Sanjhi Sikhiya is an non-profit organisation[1][2] working to improve the public education system in Punjab, India.[3][4] The organisation offers young leaders opportunities to work closely with the officials of the Punjab Education Department.[5] Sanjhi Sikhiya is also part of the Punjab Education Collective—a group of four non-profits in the education space—whose work together has impacted "2.3 million students across 19,000 government schools in Punjab."[3]
Sanjhi Sikhiya was co-founded by Simranpreet Singh Oberoi[6] in 2018 with the mission to help "all children in Punjab attain foundational capabilities in an enabling environment."[7]
Initiatives
editSanjhi Sikhiya's flagship initiative includes the Punjab Youth Leadership Programme (PYLP), which is a two-year fellowship that trains and places young leaders in government-run schools in Punjab. The young leaders work with teachers to enhance classroom pedagogy and collaborate with bureaucrats to improve local governance.[8][9]
The program runs in primary schools across three districts in Punjab: Fatehgarh Sahib, Patiala, and Ropar.[10] By 2021, the program had placed young leaders in 300 schools across the state.[5]
Awards
editSanjhi Sikhiya is a member of the Punjab Education Collective (PEC) — a group of four non-profits working to improve education in the state.[11] In 2023, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship (a sister organization of the World Economic Forum[12]) awarded Punjab Education Collective with the Collective Social Innovation Award.[13][14] The collective's efforts have contributed to improving Punjab's education ranking in the national performance grading index from, "13 in 2019 to number 1 in 2020/21".[13]
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- ^ "Our Sister Organizations - Annual Report 2022-2023 | World Economic Forum". 6 September 2023.
- ^ a b Basu, Soma (2023-05-20). "How the Punjab Education Collective turned around the government schools in the State". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ "Collective Social Innovation". Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. Archived from the original on 2024-09-22. Retrieved 2024-12-13.