The Government of Bihar (GoB), with financial support from the World Bank, launched a comprehensive programme for improving the effectiveness of elementary school teachers in Bihar. The programme sought to improve the quality of teaching in Bihar through a three-pronged approach — improving teacher training, teacher performance, and accountability. It aimed to strengthen the institutional capacity within the state to deliver effective teacher education while improving governance and accountability systems for impacting teacher performance.
As an implementation support agency (ISA), we assisted SCERT with the development of design and implementation of sustainable, effective, scalable, and efficient interventions to achieve the following programme objectives:
i) Developing high-quality teacher education institutions for improved programme delivery
ii) Certification of unqualified elementary school teachers and their continuous professional development
iii) Developing an effective teacher management system with robust monitoring and evaluation practices
iv) Improving accountability mechanisms for teaching effectiveness
v) Improving financial governance mechanisms
