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Mantra Social Services

Delivers quality education in under-resourced schools

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  • 80G
  • 12A
  • CSR-1
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About

  • Headquarters

    Bangalore, Karnataka

  • Since

    2013

Mantra4Change aims to tackle the lack of delivery of quality education in under-resourced schools. It considers an ineffective school environment, ine Read moreffective teaching-learning process and unsupportive community environment as the major cause of the above problem. It runs a school transformation and empowerment project, also known as STEP, under which it tries to create a learning atmosphere in under-resourced schools. The organisation focuses on developing the delivery power of teachers so that students can learn more from them. Parents and other community members are also involved in the process so that the learning atmosphere is present in homes as well as outside. It has also partnered with NGOs, universities and foundations to speed up the process.


Issue

Traditional approaches to teaching are becoming outdated and inefficient which leads to children in the public education space lagging behind in the quality of learning and experience.


Action

Motivating leaders in education to build a multi-dimensional, sustainable, high quality learning experience for millions of children across India.

Demographies Served

Cause Area

Sector

Sub Sector

Impact

It has impacted the space of education through various programmes as below: STEP in schools and clusters: 3000 plus schools 700 plus school leaders 6000 plus teachers STEP in districts and states 1,50,000 plus education leaders 5 States 2,00,000 plus schools impacted CoLab 30 solutions designed 20 partners engaged 10 solutions piloted EduMentum 20 States 19,800 plus students engaged 41 organizations

Vision & Mission

Vision: Every child receives an enriching learning experience.​
Mission: Enabling education leaders to drive sustainable and continuous improvements across 1,50,000 schools by 2025

Donor History

Advaith Foundation,Kumari Shibulal JT
Zerodha Broking Ltd
Wells Fargo International Solutions private Limited
Micro Focus Software India Private Limited
United Way of Delhi

Programs

  • STEP - Schools and Clusters

    Facilitates the coming together of all stakeholders in the education eco-system including academic leaders, school heads, teachers, and the community at large, to work together and improve the learning experience for children in public schools.

  • EduMentum

    District

    State

    Is Mantra4Change’s initiative to support non-profits in the space of education. It focuses on developing young social entrepreneurs to come up with relevant solutions to transform the educational space.

  • STEP - Districts and States

    Enables co-creating programmes with the key stakeholders to lead school improvement, developing leadership capacity, reimagining state structures and processes, partnering with district and state departments like the Department of Education, State Council of Education, Research and Training (SCERT) and district institutes such as District Institute of Education and Training (DIETs).

  • CoLab

    Looks at research outcomes, the education professional’s experience and the practitioner's experience to ascertain what is important in the education sector and what would actually work.

  • Bihar Step In State Program

    "We signed a 3 year MoU with Bihar Education Department. We are working closely with the Project Management Unit(PMU) set up by department to achieve the goals of foundational Literacy & Numeracy Mission called National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding. (NIPUN Bihar) and towards effective implementation of NEP 2020 goals with a focus on following 2 interventions 1. Head teacher(HTs) leadership development program through Micro-Improvement projects leveraging technology 2. Strengthening District Institution of Education & Training(DIETs) and Other Instructional leaders to provide coaching & mentoring to teachers/HTs".

  • School Transformation And Empowerment Project (Step)

    State

    Working with education leaders specially cluster and school leaders, also with teachers to drive school level improvements across the block.

  • School Trasformation And Empowerment Project (Step District)/ District Education Trasfomation Program (Detp)

    State

    Working with education leaders, especially school and cluster leaders to drive school level improvements across the district

  • Bihar Step in State Program

    "We signed a 3 year MoU with Bihar Education Department. We are working closely with the Project Management Unit(PMU) set up by department to achieve the goals of foundational Literacy & Numeracy Mission called National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding. (NIPUN Bihar) and towards effective implementation of NEP 2020 goals with a focus on following 2 interventions 1. Head teacher(HTs) leadership development program through Micro-Improvement projects leveraging technology 2. Strengthening District Institution of Education & Training(DIETs) and Other Instructional leaders to provide coaching & mentoring to teachers/HTs".

  • School Transformation and Empowerment Project (Step)

    State

    Working with education leaders specially cluster and school leaders, also with teachers to drive school level improvements across the block.

