Kotak Education Foundation

This program was launched as a response to the learning disruption that occurred during COVID 19. An assessment survey conducted by the foundation found that 58% of students did not receive any learning support during the pandemic. The foundation built a digital learning infrastructure such as digital classroom and learning management system so that the schools are future ready. It provided digital devices preloaded with curated content and apps to class 10 students and teachers. This program has reached more than 7500 beneficiaries.

The foundation found that the partner schools suffered due to poor infrastructure. This resulted in poor attendance and high dropout rates. Schools must have good infrastructure such as spacious well-lit classrooms, safe drinking water, and clean toilets. The foundation helps schools perform structural audits and come up with a plan to fix the infrastructure. Unsafe school buildings, inadequate sanitation facilities, water supply issues are some of the issues that the foundation addresses. Over a period of four years, this program has benefited 21,000 students.

The senior teachers and heads of the schools are faced with challenges such as upskilling teachers in areas of communication and leadership. The foundation conducts workshops for teachers on themes such as school leadership, governance, and education. It also conducts mentoring sessions specifically designed to support teachers. Till date, the foundation has trained about 150 school leaders from 30 schools.

This is a short-term program for skill development. It is meant for unemployed youth between 18 to 25 years. The foundation trains the candidates to build skills in the hospitality, retail, customer relations, and office administration. They are trained on communication skills and basic computer literacy. The foundation has trained more than 12,500 girls and boys.

A program designed to support students from vernacular schools to learn how to read, write, and understand English. With the vernacular schools shutting down, there is a big shift towards schools where the medium of instruction is English. The foundation conducts in-class and out-of-class activities to make students comfortable with the language. Students go through a three-year programme to build their vocabulary and converse in English confidently. In a span of 12 years, over 38,000 students have benefited from this programme.