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Knowledge through research and partnerships
Who are we ?
Who are we ?
Quality Education & Skills Training (QUEST) Alliance is a social venture that works towards creating powerful learning experiences for marginalized children & youth to realize their full potential
What do we do ?
What do we do ?
We focus on research-led innovation in teaching and learning
We engage with civil society, government institutions and corporates to demonstrate and enable scalable and replicable solutions in education and vocational training
We provide a collaboration platform to enable knowledge creation and sharing among a growing network of diverse stakeholders
We look to harness the potential of technology and contextualize it to address real world challenges
How do we work ?
How do we work ?
Research Demonstrate Disseminate
How do we work ?
- Learner analysis – to create a shared understanding of needs & challenges in existing delivery models – Design research - to explore innovation in pedagogy, curriculum and assessment to creatively enhance and develop powerful learning experiences – Program evaluation - to critically analyse program outcomes and impact in the context of quality, sustainability, replicability
Research Demonstrate Disseminate
How do we work ?
– Research led program design and incubation through appropriate partnerships – Continuous engagement and monitoring of pilots to identify success factors and re-design constantly – Identify scenarios for scale, adaption to new contexts and sustainability
Research Demonstrate Disseminate
How do we work ?
– Facilitate knowledge exchange and genuine dialogue through physical and virtual meeting spaces – Promote thought leadership by bringing together thinkers and change makers to address cross cutting challenges – Influence policy making by sharing research and analysis from successful and inspirational field experiences
Research Demonstrate Disseminate
How do we work ?
- Learner analysis – to create a shared understanding of needs & challenges in existing delivery models – Design research - to explore innovation in pedagogy, curriculum and assessment to creatively enhance and develop powerful learning experiences – Program evaluation - to critically analyse program outcomes and impact in the context of quality, sustainability, replicability
– Research led program design and incubation through appropriate partnerships – Continuous engagement and monitoring of pilots to identify success factors and re-design constantly – Identify scenarios for scale, adaption to new contexts and sustainability
– Facilitate knowledge exchange and genuine dialogue through physical and virtual meeting spaces – Promote thought leadership by bringing together thinkers and change makers to address cross cutting challenges – Influence policy making by sharing research and analysis from successful and inspirational field experiences
Research Demonstrate Disseminate
Focus Areas
Build robust curriculum and course structures that address learner specific needs while forming the foundation for a transformational experience
Create a vibrant facilitator platform for continuous support and professional developmentDesign and pilot multiple delivery models to ensure quality and relevance in varied learning contexts
Share knowledge and engage with a larger group of stakeholders to mobilize action and policy change through impactful research, demonstration and advocacy
Focus Areas
Our Work in Employability
Over the last 3 years our initiatives have aimed to address facilitator capacity building, curriculum design, developing and piloting technology tools for improving delivery and sensitizing formal educational systems to the importance of building livelihood skills.
We have worked with curriculum designers (International Youth Foundation), non profits (CAP, DRF, Youthreach) and private sector (Alcatel-Lucent, GE, Microsoft)
Multiple tools have been piloted, tested intensively and scaled leading to new directions for research and innovation
Our work in Employability
Digital Lifeskills toolkit aimed to address the pressing need of providing facilitators with ideas and tools for developing their facilitation and subject matter competencies, currently being used in over 80 centers across India, Nepal and Sri-Lanka
Udaan Lifeskills program is a comprehensive 67 module curriculum designed to address the most vital part of employability training to develop critical life skills and workplace readiness skills
Pre-Vocational modules aimed to help secondary school students explore their interests in diverse vocations through subject matter in English, Math and Social Sciences
Research and Innovation
Our Work in Education
Over the last 3 years our initiatives have aimed to explore diverse content design, delivery methods and teacher support and advocacy for change
We have worked with design researchers (Quicksand Design Studio), educators (Vikramshila, Udaan) non profits (APF, EDC, Pratham,) and technology enablers (Drishti, OWSA, )
Non traditional and participatory tools and mediums have been piloted, tested intensively and scaled leading to new directions for research and innovation
Our work in Education
Videoshala is a unique intervention where local community members are trained to produce contextually relevant curriculum based educational video kits for primary school children.
Lifeline for Education is a phone based information and knowledge access system to support teachers in the context of an acute shortage of teaching resources in rural government schools
Teacher centric content for computer aided learning was designed, piloted in 12 schools and distributed in 4000 schools
Knowledge Sharing and capacity building events have been a key medium for engaging in dialogue on issues like instructional design, evaluation and meaningful uses of technology
Research and Innovation
Possibilities for Engagement
Possibilities for Engagement
NGOs : Seed ideas for innovation, share research and implement pilots in the field
Corporations & Academic Institutions : Share resources, knowledge, tools and methodologies to develop and assess a proof of concept
Governments : Provide support to scale up a proof of conceptTechnology companies & labs: Create or adapt technology products and services to provide value for teachers & learners
Non Profits
Corporations
Funders
Schools & Academic Institutions
Educationists & Researchers
APFCAPDRFPrathamOWSAYouthreachUdaanVikramshilaDrishtiEducation Development CenterByrraju FoundationSaathUnnatiInternational Youth FoundationAmerican Indian FoundationHuman & Institutional Development ForumCenter for Learning ResourcesIT for ChangeVideo Volunteers
RAN ResearchRetail BizNirantarCenter for Media studiesRV Educational consortiumALCQuicksandIMRBKozmalone consulting
AccentureGEMicrosoftAlcatel-Lucent FoundationIntel EducationWiproCiscoBritish TelecomEducation Initiatives
Carnegie Mellon UniversitySrishti School of Art, Design & TechnologyDigantarSNDT University
USAID
Who are our partners ?
Who is the team ?
Who is the team ?
Aakash Sethi
Executive Director
Deepak Menon
Research & Innovations
Quicksand Design Studio
Innovations Partner
Deepti Belliappa Ganapathy
Communications Specialist
Aude Joannis
Design Specialist
Radha Ganesan
Instructional Designer
Janardhana KV
Administrative Assistant
Amitav Nath
Programs and Operations
Nikita Agarwal
Program Coordinator
Abhijeet Mehta
Partnerships & Communication
Douglas Bell
LearningSpecialist
Linet D’souza
Finance & Administration
Tina Koshy
Governance & Contracts
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