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India’s fastest growing young population is at a precipice - it can make catalytic leaps, or be beleaguered by depressed potential. Our education system is failing, inaccessible, and obsolete. We need to reinvent education, create access to opportunities and bring down educational inequity. We simply don’t have enough schools, programs and their leaders doing so effectively.
It is an 18-month program teaching entrepreneurs to design, launch, and run their programs that includes curated school visits, workshops facilitated by experts, rooted in a unique curriculum designed after extensive research including interviews with founders, network leaders, and educators. Modules range from School Vision and Curriculum to Teacher Development and Culture. They then implement these learnings, building schools and after-school programs. Each program is committed to equity, their community, measurable results ,and a holistic vision of education. We have launched twenty-one schools and after-school programs across India. Akash is building a chain of affordable experiential schools in tier 3 towns. Shoeb launched community centres across Pune that bridge learning gaps and empower children to solve real-world problems. Shriya launched Sitara Akka, a blended model rooted in localized community support coupled with bots to help children realize anytime-anywhere learning.
~500 candidates have applied to be a part of the Incubation. We have launched twenty-one schools and after-school programs across India. 54 facilitators, 22 coaches and 44 network partners have supported our entrepreneurs to conduct 20+ pilots and raise over 100 million INR in funds. The Circle has also disseminated our best practices and insights to 8,500 educators across the country. Cumulatively, we’ve reached 10,000+ students across our programs. In the next 2-3 years, the Circle Incubation Program will launch 30 schools and after-schools across India, each serving students from low-income communities, of which 25 models showcase positive learning outcomes with the children they are serving through their reinvented curricula and pedagogy, and collectively impact 12000 children.
The Circle Incubation is a cohort-based program that opens its applications every year. Interested candidates can apply during the recruitment period and speak to the Circle team to develop their model further, learn about the program, and find the right fit. We are open to partnering with countries interested in replicating. You can reach out to us at info@thecircleindia.org.