  • School Trasformation and Empowerment Project (Step District)/ District Education Trasfomation Program (Detp)

    State

    Working with education leaders, especially school and cluster leaders to drive school level improvements across the district

Impact Metrics

  • Learning for Children From Rural and Tribal Areas

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2017-18 25000
    • 2019-20 5000000
    • 2020-21 100000

  • Development of Education Leaders

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2017-18 600
    • 2019-20 300000
    • 2020-21 150000

  • % of Schools Which Are Practicing Activity Based Learning

    Year-wise Metrics

  • % of Cluster Resource Person Doing Classroom Observation and Coaching Teachers and Sl in Classroom Practices

    Year-wise Metrics

  • % of Functional Cluster Resource Centres

    Year-wise Metrics

  • No of Improvement Projects Done by School Leaders/Teachers

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2021-22 100000

  • Number of Improvement Projects/Initatives Done by Diets/Teis

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2021-22 138

  • % of Cluster Leaders Who Provide Coaching and Mentoring Support to Teachers Through Classroom Room Observations and Feedbacks

    Year-wise Metrics

  • % of Cluster Leaders Reviving Cluster Centres for Meetings and Capacity Building of Teachers and Head Teachers

    Year-wise Metrics

  • % of Head Teachers Implement at Least One Improvement Project in the School

    Year-wise Metrics

  • %Age of Schools Which Are Practicing Activity Based Learning

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 5000
    • 2020-21 8000
    • 2021-22 9900

  • %Age of Cluster Resource Person Doing Classroom Observation and Coaching Teachers and Sl in Classroom Practices

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 31
    • 2020-21 69
    • 2021-22 100

  • %Age of Functional Cluster Resource Centres

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 30
    • 2020-21 2200
    • 2021-22 96

  • No of Improvement Projects Done by School Leaders/Teachers

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2021-22 100000

  • Number of Improvement Projects/Initatives Done by Diets/Teis

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2021-22 138

  • % of Cluster Leaders Who Provide Coaching and Mentoring Support to Teachers Through Classroom Room Observations and Feedbacks

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2020-21 30
    • 2021-22 70

  • %Age of Cluster Leaders Reviving Cluster Centres for Meetings and Capacity Building of Teachers and Head Teachers

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 1
    • 2020-21 2500
    • 2021-22 3500

  • %Age of Head Teachers Implement at Least One Improvement Project in the School

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2020-21 30
    • 2021-22 50

Theory of Change

The organization has a simple ToC of Transforming, Enabling and Inspiring to bring about systemic reform one STEP (School Transformation and Empowerment Program) at a time. We build solutions that address specific challenges and gaps that influence the functioning of schools by providing an array of programs such as teacher support, school leadership development, community engagement through Parent-Teacher Meets, Resource Centre Revivals and setting up Learning Spaces at Home.

Partnering with organizations at district, state, and national levels like State Education Departments, State Council for Education Research and Training (SCERT), District Institutes for Education and Training (DIETs), Block Education Offices, and Resource Centres, we enable co-creation of solutions aimed at improving school-level practices in a holistic manner.

And we nurture the education ecosystem to amplify the focus on school improvement by enabling civil society organizations (through our incubation program - EduMentum) and sharing research and resources (through our research and design lab - CoLab).

Milestones & Track Record

• Within five years of operations, the program has got ready acceptance in over 200 schools across three educational blocks in Bangalore, including government-run and low-fee private schools.
• Mantra was recognized by the Government of Karnataka for the Project of Active Cluster Engagement in 2018.
• In 2019, Mantra signed an MoU with the Punjab State Education Board to transform 19,000 Government-run schools in the state.
• In 2021 MoU signed with Bihar Education Dept, to strengthen capacities of district, block, cluster level education leaders.
• In recognition of the success of the Micromovements Projects (MIPs) in Bihar, in August 2022 the National Body, Department of School Education and Literacy, launched the Vidya Amrit Mahotsav initiative to encourage MIP innovations across 1.5 million schools throughout the country. The initiative enables millions of education leaders to share their innovative pedagogies and inspire peers to engage in MIPs, small steps leading to better schools. http://scert.delhi.gov.in/sites/default/files/circular-vam-final-recovered.pdf
• In 2021 recognised one of the organizations to participate in the N/Core Accelerator program.
• Since 2018, Mantra has been working with the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights to run an assessment-led improvement project in 5500 schools across the state.
• Mantra4Change is supported through funding from esteemed organizations and individuals like Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Shibulal Family Philanthropic Initiative (Advaith Foundation), Wells Fargo, and Tech Mahindra Foundation, among others.
• Mantra4Change is the proud recipient of WIPRO’s seeding fellowship grant – WATIS and have been a part of the first cohort of incubatees under NSRCEL Social, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore.
• The organization has developed associations with esteemed organizations, like the Azim Premji University, ISPF Foundation, BEETF (Bangalore Effective Education Task Force), IIMS (Indian Institute for Montessori Studies), etc.

