[Reader-list] Vacancy: Research Study Co-ordinator at Educational Initiatives

[Chandni Parekh]

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From: Swara Pandya <swarapandya at gmail.com>
Subject: Short term postion at Educational Initiatives- Urgent

From: Gauri Sharma <gauri.sharma at ei-india.com>
Date: 1 February 2010
Subject: FW: Wanted some help

 Dear Swara,

We are recruiting a person in each metro, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai,
Delhi, and Mumbai for city coordinator's postion.  I wanted to get some
references, etc. The work will be for 3-6 months starting immediately.

If you know someone who would be interested, Kindly forward the below given
details.

Thanks and regards,

Gauri

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*About Educational Initiatives (**www.ei-india.com*<http://www.ei-india.com/>
*) :*

Educational Initiatives (EI) is an educational research company with a
mission to work towards qualitative improvement in India’s educational
system. EI is focused exclusively on assessment and learning outcomes
measurement in school education. EI conducts the *ASSET* test in English
medium schools across the country which is taken by over 300,000 students
every year. EI also conducts large scale benchmarking assessments working
closely with the Government schooling system, NGOs, donor agencies such as
UNICEF, World Bank and Dell Foundation.



*About the study:*

* *

EI with the support of Wipro Ltd. is conducting a study of holistic student
development in 5 metros namely Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai and
Bangalore. The study will cover English medium schools, specifically those
which are perceived as ‘good’ schools. The study will try to identify
factors or parameters that contribute to the holistic development of
students and the extent to which good practices in these contribute to
imparting better quality of education.

* *

This study expands a project executed jointly by Wipro and EI in 2005-06
which looked at the quality of student achievement in leading schools in 5
metro cities of India and was published as a cover story in the India Today
magazine. For the full report please refer to this link on our website:
http://www.ei-india.com/whats-wrong-with-our-teaching. While 2005-06 study
provide insights into what students are learning well and what they are not,
this study would go beyond that scope to include not only the co-scholastic
and attitudes/values aspects of education, but also attempt to correlate
them with qualitative parameters and learning environments in school.



*Profile of City Coordinator:*

* *

*Job Description: *

·         To carry out all the tasks required for testing in a standardised
manner in all the selected schools in the city.

·         To help in recruiting invigilators for the project and handle the
invigilators’ team for effectively implementation of the project.

·         To liaison with School Management, Principals and Teachers for
smooth implementation of the project.

·         To assist the research team in activities like data collection,
conducting teachers and student interviews etc.

·         To handle the logistics issues during the programme implementation
in the city.

·         To manage distribution and collection of test papers.

·         To ensure systematic reporting of daily project activities in the
city to the Project manager.

·         To help in documentation of the process in the city.

·         Show excellent initiative, self motivation and effective planning
for successful administration of the project.

*Candidate Profile:*

·         Post Graduate in Management or Social Sciences

·         Graduate with 1-2 years' experience in field operations.

·         Computer proficiency and access to email on daily basis is must.

·         Languages Known- English.

*Other Criteria: *

·         Open to travel anywhere within the city.

·         Must have a mobile

·         Own vehicle is preferable

*Location: *Bangalore,* *Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata.

*Duration of the position:* 3-6 months

*Salary:* Commensurate with experience.



Contact Details: Gauri Sharma, 09928020438, 079-40269628,
gauri.sharma at ei-india.com



Gauri Sharma, 0-9928020438 | gauri.sharma at ei-india.com
Educational Initiatives | www.ei-india.com <charisma at ei-india.com> | A world
where children everywhere are learning with understanding.