1. Stepping Stones: Enhancing
the quality of primary
education
Aditya Agrawal
P S R Akhilesh
Md Aquibur Rahman
Pratibha Sharma
Uma Verma

2. Stepping Stones: Enhancing the Quality of Primary Education
Quality education can solve
almost all socio economic
problem even then Why is
education not important? I
found problems from
everywhere.
Students
Who cares?
No accountability
Funds
mismanaged
Unmotivated
teachers! Can
earn more from
tuition! No
accountability!
Government
systems
School
management
Teachers
Child extra
working
hand!
Why study!
Parents
Problems
Solutions
Impact
Scalability
Sustainability
Team Profile

3. Stepping Stones: Enhancing the Quality of Primary Education
Innovation center:
team of education
scientist to innovate
interesting teaching
methods and train
self-motivated
youngsters
Resource
center:
Employment
of self-
motivated
youngsters
called
BalMitras with
a minimum
stipend
Advaita All-In-One :Working
Model
Corporate center:
team of
professional to
pitch for funds to
government and
other private
sector players
BalBhawans:
government
schools
having
BalMitras as
teachers
Employing
BalMitras
Training
them with
innovative
methods
Allotting
them
BalBhawans
Giving stipend to
BalMitras and CCT
to parents from
funds collected
Uploading
the
performanc
e of all
students on
web
CCT (Conditional Cash Transfer):A minimum amount will be given to all parents sending their kids regularly to school. All the kids will be graded in
five categories on the basis of academic performance and additional amount will be given on the basis on those categories.
Web center: team of
professional to
maintain the
performance
database of all
students in
BalBhawans and
other regular schools.
This will be available
to public for auditing
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4. Stepping Stones: Enhancing the Quality of Primary Education
Student: I want to study, but I
face a lot of problems. Please
help me !!!
I belong to a
lower caste,
school
authorities does
not allow me to
enter the
premises.
Parents make
me do house-
hold work
and stop me
from going to
school
When teachers
are teaching the
course, it is very
monotonous and
boring. I don’t
feel interested in
that.
I will employ self motivated
people who will not differentiate
on the basis of caste
I will CCT(Conditional Cash
Transfer) to your parents, then
they will not stop you
I will train teachers in innovative
teaching methods which will
interest all the students
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5. Stepping Stones: Enhancing the Quality of Primary Education
Teachers: Why should I teach??
I will
get
salary
anyhow
I can
earn
more
from
tuitions
There are
no
challenges
in my
work
I will employ self-motivated
youngsters who want to teach
and not earn money in the
schools
My employees will give quality
education and then students will
not need tuitions after school
My teachers will give quality
education and pose challenge in
the wok life of “Sarkari masters”. I
will take regular independent
examinations for evaluation of
teachers and students.
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6. Stepping Stones: Enhancing the Quality of Primary Education
Parents: Why should I send my
child to school??
She is a
earning
hand in
the
family
I don’t
find any
value
addition
in the
primary
education
I will give CCT (Conditional Cash
transfer) to parents only if they
send their child to school.
My employees will give quality
education which will help the
child to get a salaried and good
job. I will introduce vocational
courses which will help in
acquiring new skills for better
employment opportunities.
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7. Stepping Stones: Enhancing the Quality of Primary Education
System: I don’t care
I am not
accountable
for
student’s
failure
I just want to
spend the funds
and need not
care about the
effective
utilization
I dont
have
enough
funds
My BalBhawans and BalMitras will be
accountable for student’s performance. I
will show the difference in the
performance of students from govt
schools wth Balbhawans and BalMitras
and regular govt schools. This will
increase the competition and hence
performance.
I will assure an effective utilization of
funds by training teachers and improving
the quality and methods of education.
Advaita: All-In-One
I will pitch to corporate sector for more
funds. My teaching methods and public
auditing facility shows transparency and
effectiveness which will act as motivation
for CSR by private sector
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8. Stepping Stones: Enhancing the Quality of Primary Education
My parents will send me
school and focus on better
education as it will bring more
income to home due to CCT.
My teachers are more
motivated to teach us.
They use new techniques
and methods which are
interesting.
Many bhaiya
& didi come to our
school. They make a
lot of fun & tell us
about new things
They say that the new system helps to
save a lot of money of country by
aggregating all the resources in one
system and brings all
stakeholder(govt, ngo, corporates &
people) to work together.
Problems
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9. Stepping Stones: Enhancing the Quality of Primary Education
Advaita Govt
NGOs
People
Corporat
es
Pilot
project
Country-wide
Implementati
on
a
Advaita is the bridge that exists till government schools start
functioning well. Right now, we see Advaita as an NGO, it will gradually
grow to all over the nation and then merge with government
institutions as Government schools strengthen. The initial model will
be supported by the funding from corporates and donations and
support from various NGOs spread over the country.
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10. Stepping Stones: Enhancing the Quality of Primary Education
After getting higher
education, I will also come
to teach in Advait so that
small children keep getting
good education
These recommendations
are sustainable because
these activities have
already been successfully
testes and implemented
by NGOs like
• Teach India
• Teach For India
• Shiksha Sankalp
• Quest
• Akshara Fundation
• Prayaas
• Kartavya
• Eklavya
but in small places. Advait
aims to integrate all these
solutions and scale up
countrywide
A better education system
at primary level ensures
better output and easy
available of talent in the
market. That’s why we
corporate support it.
By showing Advaita as a
competitive and successful
model, government will be
pitched to implement it
countrywide.
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11. Stepping Stones: Enhancing the Quality of Primary Education
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Sustainability
Team Profile
Aditya Agrawal, after graduating
from IIIT Hyderabad, worked at
Microsoft. He wants to make an
impact with his business and
management skills to the future of
India. He has worked for Teach
India.
Akhilesh graduated from IIT
Roorkee and is passionate
about social work. It is evident
from his experiences at Quest,
Shiksha Sankalp and ASER. He
loves writing and playing
football.
Aquibur graduated from Indian
School of Mines. He has involved
in social work through
organizations like “Kartavya” &
“Prayaas”. He loves designing
and blogging.
Pratibha graduated from
Delhi College of
Engineering. She has
worked with Manovikas
Charitable Society and
Ganga Shiksha Samiti to
teach needy children.
She loves drawing and
cooking.
Uma graduated from
College of Agriculture,
ANGRAU, Uma Verma
has keen interest in
social activities.