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and elective courses. This course will be in
compliance with all relevant norms and policies
including those outlined by the RtE Act and the
National Council for Teacher Education. The newly
educated teachers, trained in imparting child-centric
learning, would be formally placed in government
schools where Muktangan will support them with
teaching inputs on an on-going basis.
The programme will reach out to 2,100 children
across seven Muktangan schools in Mumbai.
2. Sustainable Livelihoods
Rural Self Employment Training Institute,
Rajasthan
Over the past year, ICICI Foundation has
strengthened and re-aligned its strategy at the
two Rural Self Employment Training Institutes
(RSETI) being managed by the Foundation at
Udaipur and Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
The training courses have been designed to
suit the requirements and demands of the local
population. The Foundation assessed the needs of
the local population and potential job opportunities
in the area and based on these findings, training
modules have been created. Modules include:
masonry, bag-making, cattle rearing, beautician
training, mobile phone repairing, tailoring and soft
toy making amongst others.
Training alone is not enough to create a sustainable
impact. Keeping this in mind, ICICI Foundation
has facilitated job placement by building industry
linkages, creating support structures for candidates
starting their own ventures and conducting regular
follow-up of its alumni.
The new English textbooks for classes VI, VII and VIII, developed under the School and Teacher Education Reform programme
will be taught to children in government schools in Rajasthan, from this academic year (2012-13).
(ii) English Relay Programme, Assam
Recognising the increasing value of English
language proficiency for both personal and
professional development, ICICI Foundation
launched the English Relay Programme, in
partnership with Axom Sarba Siksha Abhijan
Mission (Assam SSA), with Infrastructure
Leasing & Financial Services Limited – Education
& Technology Services (IL&FS-ETS) as its
implementation partner.
Launched in July 2011, the programme has been
customised to address the needs of teachers and
students with a focus on two critical gaps: lack of
adequate teacher training in English language and
lack of good quality English language teaching-
learning materials.
During the year, ICICI Foundation held training
workshops in Guwahati, Assam for teachers from
100 government-run elementary schools. The
training workshop included topics such as basic
communication skills, classroom management
techniques and training in English teaching
materials and pedagogy. An English Relay Kit,
a teaching tool, was developed and distributed
to participating teachers for imparting the
programme in their respective schools.
The programme targets to ultimately impact
14,000 students in Classes I to V.
(iii) Muktangan, Mumbai
ICICI Foundation supports Mumbai-based
Muktangan’s three-year-long professional teacher
education initiative. The initiative consists of a one
year foundation course including an internship
followed by two years of school-based residency