Mantra4Change

Mantra4Change works to improve India's public education system so that government schools keep getting better over time. Its vision is that every child receives an enriching learning experience. The organisation puts education leadership at the centre of its approach.

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It holds that strong head teachers, school leaders and system officials create the conditions for better teaching and learning. It partners with education departments at the national, state and district levels to co-create solutions. It also brings civil society organisations together around school improvement, and it says it has worked across diverse regions of India for over 14 years.

Headquarters: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Major Areas of Work

• Education leadership: Training and mentoring head teachers and school leaders to plan and drive school improvement, build a positive school culture and support teacher development.

• Government system strengthening: Co-creating solutions with bodies such as the State Councils of Educational Research and Training (SCERTs) and District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) to improve system structures, processes and school-level practices, aligned with NEP 2020 and national missions such as NIPUN Bharat.

• School improvement: Designing and testing school-level and cluster-level solutions through workshops, in-school mentoring and handbooks that schools can use to plan and carry out improvement projects.

• Future-ready learning: Working across classroom, school and community environments so that teachers, school leaders and parents help children build skills such as thinking, adapting and collaborating.

• Ecosystem building and policy: Supporting civil society organisations through programmes, shared resources and collective action, and publishing material on India's and global education policy and the systems that deliver education in India.

Major Initiatives and Programmes

• Shikshagraha: A network of partners, including teachers, parents, youth and citizens, that work together to improve public education in India.

• School Improvement programme: Workshops, learning circles and a School Improvement Handbook that help head teachers plan and carry out improvement projects in their schools.

• PACE Program: Run with Punjab's Schools of Eminence, it prepares government school students for the JEE, NEET and CLAT entrance exams, alongside winter camps, summer camps and exposure visits.

• Vidyadeep: A Karnataka programme run with cluster resource persons, built around activities that help students gain confidence and take an active part in their learning.

• STEM Education: STEM learning programmes delivered in government schools.

• Project-Based Learning: A programme that brings project-based teaching and learning into government school classrooms.

Mantra4Change currently works in Karnataka, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Odisha. The states it works in depend on its partnerships with state and local governments.

Mantra4Change suits people who want to work inside the public education system rather than alongside it. Staff work closely with state and district education officials, head teachers and teachers. The work spans programme design, capacity building, school mentoring and policy research, which gives broad exposure to how government education works in India at the district, state and national levels. It is a good fit for people with a background in education, public policy or development who care about systemic, long-term change. The organisation hires for full-time roles, internships and volunteer positions throughout the year.