Ten government schools have been selected in the first phase
Hyderabad: K. Jyothy, a techie who left her job at Deloitte to take care of her two small children, had a strong desire to give something back to society and found teaching underprivileged children the avenue.
“I am a B.Tech graduate. I left my job in Deloitte to take care of my two small children. But I had a strong desire to give something back to the society by spending some hours every week. Then I came to know about the Teach for Change initiative, which was being launched on a pilot basis to help poor students in government schools learn English skills. I selected a government school in Bowenpally since it is near my residence. I spent few hours every week training children. I took classes for Class IV and Class V students. These students could not read or write even simple words or sentences. I trained these students and now I can proudly say that they are perfect in reading and writing sentences. Given a chance, these poor students can outperform students in private schools and are in no way inferior to them. What they need is proper training. The fact that these students learnt English because of me gives me immense satisfaction,” said Ms Jyothy.
She was sharing her experience with fellow volunteers who came to take part in this endeavor for the betterment of society at the formal launch of “Teach for Change” initiative here on Monday.
Actor-producer Lakshmi Manchu, who is the Goodwill Ambassador for Teach for Change, launched the initiative along with Shilpa Reddy. Teach for Change CEO M.R.S.K. Chaitanya said anyone with a desire to give something back to the society could become part of this initiative.
“There are no formal educational qualifications needed as such for volunteers to be part of this initiative. We encourage homemakers, professionals, students or anyone with a passion to make a difference to apply. It operates under three categories, full-time, weekends and four hours a week,” he said.
Ten government schools in Bowenpally, Haskampet, Kukatpally, Jubilee Hills, Ameerpet, Yousufguda, Hitec City, Banjara Hills, Secunderabad and Madhapur have been selected in the first phase and the programme will begin from June 2014 in the new academic year.
Interested volunteers can apply on the website www.teachforchange.in. Once selected, the volunteers will be trained for over two weeks and they will then start teaching at a school near their residence. Interested donors can also contribute funds for the initiative, the details of which are available on the website.
