1. WHO ARE WE?
The Bombay Community Public Trust is a long-established Trust which has launched the 'English E.Teach' project. The vision of this project, is to bring the vast population of impoverished children (which is why our content is absolutely FREE) into the main-stream of prosperity, by improving their ability to pursue a higher education, qualify for better job opportunities, & gain more self-confidence through a high quality English education.
2. WHY DO WE DO THIS?
Our prime objective is to empower children from the poor strata of society who attend vernacular-medium schools, to become job-ready, and to be able to qualify for higher studies. Right now the only thing that stops many of them is their inability to communicate in English which is a requirement for many jobs and colleges/ universities.
The secondary objective of this initiative is to save the existing & vast infra-structure and teaching staff of vernacular schools from being annihilated, and to align them with best practices followed by other non-English speaking countries (Germany, Japan, Holland etc), which teach all subjects in the mother-tongue in primary schools, while simultaneously teaching English as a separate stand-alone subject -- thus laying a strong foundation and understanding in each subject.
3. WHAT EXACTLY DO WE DO?
We provide DVDs (FREE) which teach the existing English syllabus (page-by-page) prescribed by the government of Maharashtra , using the existing Teachers, in existing free / low-fee schools, to existing students, during the existing English class period.
Standardised teaching is achieved through the use of simple and low-cost technology (DVDs displayed on a TV + DVD-player/pen-drive which the Teacher operates with a ‘remote’). The DVDs are custom-made to teach the prescribed Maharashtra Govt English syllabus, page by page -- to help the Teachers to understand and teach words & phrases, & to simultaneously explain these to the children through animations which hold their rapt attention.
4. HOW FAR HAVE WE COME?
Teaching material has been distributed (free) to over 1500 govt and private vernacular schools, and we are estimated to have reached over 140,000 students of the 1st to 3rd standards in Maharashtra.
From the Academic Year starting July 2016, we have extended to also teach the 4th standard students.
5. WHERE DO WE WISH TO GO NOW?
We aim to halt, and reverse, the current trend of destruction of vernacular primary schools system; to restore the pride and confidence of the primary vernacular-school Teachers; and to reach out to more and more Schools in Maharashtra so as make a meaningful impact on the lives of the most impoverished families.
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