young professionals, of all academic majors and careers, in under-resourced schools to teach full-time for two years.“We are excited to expand our presence in Hyderabad and leverage on the city’s commitment on eliminating education inequity. This growth is in alignment to our vision of creating a movement of outstanding individuals who want to have a firsthand experience of working in low-income schools and communities and further, raising the quality of education.” said Shaheen Mistri, CEO, Teach For India.Teach For India is currently in its third year of operation. From a cohort of 80 fellows who joined the Fellowship in May 2009, it has a total of 385 fellows as of now, who will be teaching 13,500 children, in 130 classrooms, across Mumbai, Pune and Delhi. With expanding its horizons to Hyderabad, Teach For India further plans to spread out to all the nation’s major metros within the next five years.The first application deadline for Teach For India’s 2012 Fellowship program is July 31 2012.For further details log on to www.teachforindia.org.