The document introduces the Teaching Quality Improvement Program (TeaQIP), which aims to improve the teaching-learning process by giving students a voice in providing feedback on teachers. TeaQIP collects anonymous student feedback, analyzes it to identify teacher strengths and weaknesses, and provides reports and counseling to help teachers improve. The goal is to reduce student stress, engage students in their learning, and promote continuous improvement among teachers. TeaQIP has been recognized for its innovation and received patent rights. Schools that implement TeaQIP will provide training to help teachers enhance their skills and make learning an exciting experience for students.

1. TEACHING QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
(TeaQIP)
INTRODUCTION
1. Today the school education system is such that our students are being
subjected to an autocratic way of teaching-learning process where students
have no say or any contributory role in their learning process. Even if a
teacher is repeatedly committing mistakes like speaking too fast, not being
audible enough, not clearing pupil’s doubts, teaching too fast, not using
adequate teaching aids, not coming well prepared to take the class, being too
strict and harsh, or even committing child abuse; students cannot dare to point
out these glaring mistakes of their teachers which hamper their learning
upfront. Thus in the absence of any feedback from the students the teachers
continue to deliver below par teaching day in and day out. On top of that we
now command this poor child to show a sterling performance in the exams.
It’s like throwing a boy into the pool to judge his swimming skills without
teaching him how to swim!
2. This contradiction in the teaching – learning process, and muffling of the
students’ voice creates all the mental stress, academic pressure, disinterest and
apathy in children towards their school education. At times the stress and
frustration becomes so unbearable that children are driven to even take the
extreme step of committing suicide.
3. In view of the above it is very essential to have a system in place which not
only gives voice to our school children but also involve them in the process of
improving the way they are taught in their class. This urgently needed
intervention is surely going to bring back the excitement of learning in our
children, and also keep the teachers on the path of continuous improvement.

2. 4. TeaQIP is designed to exactly achieve the above mentioned purpose. It’s a
process by which we can on a regular basis diagnose correctly the weaknesses
and strengths of our teachers as perceived by their own pupils. Based on this
diagnosis we can then coach them to improve upon their teaching skills.
5. TeaQIP is a very powerful tool in the hands of Teachers, Principals and
School Management who want to achieve the highest level of teaching
excellence and care for our children. It is for those education providers who
are eager to make learning an exciting experience for their students. TeaQIP
directly helps the teachers to teach better and students to learn better. It
eliminates the stress out of the students’ learning experience which they suffer
day to day and from exam to exam. It gets professionalism in the classroom
teaching environment and causes a big change in the overall attitude of
teachers towards their pupils and profession. It is for those who are not only
eager but brave enough to adopt this revolutionary concept in order to convert
their educational institutions into true centers of excellence. TeaQIP creates a
win-win situation for all the stake holders – the students, the teachers, the
parents, and the school management.
6. TeaQIP has been selected for the final round of Nasscom Social
Innovation Honours award in association with UNICEF. TeaQIP has
been granted legal Patent Rights w.e.f. 18 Nov 2011.
BRIEF OUTLINE OF TeaQIP
1. AIM : Aim of TeaQIP is to improve the quality of Teaching-Learning Process
of any Educational Institution so as to make the educational journey most
satisfying and productive for students and teachers both.
2. GOALS :
• Remove academic frustration in children leading to suicide

3. • Minimise school drop-out rate
• To make learning an exciting and rich experience for students
• Establish a constructive communication between students and teachers
• Achieve mutual accountability among the teachers and their pupils
• Strengthen the educational relationship between the teachers and pupils.
• Keep teachers on the path of continuous improvement.
• Provide periodic and timely feedback to the teachers
• Help Teachers to overcome their weaknesses and leverage their strengths
• Accurately diagnose the weaknesses and strengths in the teaching-
learning process of any institution
• Improve the overall academic standard of the institution
3. COLLATERAL BENEFITS :
• Management/Principal get a clear cut picture of the situation in the
classrooms right on to their laptops
• Focuses the attention of all teachers towards correct teaching
practice
• Professional satisfaction of every teacher gets vastly enhanced
• Opens an honest communication between the student and their
teachers
• Lets the students voice their concerns, thus relieving them of all the
stress and pressure
• Increases the confidence level of parents and students in the
institution
• Students take ownership of their Teaching-Learning process
MECHANICS OF TeaQIP

4. 4. Stage I - Students’ Feedback Protocol :
• Students from Class VI upwards (in case of schools) fill a well-designed
and easy-to-fill Feedback Form covering all the aspects of a teachers’
classroom teaching
• Students are briefed beforehand in detail regarding the purpose and the
modus-operandi of TeaQIP
• Students are not allowed to write their name anywhere
5. Stage II – Data Input, Interpretation & Diagnosis :
• Response to each parameter in the Feedback Form is quantified
• All the scores are entered in the Teacher Data Sheet
• All the data is collated and a Data picture of the teachers is created
• Data-picture is analyzed and interpreted to generate a comprehensive
Advisory Report on strengths and weaknesses of each teacher
• An overall report on the status of the teaching – learning process of the
Institution as a whole is also prepared with suggestions for improvement
6. Stage III – Counseling Of Teachers :
• Advisory Report of each teacher is explained and discussed individually
• Each teacher is made aware of his/her strengths and weaknesses
• Ways to overcome their weaknesses is discussed in a positive manner with
every teacher and also given a copy of the Advisory Report for continuous
reference by the respective teachers
7. Stage IV – Teachers’ Training & Motivational Workshop : For Two Days
• Aim : To train the teachers to keep themselves abreast and alive in order
to seek new frontiers of best teaching techniques which will further the
cause of making our school children yearn for more knowledge beyond
the realms of our classroom teaching.

5. • Topics Covered :
A. ALIGNMENT OF TEACHERS’ ATTITUDE
B. TEACHER’S ROLE AND THEIR IMPORTANCE
C. SOME TRUTHS ABOUT LEARNING
D. EDUCATIONAL TEAMWORK
E. CLASSROOM TEACHING TECHNIQUES
F. HOW TO MAKE YOUR TEACHING INTERESTING
G. NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION
H. IMPORTANCE OF STUDENTS’ QUESTIONS
J. ANSWERING STUDENTS’ QUESTIONS
K. STUDENT FEEDBACK MECHANISM.
L. MONITORING STUDENTS’ PROGRESS
M. UPGRADING STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE.
N. STUDENTS’ RELATED NON-ACADEMIC ISSUES
O. WAYS OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
P. CASE STUDIES – For Self-Discovery & Realisation
Q. PRACTICALS AND ACTIVITIES
PROPOSAL FOR CONDUCT OF TeaQIP
1. Note :

6. • Minimum two cycles of is required to be done annually. First after one
month of start of the session and the second one month after the mid-
session. However, schools are free to go for quarterly or tri-annually
• Full report of TeaQIP would be sent to the school authorities after 10 days
• Details of all preparatory requirements to be done by the school for
TeaQIP deployment will be sent once the proposal is accepted by the
concerned school