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

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. Speaking at the completion ceremony of TEJAS, Varsha Gaikwad, Minister of School Education Department, Government of Maharashtra, said, “I am pleased at the visible impact of this unique partnership between Government of Maharashtra, British Council and Tata Trusts that has resulted in upskilling of our primary school teachers and has improved student learning outcomes. Our State Government is dedicated to improving the standard of teaching and learning across the districts of Maharashtra and we are happy that we have worked with partners whose deep expertise in the area has ensured that the long-term plan stayed on course and met its original objectives.” Barbara Wickham OBE, Director India, British Council said, “we are delighted to celebrate the successful completion of Project Tejas, enabling teachers to advance their English language teaching skills, to improve learning outcomes for 1.4 million learners in state government schools with the self-sustaining project model continuing to drive development opportunities for teachers in the future.