2. Problem We Address
India needs about 7 million GOOD teachers to teach about
180 million school children
3. India has about 5 million
school teachers
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Out of 5 million, only a
fraction is GOOD
(<10% or 0.5 million by
unqualified guesstimates)
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4. There is no way to fill this
gap EARNESTLY &
EFFECTIVELY in short to
medium term
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Solutions, which are based
on availability of required
number of good teachers
CAN'T, serve the huge
national need now
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5. Solutions, which try to
SUBSTITUTE teacher or
make learning INDEPENDENT
of teacher have not been
effective
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10. We Thought
What if we break down this
GOOD teacher?
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What if the GOOD teacher is
not a PERSON but a
PROCESS?
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What if it is a process with
well-integrated ELEMENTS?
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11. What might these elements?
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What if the PERSON is one
of these elements?
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Can these elements be
created & integrated in a
seamless process to produce
the desired OUTCOMES?
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12. Then, We Asked
What makes a GOOD teacher?
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We found FIVE defining
characteristics of a good
teacher (not surprisingly,
knowledge is necessary but not
a sufficient condition for one to
be a good teacher)
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13. A good teacher ENRICHES and adds to the content (hence the best of books cant replace a good
teacher)
His delivery is completely student-centric. He FOCUSES on individual students and
their specific learning needs
He engages the students and develops interest in the subject area by
CONTEXTUALIZING it as per student needs and situations
He ENCOURAGES dialogue and joint exploration of ideas
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He is available and EAGER to solve problems and clear doubts
14. And, We Saw
That it is indeed possible to
make this GOOD TEACHER
a PROCESS with the
‘PERSON’ being one of the
integral ELEMENTS
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