Teaching and Schooling India

  India

Bangalore

Durations of Program: 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks and 3-6 months
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Dates: 2nd Monday of each month

Description: Teach in India in non-governmental charity schools especially run for some of Bangalore's poorest and underpiviliged children. These schools that not only provide an invaluable education but also provide food, clothing and medical treatment.

Teaching in India will be a rewarding experience that will give you the chance to truly make a difference in this fascinating country.

Highlights: After arriving at Bangalore airport, a driver will be waiting to take you to your accommodation, where your host family will ensure that you settle into your new home. Starting on Saturday evening, our local coordinator will host an induction for all recently arrived volunteers. You will also have an opportunity to tour the city and take in the sights and sounds of your new home. Regular social events are also held, giving you the opportunity to meet other volunteers and local people, including a free weekend trip on your second weekend.

The schools and outreach programmes were founded by philanthropists and are funded by various charities. Funding and support comes from across the world and enables the projects to reach the poorest children in Bangalore's deprived areas. The organisations try to ensure that the parents support their children's education, as a way of helping them to break the poverty cycle and grow up with a brighter future.

The charity schools welcome children from all of India's faiths and between them they are educating more than 1,000 children from deprived areas. The schools are open, spacious and provide a bustling yet peaceful haven for the children - a far cry from their often difficult, disrupted home lives. The schools are relatively well equipped with outdoor play areas, dining rooms, communal halls, outdoor play areas and a variety of music and arts equipment.

In your role as a volunteer you work directly with the children, providing one-to-one and small-group tuition in core subjects such as English and Maths, as well as involvement with extra-curricular activities, including sports, music and arts. Depending on your own interests and skills, there is also scope to introduce your own project for you to truly make your mark on the children and school.

You will have a timetable designed personally for you, which will divide your days between the various classes and activities, and provide you with a schedule to make the best possible use of your time.

Qualifications:
* No specific teaching qualifications are required, but teaching or coaching experience is especially welcomed.
* Volunteers need to be mature, confident and demonstrate initiative with effective communication skills.
* Minimum age 18 yrs. No maximum age.
* Good spoken English is required.
* International volunteers welcome.

Cost in US$: From 1,000 GBP

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to India Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Other
• Phone Interview

Post-Program Services Include:

• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

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Year Founded: 1993