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We all crib about the Education System of India. But what have we done about that? Can we really help? The answer is: 'Yes'. Why not start today ? Volunteer for some NGO. Help the people who are already doing the great work. Learn and get experience from them to support the cause. Teach For India (NGO) provides quality education in 56 (approx.) schools in Pune. TFI is operating in 7 cities throughout India - Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Chennai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad. Their model consists of Fellows ( passionate people ) who teach in the schools for two years.
TFI's website gives detail about the crisis and the possible solution for the issue with Education System. I wanted to get involved and hoped my weekends will be more meaningful. I filled the form to volunteer in their website. For quite long, I did not get any reply from them. I was wondering what has happened .
But the time came, and they replied through the mail on July 4. They arranged a volunteer orientation session on the last Saturday. I shared the details among my network within the office. From only 1 person we became 5. We went to the Teach For India office located near Boat Club Road. We were welcomed in their office. There were around 15 people for attending the session. Pooja, a Fellow of TFI, drove the session. We watched a video of one of their Fellow teachings in a class. We were given a presentation which had following points:
- Crisis
- What the TFI model is?
- The umbrella organisation called Teach For All
- What is expected from a Volunteer
- What are the TFI terms and policies
- Question and Answer
The whole session was interactive. There were frequent questions asked by the people. We also got a printed copy of all the TFI terms and policies. They said they will ping us through mail depending upon what we can do and what their Fellows need. All the volunteers were asked to list the ways they can help TFI. Here are some of the ways that a volunteer can help TFI:
- help in the Assessment of students
- helps in teaching
- help in maintaining records and charts
- teach Arts, Dance, and other extra-circular activities
Well, it is not limited. It is up to you and the Fellow that how far you can go! TFI also gives a Volunteer Letter for a minimum 72 hours work. This is just a small step from us. We are eagerly waiting to hear from them.
I hope that this will inspire you. Please comment your views below.
