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e started a teacher training programme

to work with government teachers and

skill them on adopting new innovations in

pedagogy and teaching practice,’ says Kruti

Bharucha, ounder of Peepul. ‘We are the

only organization in India that both directly

runs school operations (in our exemplar

schools) as well as works on more systemic

issues with state governments.’

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Peepul

started a digital teacher training initiative

in partnership with the Government of

Madhya Pradesh. More than 90 per cent

of Madhya Pradesh’s 3,00,000 government

school teachers engaged in the courses,

with another 1,50,000 teachers across the

country also having completed at least

one course. ‘e CM Rise programme has

now evolved into a systems strengthening

initiative focussed on creating high-quality

teachers for every child in the state, and

has been recognized as a best practice by

the Ministry of Education, Government

of India, and leveraged by other states in

India,’ explains Kruti Bharucha. e success

of this prompted Peepul to design a system

strengthening initiative in partnership with

the South Delhi Municipal Corporation

called Project Parivartan, also remarkably

effective so far.

HCL Grant Project Title:

CM R

ise –

Teacher Professional Development:

Empowering Government School Teachers

as Last-Mile Support and Educators to the

Poorest and Marginalized Communities

across the State of Madhya Pradesh

Beneficiaries:

2,65,000 teachers

Location:

58,364 v

illages in 52 districts of

Madhya Pradesh