Cluster Transformation Program (CTP)

The crisis in primary education in Punjab is leading to grave issues like the high unemployment rate, migration, and drug addiction. Poor foundational learning is causing a higher learning gap, drop-outs, and excessive pressure on children as they go higher in the education level. There is hardly any ownership taken by the teachers, parents or the community, which is leading to a decline in the foundational learning of the students enrolled in these government primary schools. While the challenges are largely systemic in nature, we found that current interventions are isolated and focus on symptoms rather than the root cause. 

Cluster Transformation Program (CTP) is a multi-stage approach to transformation from a systemic lens. The unit of change for us in the public education system is a cluster of government primary schools, which if improved correctly will improve all the schools within it and will directly impact its educational block.

The program works at enabling our teachers and school eco-system to provide ability-based foundational skills to the young children of Punjab. We work with the education and local governance system to make sure that our teachers have the required competencies, feel motivated and have resources to create meaningful learning experiences for the children. 

The program follows the multi-pronged approach : 

• At State- Co-designing State levels programs and training for teachers and teacher educators / Youth leaders providing feedback/ inputs from the schools to the State team for advocacy and policy interventions 
• At District- Upskilling sessions for the leadership team and co-designing District-level initiatives 
• At Block-Cluster level- Learning collectives of Block-Cluster leaders, Co-planning & implementation of Teacher capacity building
• At the School level- Teachers' professional development circles and on-field support
• Community - Dialogue building to support the learning environment for children in and out of school 

• To create a conducive environment for learning for the students in the government primary schools, to enable teachers to practice ability-based learning, and create a strong foundation in literacy and numeracy.  
• To enable parents, school management committees, and local elected bodies to come together and take ownership of these schools and work together towards creating a conducive environment for the students. 
• To reach the goal of expanding the program to all 12,000 schools government primary schools in Punjab.