Donor Testimonial

“Through the Micro Focus INSPIRE programme in India, we are building lasting relationships with our charity partners. Organisations like Mantra Social Services play a tremendous role in building sustainable and inclusive communities, and it is fantastic to partner with them in their journey." testimonial from Pushpanjali Sakia from Micro Focus

Leadership Team

  • Khushboo Awasthi

    Director & Co-Founder

  • Saurabh Singh

    Director -

  • Santosh More

    Co-Founder & CEO

  • Rucha Pande

    COO

  • Revathi P.

    Director - HR/People and Culture

  • Nagendra Sriram Chemuturi

    Director - R&D

Demographics & Structure

  • No. of Employees

    51-100

  • Strength of Governing Body

    4

  • Diversity Metrics

    55% women

M&E

  • Internal, External Assessors

    Yes

Policies

  • Ethics and Transparency Policies

    No

  • Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy

    No

Political & Religious Declarations

  • On Affiliation if any

    No

  • On Deployment Bias if any

    No

Organisation Structure

Organisation Structure

Yes

Awards & Recognitions

Khushboo Kumari, cofounder Mantra4Change was awarded the prestigious Niti Aayog Women Transforming India Award in 2022, and also the 40 under 40 Women Social Entrepreneur Award by the Business World.

Mantra4Change received The Schwab Foundation, Collective Social Innovation Award in recognition of the work in creating the four-member organization collective in 2019, the Punjab Education Collective. This award is a new category, and M4C is the proud first recipient for its achievements in education improvements in Punjab. This collective action with the convergence of Sarkar (government) Samaj (civil society) and Bazaar (markets) enabled Punjab to emerge no 1 in the 2021 National Achievement Survey (NAS) and the 2020 National Performance Index (PGI’20).

Registration Details

  • PAN Card

    AAICM6325K

  • Registration ID

    U85100KA2013NPL068304

  • VO ID / Darpan ID

    KA/2017/0166443

  • 12A

    AAICM6325KE20214

  • 80G

    AAICM6325KF20214

  • FCRA

    094421718

  • CSR Registration Number

    CSR00000796

Location

  • Headquarters

    #733, 17th Cross Road, KR Layout, JP Nagar Phase 6, Bangalore, 560078

    Directions

Other Details

  • Type & Sub Type

    Non-profit
    Section 8 (formerly Section 25)

Website

Financial Details

 Income / Expenses

  • 2018-19

    Income
    Rs.34,312,641
    Expenses
    Rs.25,495,029
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.17,739,453
    Program Expenses
    Rs.7,755,576
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  • 2019-20

    Income
    Rs.74,100,000
    Expenses
    Rs.51,700,000
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.8,272,000
    Program Expenses
    Rs.43,428,000
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  • 2020-21

    Income
    Rs.91,300,000
    Expenses
    Rs.77,200,000
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.11,580,000
    Program Expenses
    Rs.65,620,000
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  • 2021-22

    Income
    Rs.125,000,000
    Expenses
    Rs.136,700,000
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.10,936,000
    Program Expenses
    Rs.125,764,000
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  • 2022-23

    Income
    Rs.172,583,000
    Expenses
    Rs.154,183,000
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.13,876,470
    Program Expenses
    Rs.140,306,530
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Government Partnerships

NCERT, State SCERT (Karnataka, Bihar, Punjab, UP and AP)

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