Today our schools face an ever increasing shortage of well-qualified and motivated teachers, who need to adapt to modern teaching techniques
Added to this, there are ever-increasing demands placed on schools by parents to prepare their children to face competitive exams
School-Connect was designed to help schools overcome these problems and transform them into world-class education providers
We help schools implement NEP at the grassroots level
What We Do
We offer innovative solutions to the school management by working with the 2 main pillars in the school system
Teachers & Students
CTD's In-Service Teacher Training Programs
Our in-service teacher training programs incorporate interactive teaching techniques
Some of the highlights of our In-service teacher training programs are:
- Deep subject matter expertise & clear any misconceptions.
- Provide a deep foundational training on National Education Policy (NEP) and how to truly implement it.
- Use of technology as teaching aids in the classrooms.
- Promote conceptual understanding and higher order thinking through our VALUE™ Framework: Teaching methodology.
- Access to extensive course materials in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, and English
- Training comprising of both live and self-learning modules
- Comprehensive assessment of your teachers
- Dedicated helpdesk available for doubt clearance for teachers
Our programs are based on the latest syllabus of the respective Education Boards so teachers can apply their learnings in the classroom right away.
Student coaching programs & Cloud-Tutor Learning Platform
We provide student coaching programs and digital learning solutions to schools in Science & Mathematics for grades 6 to 12.
Some of the highlights of our student coaching programs are:
- Complete access to our online portal for recorded lectures, question banks, assessments, topic-wise exam practice papers & Worksheets with Solution Key
- Access to live interactive lectures for explaining concepts
- Rigorous exam preparation
- Tips and tricks to ace competitive exams
- Focus on increasing conceptual understanding and higher order thinking skills.
The CTD Advantage Our Partner Schools Enjoy
Access to teaching material for students
Higher order learning for your students
Specialised Coaching classes for students
Access to Cloud-Tutors app for students and teachers
Competitive exams preparation
NEP compliant training courses / certification for teachers
School Testimonials
Cloud-Tutors classes have made a positive impact on the learning outcomes of our students. Many students who earlier feared Science and Mathematics now seem to enjoy these subjects.
School Principal
Student-teachers continue to use ideas received during the training program conducted by Connecting The Dots even after they commenced their teaching profession. The enthusiasm and interest generated in the classroom by these training sessions will stay with them when they teach their students.
Assistant Director
Gnanadeepa program has made a difference to our students in demonstration classes, planning & designing instructional material and lesson plans.
Principal
Our Success Stories
Infosys Science Foundation (ISF), a not-for-profit trust, was set up in February 2009 by Infosys and some members of its board. ISF promotes Science & Maths learning through its Gnanadeepa Teacher Training Program. CTD has partnered with ISF to design and deliver programs to improve the quality of Science & Math teaching in Karnataka.
About 650 middle & high school teachers of Government schools from all over Karnataka assembled in Mysore for 10 days in August-2014 for CTD’s training program on Science teaching.
‘Your training program is innovative. We had not studied Science and Math in this way before. You have made us aware of a whole new way of teaching these subjects.’
– A Government school teacher from Mysore, Karnataka, Aug-2014
In 2015, the focus of Gnanadeepa Teacher Training program turned to pre-service teachers. CTD designed a training program for B Ed teacher-trainees. The belief is that these teacher-trainees, as they prepare to start their career as teachers, will greatly benefit from our innovative teaching methods.
Teacher-trainees from 10 different B Ed colleges experienced and understood Science & Math like they had never before.
‘Connecting the Dots is doing a very good job which will help all future teachers, so please try to conduct such sessions for every batch of B.Ed. teacher trainees. Thank you’
– a student-teacher from a B Ed college in Bangalore, July-2015
The Open Door Foundation (ODF) is dedicated to creating a better future for children living in orphanages and child-care homes in India. They aim to provide the children with a range of support that includes supplementary study sessions for their academics, extra-curricular activities, vocational and training sessions. CTD runs Science classes for children in these institutions. It is our belief that all support is necessary for these children to become competitive in future.
‘Connecting the Dots combined a strong passion for teaching Science & Math with a strong compassion for these underprivileged children. I feel convinced that CTD is making a positive and lasting impression on the children. CTD’s programs will give a great chance for the children to become competitive and do well in future’
– Naresh D’Mello, Managing Trustee, ODF
Manipal Foundation, a charitable arm of the Manipal Group was formed in 2002. Dr. T.M.A Pai, the founder and philanthropic spirit behind the Manipal Group, channelised his energies to create wealth of a different kind – touching lives of people by making an effort to empower them. This empowerment, he believed was possible by improving areas of healthcare, education, vocational skill training, woman empowerment and environment.
CTD is executing a coaching program in Science and Maths for students of grades IX and X of 4 government schools in rural Karnataka. The program leverages a virtual classroom model where CTD’s instructors teach face-to-face in a school called the “delivery school” and the same is relayed live to the other “receiving schools”. This is supplemented by periodic visits of CTD’s faculty to the receiving schools. CTD’s coaching program is a full-year, intensive program with close to 500 hours of coaching being imparted to these students in Kannada medium.
The outcome of the program has been very encouraging. Schools that historically had a pass percentage of less than 50% in X grade board exams have now reported a pass percentage of close to 80% in Science and Mathematics.
“CTD’s teachers are excellent. They make Science and Maths easy. I have passed my board exams only because of CTD’s teachers. I now want to become an Engineer.”
– Grade X student of government school, Rural Karnataka
Bosch has always been driven by its values. Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Private Limited through the years has been loyal to the fundamentals that drive the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) charter. The Social Responsibility charter is aligned to their vision towards extending ‘Smart Solutions’ to create long lasting value to the society.
Bosch India Foundation tasked CTD with running a pilot program for coaching students of grade X in Science and Maths in a Government school in south Bangalore. About 300 students of this school were enrolled for this coaching. Coaching was conducted in English as well as Kannada medium. In spite of the program starting only at the beginning of the 2nd term, CTD managed to very quickly engage with the students and create a significant impact on their board exam results. The school that had historically a pass percentage of below 50% in Science and Maths, had more than 75% of its students pass Science and Maths due to the coaching provided by CTD.
“CTD’s resource persons are excellent. Their knowledge of subject, their dedication and above all, their passion to make a difference in the lives of students ensured that the students of my school passed their board exams with flying colours.”
– Principal, Government school, South Bangalore
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