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Sanjay Dalmia

Pune Zilla Parishad has 3,639 schools and over 11 thousand teachers spread over the large Pune district in the rural area. Quality improvement programs envisaged by management – are implemented with the support of Taluka heads (#13), cluster heads (#309) and other administration personnel. Each cluster oversees 10-15 schools. Each Taluka has 200-500 schools.Schools are in remote rural areas. Most schools have 2-3 teachers. Teachers often teach multiple grades and subjects. Apart from teaching - significant time is taken for other tasks – children with special needs, monthly parent meetings, enrolling out-of-school children etc.The isolation of small schools is a challenge. Teachers function best in communities and teams. Teachers need support and guidance. They want to be part of a community, to be heard, to be acknowledged.ZP management needs some way of connecting with teachers – to support, motivate them and monitor the program implementation - and its impact on the quality of education.Despite being a very large organization with over 11000 teachers – and over 500 administration and support staff – there are hardly any technology tools available to support, engage, motivate and monitor the progress of the programs. 
 Teachers are the most important influence in ensuring the learning of the students. Hence if we are able to support, engage and motivate teachers at scale then a large impact can be made on the learning outcomes of the students.Pune ZP education has a very large number of teachers. These teachers are in turn supported by the Saadhan Vyakti and cluster heads – who visit the schools on a regular basis to connect with the teachers and assess the levels of learning. They also provide support to the teachers.There are monthly programs like Sikshan Parishad, and School Management Committee – which are conducted to connect with teachers and – make the learning process consultative, provide inputs and get feedback. This engagement, motivation, support – feedback loop, analysis - requires large-scale use of technology. The tickLinks app is the backbone on which the whole experience (Content, Engagement, Recognition, Compliance &amp; Monitoring) is delivered. Implementation programs are run to ensure that the technology and processes are assimilated.At Pune ZP – the app has been branded and launched as Vinoba and the program is Acharya Vinoba Bhave Sikshak Sahayak karyakram. 
 The benefit of the work is realized at various levels:Short Term Improve engagement and communication with Teachers. Create tools for teacher recognition.Improve feedback collection and monitoring processes.Medium TermSupport teachers with tools and processes to improve the quality of education.Reduce Teacher workloadProvide data and analysis for better coordination and sharper decision making.Long TermImprove the Quality of Education.

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Acharya Vinoba Bhave Sikshak Sahayak Karyakram

Open Links believes that Teachers are the most important influence in ensuring the learning of the students. Hence if we are able to support, engage and motivate teachers at scale then a large impact can be made on the learning outcomes of the students. The scale is achieved by leveraging technology. The tickLinks app is the backbone on which the whole experience (Content, Engagement, Recognition, Compliance &amp; Monitoring) is delivered.  Few salient points about the tickLinks app: (One can download it from the play store <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ticklinks.openlibrary&amp;hl=en_IN&amp;gl=US" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> and check it out). ·  Teacher Support: tickLinks is open source and free (like Wikipedia). They have over 12,000 + lesson plans covering 8 education boards in the country, in 3 languages for classes 1-10. These lesson plans, activities, worksheets etc.. are available free of charge for any teacher, anywhere in the country.·  Teacher Engagement: tickLinks offers a social media experience (like LinkedIn) where teachers can engage with the community of teachers (Share, Like, Comment). They can connect with other teachers, share their work, and opinions, like the work of other teachers, build their portfolios etc. This has been particularly useful for teachers, especially in faraway villages where they are disconnected and isolated from the teacher's community by and large.·  Teacher Motivation: tickLinks rewards teachers with schemes like Post of the Month, Star Teacher award etc, where good quality and popular posts are rewarded. This is to ensure recognition of teachers and their work.·  Communication and Compliance: These are proving very useful, especially in Govt School systems where the scale is very large, with various layers of management - but practically no IT systems. This helps automate processes and workflows (like digitizing cluster officer's school visits, gathering information about learning levels, parent-teacher meetings, school infrastructure &amp; requirements, leave approvals etc..). The module is simple and is used effectively for MIS and Reports. Current Large Project: Open Links is collaborating with Pune Zilla Parishad where it is covering 11,000 teachers, across 3600+ schools in Pune Zilla Parishad impacting 200,000 students. The initial feedback on the project is very encouraging and the scope of the program is getting bigger with time. All this is being done at the minimum cost of Rs.1,300 per school per year (or Rs. 450 per teacher per year). The program has been rolled out as ‘Acharya Vinoba Sikshak Sahayak Karyakram’ in Pune ZP. Over 12,000 teachers from Pune ZP and PMC are enrolled on about 3,500 schools. Since its launch in Apr’22 - there are over 1,500 posts from teachers and about 120,000 views each month. There are over 30,000 form responses. It has been branded and translated into Marathi.

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