Maharashtra Govt trains 51000 teachers under British Council, Tata Trust project

The Government of Maharashtra in collaboration with the British Council, Tata Trusts has completed Project Tejas providing training to 51,000 teachers. Enables high quality education for 1.4 million students

Tejas, an innovative teacher training project delivered by the British Council in association with Tata Trusts and the Maharashtra State Government, has reached its successful completion. The project that set out to benefit primary school teachers and students across government schools in Maharashtra through improved English language proficiency, has been successful in achieving its goals. The project trained 51,000 teachers across 36 districts in Maharashtra, who in turn, teach 1.4 million young students in the state schools. The project was run through an engaging, replicable model wherein teachers could not only manage their own development but also sustain it for larger peer-to-peer groups, in and beyond the State. Organised virtually, the completion ceremony was attended by Varsha Gaikwad, the Minister of School Education Department, Government of Maharashtra; Barbara Wickham OBE, Director India, British Council.