Bharti Foundation and EdBank partner to train teachers in India

Gurgaon: Bharti Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises partnered with EdBank to help more than 1400 teachers in India to re-think their classroom practices and upgrade their skills.

Under this initiative, EdBank is sharing online course materials free of cost to the teachers at Satya Bharti Schools. This collaboration between EdBank and Bharti Foundation will help teachers get dual certification. Education stakeholders who will benefit include teachers, subject matter experts, support staff, and school leaders. They have an opportunity to upgrade themselves on various courses from this portal.

The Founder and CEO of EdBank, Mr Ravi Santlani, said, “We have a large network of reputed and experienced facilitators who are continuously working to keep the education sector relevant, keeping the subject interesting and identify trend changes at the base. The topics that are available on the portal range from blended learning, assessment, pedagogy, curriculum, technology, mindfulness, mental wellbeing, and leadership. We are happy to have partnered with Bharti Foundation.”

Bharti Foundation is committed to ensure that learning remains a continued process for our teachers and they have access to the best of curriculum upgrades. This will not only keep our teachers’ knowledge updated but will percolate down to our students.

In view of the partnership, Mr Antony Nellissery, Chief School Excellence, Bharti Foundation said, “Partnerships and exchange of ideas is the only way to ensure that education reaches the last mile. Our teachers are the central stakeholders who shape and build the future of tomorrow – our children. With this collaboration, I am confident that a new window of learning will help in addressing the current in-country training needs as well as equip teachers for the classroom of the future.”