Teach For India Fellowship

Deadline: 3 December 2023

The Teach For India Fellowship is an opportunity for India’s brightest and most promising individuals to serve as full-time teachers to children from underserved communities.

Through this experience, the Fellows cultivate the knowledge, skills and mindset necessary to become leaders in the movement for educational equity.

What do the Fellows do?

The Fellows are placed in one of 8 cities across India (Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune), in an English medium government or low-income private school. Here, they spend 2 years as a full time class teacher or subject teacher (specifically English, Maths, Social Studies or Science) to Students from 1-10th standard.

Who are the Fellows?

The Fellows come from across the world, from over 300 college campuses and companies, with diverse lives, experiences and professions. As a member of this cohort, there’s so much to learn from each other and grow.

Eligibility Criteria

You are eligible to apply for the 2024 Fellowship cohort if you:
- Completed graduation by June/July 2024.
- Are applying for the first time for 2024 Fellowship cohort, since July 2023.
- Are a citizen of India or Overseas Citizen of India (OCI).

The Fellowship Selection Process

The Fellowship selection process comprises three stages:
- STAGE I: Application Form
  - Introduce yourself by sharing your academic and professional history, as well as your interests, experiences, and motivations for joining the Fellowship. As Fellows teach in English, an online English Assessment evaluates your proficiency in the language as part of the online application.
- STAGE II: Phone Interview
  - For some applicants, they want to know more and they do so through a 30-minute phone interview.
- STAGE III: Assessment Centre
  - The final stage of selection! Here you’ll engage with Teach For India and other applicants through activities including sample teaching, critical thinking, a group activity and an interview.