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MANTRA We take a systemic approach to address the issue of poor quality of education in under-resourced schools.

We collaborate, integrate technology to our basics, and build effective leadership in the system.

๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?At Mantra4Change, we work with educators, school sys...
15/06/2026

๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?

At Mantra4Change, we work with educators, school systems, and communities to improve learning outcomes for children across India. If you are passionate about education, leadership, research, and system transformation, we would love to hear from you.

We are currently hiring for:

โ€ข State Program Lead โ€“ WLC (Shikshagraha) - https://bit.ly/4oqoCSi

โ€ข Program Lead โ€“ STEP Kalaburagi - https://bit.ly/4opPeCV

โ€ข Senior Manager โ€“ Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Design - https://bit.ly/49Zh2Iq

โ€ข Senior Program Manager โ€“ STEP Bihar - https://bit.ly/4giBNCL

โ€ข Program Lead / Senior Program Lead โ€“ Research & Design - https://bit.ly/4uFz3TA

Explore the roles and apply through the links mentioned above.
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12/06/2026

๐ƒ๐ข๐ฒ๐š | ๐‹๐ž๐š๐, ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ 
Growing up in Patna, Diya learned the power of patience and resilience.
She believes these qualities help children make thoughtful choices and build strong relationships.

11/06/2026

๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—จ๐—ฝ ๐—–๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ & ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜.

Raj Gilda, Co-founder of Lend A Hand India, sits with the next generation of leaders, Mubashirah Anjum and Chitra Devi, from Vidhya Vidhai Foundation, for a thought-provoking conversation on leadership & learning.

From report cards and school memories to leadership and confidence, Raj reflects on why marks can never define a studentโ€™s true potential. He shares how great teachers shape self-belief, why leadership is about responsibility rather than power, and how students can lead through empathy, action, and everyday choices.

๐Ÿ”ด Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/2jzsuuQIrX4?si=eFXC_S6SxPFUZNLK

๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐—–๐— ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—— ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐˜๐—ต ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ.The ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐—–๐— ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—— ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ-๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ, an initiati...
11/06/2026

๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐—–๐— ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—— ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐˜๐—ต ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ.

The ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐—–๐— ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—— ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ-๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ, an initiative of the Government of Meghalaya in collaboration with Samagra Shiksha-SEMAM and Mantra4Change, places 12 young professionals inside the State's district education system.

As a Fellow, you will strengthen policy implementation across Meghalaya's education system, drive programme planning and ex*****on at the district level, and advance learning outcomes for children through on-ground action.

Join the first cohort to lead change on the ground.
Last date to apply: 15th June 2026

๐Ÿ”— Apply here: https://ssa.megeducation.gov.in/CMLEAD/cmleadfellowship

๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ?The concept didn't change. The textbook didn't c...
10/06/2026

๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ?
The concept didn't change. The textbook didn't change. What changed was the teaching method.

This simple classroom experience reflects a much larger question: if changing how we teach can improve how students learn, what does that mean for education systems, teaching practices, and student outcomes?

In our latest blog, we explore pedagogical reforms, why they matter for students, and how approaches such as Project-Based Learning are helping make learning more meaningful in classrooms.

Read the full blog: https://www.mantra4change.org/blogs/how-pedagogical-reforms-are-making-learning-more-meaningful-for-students/

05/06/2026

๐ƒ๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐š | ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ, ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก & ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง

Growing up in Mysuru, Deepa Parameswaran learned to slow down and observe the world closely.
She believes curiosity begins with asking questions, and she hopes every child keeps wondering and learning.

04/06/2026

Episode 7 of Up Close & Personal with GenNext is out.

Aaradhana Dalmia (Chairperson at YFLO Delhi & Trustee at Dalmia Charitable Trust) sits with the next generation of leaders, Ganavi and Shravani, from Reap Benefit for a heartfelt conversation on learning & leadership.

From rethinking exams and the meaning of success to exploring belonging, identity, and student agency, Aaradhana reflects on what makes education truly meaningful. She shares why compassion is at the heart of leadership, why students are already leaders in their own right, and how schools can nurture confidence, curiosity, and a lifelong love for learning.

Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/gYM9qJWNawk?si=5I5FxM4eCL3SIGiP

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž?Over two days, district education leaders from acr...
03/06/2026

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž?
Over two days, district education leaders from across Bihar came together to reflect on classroom experiences, review available evidence, and plan for the implementation of the Middle School Mission and Project-Based Learning in the academic year 2026โ€“27.
The discussions focused on strengthening teacher support, monitoring systems, assessment practices, academic review processes, and classroom implementation across districts.
The workshop concluded with district-level action plans and shared commitments for the year ahead.
What do you think has the biggest impact on student learning: classroom teaching, teacher support, assessment, or school leadership?

๐–๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ช๐ฎ๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก'๐ฌ ๐”๐ฉ ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž & ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ข๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ? Swipe through our top picks from each of the 3 epi...
02/06/2026

๐–๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ช๐ฎ๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก'๐ฌ ๐”๐ฉ ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž & ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ข๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ?
Swipe through our top picks from each of the 3 episodes: Khadije, Alex Beard & Camila P. and drop your favourite in the comments. If you haven't watched them yet, these episodes are now live.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa_4M_7MRsGzkFfPjujSthHOjznUj5Q-C

More conversations are dropping, stay tuned. ๐Ÿ‘€

28/05/2026

Some conversations are too important to leave to one side of the table.

This season of Up Close & Personal at InvokED Studio brings two worlds into the same room โ€” Gen Next students asking the questions that matter, and global education leaders reflecting on what it really takes to build something better.

From "do marks define our future?" to "who truly has access to education?" โ€” these episodes hold space for both the bold questions and the honest answers. Voices from Samaj, Sarkar, and Bazaar and voices from Teach For All, Teach For Lebanon, Synergos, Global School Leaders, and more.

Because the future of education isn't shaped in isolation. It's built in dialogue. ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ

New episodes dropping soon next weekโ€” stay tuned

๐Ÿ”— Watch the previous episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa_4M_7MRsGzkFfPjujSthHOjznUj5Q-C

Brought to you by Mantra4Change & ShikshaLokam, co-created by Ankur Foundation (Advaith Foundation), Pravah, Reap Benefit, Study Hall Educational Foundation (SHEF), and Vidhya Vidhai Foundation.

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