Deadline: 15 July 2020
The Bhumi Fellowship is a two-year, paid, full-time fellowship for young graduates to work on whole school transformation.
The Bhumi Fellowship is a full-time paid two-year program designed to develop educational changemakers to lead the next movement in the public education system. Centred around the holistic development of children, the Bhumi fellowship will help you build an ecosystem within the school, to enable school leaders and teachers to equip students with the knowledge, adaptability, and resilience to thrive.
Focus Areas
Over two-years, your primary focus will be:
- Identifying problems faced by the school or the community and design a robust and sustainable solution
- Supporting teachers with innovative teaching methods and building a forum for idea exchange and proof of value
- Working actively on improving student learning outcomes by teaching for a minimum of 12-15 hours every week
- Improving the leadership skills of school leaders/headmasters
Benefits
- After the two-year fellowship, you will have the opportunity to:
- lead a cluster of 3 to 5 schools
- transform the education ecosystem in your community
- In the process, you will:
- Understand the educational ecosystem and facilitate change.
- Develop leadership abilities, perseverance, entrepreneurial acumen, and strategic thinking amongst others.
- Collaborate with influential changemakers in the educational space.
- Build a self-sustaining system of change
Award Information
You will receive a monthly grant of Rs 18,000 (taxable).
Eligibility Criteria
- Graduates between 20 and 30 years of age
- Past volunteering or work experience in any field
- Passionate about transforming the education system
- Fluency in the Tamil Language
Selection Criteria
- Application Process
- Fill out the application form to give them a sense of who you are and why you want to be a part of the fellowship.
- Telephonic Interview
- After reviewing your application, they may have some additional questions for you. A telephonic interview will help them with the evaluation.
- Personal Interview
- After a successful evaluation, you will have to participate in a group discussion. Following this, an interview will be conducted.
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