Volunteer Info

What Will I Gain?

Certificates

2 certificates are awarded to the volunteer, jointly by The Times of India and British Council – one for the completion of training and other for successfully delivering the course curriculum

Training from British Council

Volunteers attend 7-days free workshop from British Council trained trainers on English language training pedagogy and classroom delivery.

Scholars Network

A Teach India volunteer becomes part of 4,000+ learned volunteer community that comprises of students and professionals (both working and retired) coming from leading colleges and corporates.

Real Social Impact

A volunteer transforms the lives of around 20 underprivileged youth by helping them getting better jobs through skill training.

What will I do?

7 Days Compulsory Training

Volunteer needs to commit for 7 days of compulsory training which will equip them to deliver language skills to the underprivileged youth.

Deliver 100 hours of teaching

Volunteer needs to teach Spoken English to 15-20 underprivileged youth in a NGO classroom.

Volunteer Journey

The volunteers go through a selective procedure before being placed; an orderly process is executed to hand pick the suitable candidates.

Fill online application Form/Registration

The online application procedure is open, register here:

The telephonic interview

There are two rounds of telephonic interview:
Round 1: After registering successfully, the candidates attend a telephonic interview and if he/she passes, the second round of interview will be held.

Attend The Orientation

After clearing both the rounds, candidate attends an orientation to get themselves familiar with framework of project and receive final confirmation.

8 Days Training

For the finally shortlisted candidates, an 8 days training is conducted by British Council trained trainer.

Get The Allocated NGO

Volunteers are allocated NGO based on the choices made in application form and as per the availability.

Refresher Training And Job Fair

Volunteers attend two refresher training of one day each throughout the programme. Also, they are a part of job fair.

Certification

Times Group and the British Council jointly awards two certificates to the volunteer, one for completion of training and the second for successfully delivering the course curriculum.