1. A Volunteer network model to
enhance the quality of primary
education in India.
Team Details
Roshan Kedar (Co-ordinator)
Dhanashri Pawar
Shital Pawar
Vasudha Ratawal
Sachin B

2. 58% of children do not complete
primary education in India.
HIGH
• Increase in student
attendance after Sarva
Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).
• Substantial increase in
educational investment
under SSA.
LOW
• Teacher to Student ratio is
1:80. highly far from ideal
1:30.
• 10 crore children are two
or more years below their
grade level.
• 53.2% standard 5 student
could not read text from
standard 2.

3. Reasons
1. Lack of application oriented teaching in schools (report of
PISA).
2. Lack of School Management Committees (RTE norm) in
many schools.
3. Even if SMCs are formed parents members and teachers
remain unaware of the responsibilities.
4. Over 99 percent of the 7.95 lakh teachers who appeared for
the latest Central Teacher Eligibility Test, a benchmark for
teacher eligibility, failed to clear the exam.
5. Teachers absence rates nearly 25%.
6. 36% of all sanctioned posts of teachers in country lying
vacant (more than 6.5 lac in number)
7. 12% of teacher’s time is spent in not-teaching activities.

4. Promising Facts
• NGOs working for the betterment of primary education use
method of Activity Based Learning (ABL) to improve the
understanding for students.
• More than 35,000 NGOs are working for education and
literacy in India, around 10,000 from which more inclined
towards primary education.
• Organizations like Vigyan Ashram, Akshar Nandan,
Grammangal and individual like Arvind Gupta and Krishna
Kumar have given better teaching model than traditional
ones.
• Organizations like VolunteeringIndia have placed more than
3000 skilled foreign volunteers in India in different schools
and orphanages.

5. We will build a network of trained
volunteers working with educational
NGOs in nation.
• A network of volunteers trained by selected NGOs will be
created.
• A central authority consisting of official from ministry of
education and members of some profound NGOs will decide
the yearly plan for the whole network.
• Volunteers will train the teachers of the assigned schools for
academic subjects.
• Resources will be provided to all the schools under the
network for interactive learning (ex. Telescope to teach the
geography).

6. Network Model
• Central Authority :
Ministry of Human Resource Development +
members of Profound NGOs.
• Schools Management Committees
Headmasters + selected Parents members +
coordinator (from selected NGOs)
• Volunteers
Trained members of selected NGOs

7. Working Model
• Central Body will assign the Coordinators to
the schools.
• Coordinators with help of HMs will design
course schedules for schools.
• Volunteers will be appointed and managed by
coordinators.
• Volunteers will train teachers and teach
students.

9. Impact
Volunteers
Volunteers will get
chance to work on the
important issues.
Teachers
Quality of teaching
will increase to
great extent.
Students
The most important stakeholder
here will be student. He/she will
get benefit of quality education.

10. Challenges
• RTE norms must be followed to achieve the
goal.
• SMCs strictly required in each school.
• Volunteers must maintain consistency.
• Volunteer coordination is important.

11. References
• http://ngo.india.gov.in/ngo_sector_ngo.php
• http://forbesindia.com/article/briefing/primar
y-education-in-india-needs-a-fix/35287/1
• http://www.ideasforindia.in/article.aspx?articl
e_id=119
• http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1712602/rep
ort-95pct-schools-don-t-comply-with-rte-
guidelines-study