Programs PEP – Step up for India

Primary English Program (PEP)

PEP is primarily delivered in urban schools. It is taught by short-on-time English-speaking corporate professionals, college students, and community volunteers who have been trained by Step Up For India. Each individual volunteer spends as little as 10 to 20 hours a year, The program brings government school children to their textbook levels in English in a well defined, highly participatory process, in the shortest time possible.

Impact Measurement

Beneficiaries

Students in the 4^th and 5^thgrade in schools located in proximity to the volunteering organisation

Timeline

Each batch of about 35 students undergoes the 120 hours long PEP in a
two year time-frame taught across four terms

Structure

Each 1-hour session is taught by a pair of volunteers

The entire term could be taught by a team of 6-15 volunteers associated with an institution (corporates, colleges, service organizations, etc.)

The session is fixed into the school time-table after discussion between volunteering team and school administration and takes place either before or after lunch break

Volunteers do not need to take anything into or out of the classroom and just need to use the material that is already in the classroom to teach

Volunteers will log their sessions in a SUFI proprietary easy-to-use app

Teaching and Learning Material

Designed to support learning at the quickest pace, while keeping in mind that the children have no external support

Volunteer instruction books detailing usage of time and material, posters with built-in support, audio tracks for songs and concepts, flashcards, etc, enable any volunteer to teach effectively

Colorful textbooks, exciting workbooks, large and bright posters, conversation modules, performance and behavior prizes, story books, etc, make the learning process enjoyable for the children

All the materials are integrated with carefully thought-through, proprietary teaching methodologies to create a program package that ensures maximum impact

Training

Volunteers need to be fluent in English and need to be able to commit the time to make a difference

Volunteers do not need to have prior teaching experience or know the local language

Volunteers will undergo a 3-hour training workshop to help them understand the methodologies, content, and teaching aids that they will have to use

Evaluation

ASER tests are conducted at the start and again upon completion of the program. These tests measure the impact of the program on reading and comprehension abilities

The children undergo tests at the end of every unit that act as revision and reinforce concepts

Volunteers are able to track each child’s progress through the SUFI proprietary app

Sponsors of the program can view the progress of all the classes that they support through the SUFI proprietary app that displays student level details as well