India's children are going to school but not learning
70% of India's children are learning in Government schools, but 50% of them leave Grade 5, not even being able to read Grade 2 text.
Children are emerging from an education system that is failing them at the very foundation, leaving them unprepared to shape their and India's future.
TEACHERS ARE THE KEY-LEVERS TO CHANGE THIS
SEF equips teachers with the skills and mindsets needed to prepare children for the future.
India is building many forward-looking national and State policies that set an aspirational vision for India’s children, hoping to prepare them for future-ready skills.
While Government institutions like the State Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT) departments are doing their best to help these teachers implement these policies, thousands of current and future teachers in the state government system are looking for better support. Teachers often struggle to receive the right kind of training, ongoing and personalised support to attend to children’s needs and struggles
Therefore, we partner closely with teachers, coaches, and governments to strengthen the core of education, right from state-level training to classrooms.
Our goal is to build high-quality teacher support systems at scale, in a highly collaborative and sustainable manner.
WHY FOCUS ON INCREASING THE STANDARD OF TEACHING IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS?
According to a report by McKinsey (2007, September) - How the world’s best-performing schools come out on top – Children with effective teachers perform 2x better. They are the single most important lever.
To unlock India’s future, we must first invest in our teachers.
HOW WE’RE ENABLING GOVERNMENTS & TEACHERS
We partner with State Governments to design relevant teacher training and capacity-building programs
We design state-wide modules and one-on-one coaching programmes that help teachers lead with confidence and bring innovative strategies into their classrooms. Our solutions, tested in government schools, empower teachers to strengthen foundational learning, classroom engagement, and life skills.
By partnering with governments, we build lasting capacity through strong systems and smart digital tools that drive data-informed decisions and effective execution, ensuring teachers and children are continuously supported
STATES WE WORK IN
Delhi, Uttarakhand
& Punjab
NO. OF TEACHERS IMPACTED
1.5 Lakh +
NO. OF STUDENTS REACHED
40 Lakh +
Preparing Future Teachers with the right tools & knowledge
We have a dedicated team working in partnership with state and local government institutions to collaboratively restructure the diploma programs. We are working to ensure the curriculum in these institutions are able to equip future teachers with the right tools, methods and support to transform learning experiences in the classroom. Our goal is to make teaching an exciting and aspirational profession.
2,500+ FUTURE TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE TRAINING
PRACTICAL TRAINING INCREASED FROM 4 WEEKS TO 3 MONTHS
WORKING WITH 30+ TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTES INCLUDING DIET DEPT. (DISTRICT INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING)
Building Sustainable Processes and Tools for Govt. Teams
We believe the only way to drive change at scale is to ensure we develop a model that can self-sustain in the long term. We are actively developing specific capacity-building programs that focus on strengthening the training and coaching teams within departments like the SCERT. Additionally, we are digitising their internal processes, and constructing frameworks that help us reach, measure and maintain the “gold standard” for teaching practices.
LAUNCHED INDIA'S FIRST TEACHER COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DELHI GOVT.
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1500+ GOVT. OFFICIALS TRAINED IN CONDUCTING EFFECTIVE TEACHER TRAININGS
"The trainings give us opportunities to prepare better for the classroom. All my doubts and queries are answered during the trainings and practice session. It is also a great platform to understand the work my colleagues are doing in their classrooms and learn from them. The sessions are fun, light and experiential. We feel confident after our training sessions."
REETA RYAL
COMMUNITY TEACHING FELLOW, UTTARAKHAND
Strengthening Current Teachers State-wide
We collaboratively design and conduct workshops, teaching techniques & tools throughout the year with teachers. The topics are need-based and focus on strengthening targeted aspects of how teachers support their students inside and outside classroom. They range from sharing innovative methods to improve foundational learning and student engagement to how to build stronger partnerships with parents and the communities to ensure students are able to thrive inside and outside school.
1.5 LAKH TEACHERS IMPACTED THROUGH
1500+ ACADEMIC COACHES ACROSS
3 STATES
VOICES FROM OUR PARTNER SCHOOLS WHO HELP US TEST AND EVALUATE OUR SOLUTIONS
“I feel great and supported to have an associate in the classroom. If we co-teach together, then managing the classroom also becomes easy. We get many strategies done in the class, like energizers to bring back the children's attention seem quite nice."
SARIKA CHUGH
MCD PRIMARY SCHOOL, LAJPAT NAGAR
Collaboration with SEF has been an amazing experience for us. It's a value-driven organization and each team member reflects it in their everyday work. Their customized tech-based solution, once implemented well by the government will definitely make a revolutionary shift in the space of quality education/training in India.
LOKESH JOSHI
GOVT. OF PUNJAB
BACKED BY EVIDENCE ON THE GROUND
The strengthening solutions we build at scale are backed by powerful data, evidence, and actual learnings from our work in local schools
PARTNER SCHOOLS WE WORK WITH
7
NO. OF EDUCATORS
30
NO. OF CHILDREN IMPACTED
750+
GRADE 5 CHILDREN WHO CAN READ FLUENTLY
>75%
We have a dedicated Research and Learning team working through the year on improving our programs by running it through a highly immersive research and testing process.
OUR TEAM + PARTNERS
The challenge can be addressed if we bring the right minds together and work in a highly collaborative manner
Over the past 10 years, we have been finding ways to address student learning gaps through innovative teaching methods. We are a highly driven team with over 50 years of cumulative experience in teaching in classrooms and working with government school systems. Our teams are skilled and trained to build long-term, meaningful partnerships with government institutions, teachers, parents, students and communities in the field. We pride ourselves on being highly collaborative.
