About Pratham
Pratham Education Foundation (Pratham) is one of the largest education NGOs in India with a record of innovative, rigorously evaluated programs that have inspired similar programs across three continents. With a history spanning 30 years, Pratham’s work today extends from programs for early and elementary years to girls and women, and youth skilling. Through programs covering 25 states and Union Territories, in an average year, Pratham usually reaches over 6 million children and youth. This is achieved through a combination of efforts: directly working with children and youth in communities, as well as through collaborations with state and district-level governments.
Pratham has received notable awards such as the Lui Che Woo Prize, WISE Prize for Innovation, Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, the Henry R Kravis Prize in Leadership and the CNN-IBN Indian of the Year for Public Service. Pratham also received the 2021 Yidan Prize for Education Development and the Yashraj Bharati Samman in 2025.
For more details, refer to www.pratham.org
About Pratham-Shah PraDigi Innovation Center
The Pratham-Shah PraDigi Innovation Center was established in 2020 to create open learning opportunities for children and youth, with a focus on learning for school, life, and work. The Center develops technology-enabled learning models, tests them on the ground, and scales them within Pratham and beyond.
Tech-Assisted Step by Step English Program:
Our current English program is tech-assisted, integrating traditional teaching methods with digital tools to enhance learning. The program improves students’ reading, speaking, and comprehension skills, using technology to provide a more interactive and flexible learning experience. By combining in-person and technology-based elements, it ensures that high-quality education is accessible to students in both rural and urban areas.
Fellow: Job Description
This is a 10-month, field-based fellowship for young people who want to improve how children learn English in government schools. Fellows will teach Grades 3 to 8 in 2 to 4 schools. They will be supported through training, mentoring and regular reviews by the Pratham team.
What Fellows Will Gain
- Hands-on experience in teaching English and foundational literacy.
- Training and mentoring from Pratham’s program team.
- Skills in facilitation, communication, planning and digital tools.
- Exposure to working with government schools and communities.
- A monthly stipend.
Key Responsibilities:
- Understand the Step by Step English program: its curriculum, teaching approach, resources, and implementation model.
- Teach English to Grades 3 to 8 in 2 to 4 assigned schools over 10 months, covering two schools a day on designated days.
- Plan and deliver engaging, activity-based lessons in reading, comprehension, speaking, and writing, using session plans, teaching-learning materials, and digital resources.
- Assess students’ learning levels, conduct periodic assessments, track progress, and support students in closing learning gaps.
- Coordinate with school heads and teachers to align sessions with school schedules and ensure continuity.
- Engage students, teachers, parents and community members to build awareness, participation and ownership of learning.
- Keep accurate records of classes, attendance, assessments and progress, and share regular updates and reports with the program team.
- Document classroom experiences, challenges, success stories and good practices.
- Attend trainings, review meetings and mentoring sessions, and work with the team to apply feedback and improve programme quality.
- Represent Pratham and PraDigi professionally, and complete tasks on time as per Pratham’s policies, child safeguarding practices and values.
Requirements:
- Graduate or postgraduate in English, Education, Social Sciences or a related field. Candidates from other disciplines with a strong interest in education may also apply.
- Strong interest in English language teaching, foundational literacy and improving learning outcomes in government schools.
- Excellent spoken and written English, with strong classroom facilitation, presentation and communication skills for working with students, teachers, school leaders and community members.
- Ability to engage students from diverse learning backgrounds in an inclusive, participatory classroom.
- Good planning, time management, coordination and problem-solving skills.
- Comfortable using smartphones, digital learning resources, and basic Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Ability to read and speak Hindi and the regional language of the assigned schools.
- Willingness to travel regularly between schools, and commitment to the full 10-month fellowship, including training, mentoring, review meetings and community activities.
- Openness to feedback, continuous learning and teamwork, with a commitment to child safeguarding, professional conduct and Pratham’s values.
Locations:
- Maharashtra: Satara, Chh. Sambhaji Nagar, Ahilyanagar,
- Madhya Pradesh: Sehore,
- Karnataka: Bangalore/Mysore,
- Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Delhi
Duration: 10 months
Remuneration: Stipend-based, payable monthly
Process for Selection:
- All participants will go through an interview.
- Participants who meet the criteria for each competency will be selected.
Application Process:
To apply, please click here: https://forms.gle/m3fwkgJSUuz3mPYF9
