Ahvaan Trust

‘Ahvaan’ means to invoke or evoke thought and action, a call for awakening and commitment. Ahvaan Trust was created with the belief that although educational institutions and opportunities in India have increased enormously, a critical element in education is missing: the transmission of core values and certain ethical norms that are regarded as categorical imperatives, which guide students throughout their lives. Teachers in the early half of the last century, were not merely transmitters of knowledge of particular subjects, but guides to life as a whole, continuing to be mentors to their students even decades after they had left school. What the Ahvaan Trust is attempting to work towards is the restoration of Teachers to this more complete and rightful role. At Ahvaan Trust we work closely with primary school teachers to help them strengthen their teaching practices, build their confidence, and equip them to become facilitators and mentors. Our Teachers’ Professional Development Programme aims at helping teachers overcome challenges with respect to teaching-learning. Beyond that, we do so much more, from building robust curriculums and transforming classrooms into wonderful learning spaces, to involving parents in their child’s education and enhancing every child’s ability to absorb, reason and understand. Since our inception we have implemented strategies to help raise the level of primary school education in government schools.