Transforming Education through Holistic Education for All

Together In Development & Education (TIDE) Foundation (www.tideinternational.org), is an NGO dedicated to transforming education systems to bring about quality and holistic education of the whole child (education of the head, heart, hands, and soul) for all. Since 2014, we have worked with over 36,500 individuals and we invite you to support our innovative Block Education Transformation Initiative (BETI) which aims to transform government schools across Gujarat; we are currently implementing the program at schools in Ahmedabad and Sanand.

BETI is a comprehensive program that addresses three critical challenges facing the Indian education system: 

• Foundational learning gaps: Many students lack basic literacy and numeracy skills, hindering their progress in higher grades. We leverage activity-based STEM learning sessions and remedial sessions to bridge these gaps.
• Limited holistic education: Access to life skills education, arts, sports, and psychosocial support is often limited, leading to stunted emotional and social development. We equip students with essential life skills such as communication, problem-solving, and teamwork and social emotional skills through workshops, expression sessions, extracurricular clubs and mentoring camps. 
• Low teacher support and poor pedagogy: Teachers are often overburdened and rely on rote memorization based teaching learning practices. We create communities of practice where teachers learn from each other and develop innovative teaching methods.

In the past two years, we have also piloted BETI in 10 rural government schools and volunteer driven lifeskills education program in 13 urban sites (schools, slums, and orphanages). Drawing on these learnings, we are now seeking your support to scale our operations: 

• In Rural Ahmedabad: Expand application based academic learning, lifeskills education, and teacher empowerment from 10 to 50-100 government schools in Sanand, reaching 16,000 students across the entire block. 
• In Urban Ahmedabad: Scale our volunteer driven lifeskills program from 13 to 30 schools, impacting over 7,200 students. The program forms the basis of scaling the program to over 400 schools in the next 5 years. Additional funds will be used to pilot comprehensive school transformation initiative in atleast 20 schools. 

We believe that every child deserves access to quality education. With your help, we can make this dream a reality. We are confident that BETI holds the potential to transform education in India, and we invite you to be a part of this journey.

Watch an introductory video on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3P4Fa28QFY.