Education

Education

The Centre for Education and Technology, IT for Change, seeks to build participatory models that strengthen teacher agency, school autonomy, adolescent education and community participation, in partnership with public education systems. Our field projects systemically integrate digital technologies for connecting, creating and collaborating at school, district and state levels. Our research includes digital intelligence, collaborative OER models, communities of practice and free and open technologies.

Our research and practice inputs to national and state curriculum programs, and the courses we offer with academic institutions. In our advocacy with government institutions and civil society, we critique dominant models that privatize education through outsourcing, or centralize control with bureaucracies and vendors, and argue the necessity and possibilities for empowering choices of digital technologies in education.

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IT for Change conducted a study on the "Little KITEs" program, implemented by Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE), across 2,174 high schools in Kerala. Our study report highlights how the program equips students with learning that goes beyond technological literacy and skills…

English in India is a passport to socio-economic mobility. English, however, is not taught successfully, except in a few elite schools inaccessible to most students, who rely on the public (government) school system instead. This project has implemented an AI-driven software to support English…

The Regional Institute of English, South India (RIESI) and IT for Change (ITfC) have been collaborating since 2018 on several projects related to integration of digital technologies into English Language Teaching (ELT). In 2023-24, ITfC conducted sessions on ‘Krashens’ Hypotheses on Second Language…

IT for Change initiated the Technology Integration for Equitable Education (TIEE) program to support inclusive learning for students in higher primary schools (HPS) in the Bengaluru South district. The project focused on…

Pre-service Teacher Education Pre-service teacher preparation programs are crucial for shaping future teachers' beliefs, practices, and commitment, acting as their gateway into the teaching community. These programs confirm, extend, challenge, and reform their ideas about teaching. Each aspiring…
Designed as part of the adolescent girl empowerment programme - Hosa Hejje Hosa Dishe (New Step in New Direction), Kishori Clubs are safe spaces for adolescent girls embedded within schools in Mysuru and Kalaburagi districts. These clubs are facilitated by female teachers and mediated by audio-…

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Government High School teachers share experiences from the Bengaluru South 3 Block 'Community of Learning'

 

Government High School teachers share experiences from the Bengaluru South 3 Block 'Community of Learning'