23 March 2018
Hyderabad
Actor Allu Sirish as a guest faculty for a day, as part of its Pega Teach For Change initiative. The actor conducted an English-speaking session and some fun activities to engage with students from 4 and 5 grades, at the Government Primary School, Devarakonda Basti.
Allu Sirish, one of Tollywood’s leading actors, also taught a lesson through the Conversation and Total Physical Response (TPR) approach that involves students responding to instructors’ commands, with whole-body actions, amplifying the initiative’s philosophy of holistic development. The actor also pledged his support to Pega Teach For Change, and was awed by the potential the student’s displayed.
Quotes and Commentary:
“We are happy to have Allu Sirish support our cause. It strengthens our vision that every child needs to have access to quality education to grow into responsible citizens of tomorrow and have great careers,” said Suman Reddy, managing director, Pegasystems, India. “I’m positive that this activity has inspired the kids supported under the Pega Teach For Change program to work hard and dream big, and hope interested prospects will get onboard this significant journey.”
Commenting on this initiative, Chaitanya MRSK, founder, Teach for Change said “Pega Teach For Change Volunteers are change makers advocating on behalf of every child in getting their Right to Quality Education regardless of their family's income. Today, Allu Sirish has joined this movement with us to encourage many more to volunteer with Pega Teach For Change."
About Pega Teach For Change:
The Pega Teach for Change initiative is focused on helping enhance the quality of education for government school students. This joint program between Pega and Teach for Change, an NGO is aimed at ending the educational inequality in India and provide quality education to the children. The activities undertaken by the initiative are aimed towards supporting language capabilities, digital literacy and leadership competencies of students from low income communities. The flagship programs of the program include providing volunteers to schools in Urban India who commit to one academic year’s classroom teaching and providing full time teachers to schools in Rural India. Other activities include digital literacy & model schools.
The volunteers who apply are screened to check their English proficiency, commitment and then trained and certified in the English Program before they engage with the students directly in the classrooms. Every volunteer commits to this program for a minimum of one academic year.
Calling all Interested Applicants:
Pega Teach For Change Program is currently active in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam in many government schools and is seeking volunteers for this academic year, 2018-19.
Interested volunteers can visit our website www.teachforchange.in and send in their application forms. The volunteers would be called for a screening session post which they would undergo one-week training after which they will engage with kids and teach them for one academic year starting this June.
We welcome volunteers on board to join hands to make their bit of contribution because at Teach For Change, we believe that life is all about making an impact, and not just making an income..!!
