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| CfBT Education Services is a not-for-profit education services provider, affiliated to CfBT Education Trust UK. We work with government and non-government organizations as well as donors and funding agencies to build the capacity of educational institutions. We work towards enhancement of quality in education by providing a range of services from thought leadership in schools to parent and student orientation programmes. |
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| Our first steps in India were taken in 2001 with a research project exploring public private partnerships in education entitled ‘Project for Improvement of Private Education’. This research analyzed teaching as well as educational and financial standards in local schools. A key objective of the research was to explore how an agency might be able to assist with capacity building in Indian schools. |
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| The research and expressed needs of teachers and managers of schools prompted CfBTES to design a Whole School Improvement Programme (WSIP). The WSIP is an integrated approach to school development that focuses on capacity building of all stakeholders in the school. It consists of a customised school improvement plan for each school that comes with a suite of training packages for managers, teachers, students and parents. CfBTES has offered this service to strategic partners - HSBC in the private sector on EQUIP (Enabling Quality Improvement Program); Child Fund India on SQIP (School-based Quality Improvement Program) for public sector schools; and Women Self Help Groups on Vidya Chaitanyam and Vidya Jyothi Projects. |
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| Other areas of our work include Early Childhood Education services, English Language Improvement Programmes in association with testing and certification from Cambridge ESOL; School Inspections and Accreditation, and ADEPT - Agency for Development and Employment of Professional Teachers – a service that provides opportunities to teachers and head teachers for continuous professional development with options of certification from University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE). This serves schools in human resources planning and recruitment. |
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