Teach For India

Children like 15-year-old Anuj Nirmal are our hope for tomorrow - the hope that one day, every child in our country will be able to nurture a strong dream of his/her own, and will have the opportunities and determination to achieve it.

Venil Ali, Teach For India City Director of Mumbai talks about her journey and her passion for working with kids and how the power of the collective is what it will take to bridge the gap of education inequity in our country.

This is Priyanka Patil's journey from being a shy and timid girl to a 16 year old young woman who speaks her mind freely and has the strength to challenge the status quo. Today she has been accepted to go and study in UWC Adriatic in Italy and is one step closer to achieving her goals.

13-year old Aman displays student leadership ability by conducting learning circles for his classmates to help them reach the age-appropriate academic grade level. Here's how he does it.

Angeline Dias, a 2013 Fellow at Teach For India and now a Manager of 16 Fellows, talks about her journey of applying to the Fellowship and the impact that decision had on her own life as well as the lives of the kids she taught. She talks of her difficulties and how overcoming them changed her beliefs and the mindsets of the parents of her children.

How Jai Mishra a Teach For India Fellow teaching in Shevantabai Dangat Patil PMC School in Pune was inspired by his students to impact more than just his classroom through school management committees that involve all stakeholders affecting the quality of education in the school.

The story of Seema Kamble, who started off as an Akanksha student, did the Teach For India Fellowship and now works with 3.2.1 Education Foundation. Seema's story and her journey display her true commitment towards solving the education crisis in India.

The story of a Teach For India Alumni who decided to stay back beyond the two years of his Fellowship to teach in an under resourced school as a full time teacher. Anoop Parik talks about what motivated him and the key stakeholders involved in making Teach For India's vision of "One day all children will attain an excellent education" a reality.