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2020-12-31-accounts

ANNUAL REPORT 2020

MUKTANGAN EDUCATIONAL TRUST

REGISTERED CHARITY NO: 1155393

CONTENTS

M E S S A G E F R O M T H E 3 C H A I R

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T H E U K T R U S T

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I M P A C T

M U K T A N G A N I N D I A 7 D R E A M C O M S 12 V O L U N T E E R I N G

13 F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

As for just about everyone, the coronavirus pandemic made 2020 an extraordinary year for Muktangan Educational Trust (the UK Trust ). Successive lockdowns and social distancing rules made it impracticable for us to engage with our supporters in person or hold any community events during the year. Our fundraising continued nevertheless, and the online coronavirus appeal which we launched in April gathered some welcome donations. I am delighted to report that our total revenue for the year, including Gift Aid received, exceeded £97,000 which, given the severe limitations on our activities as a result of the pandemic, is a fantastic result. Our heartfelt thanks to our supporters for their generosity at a time when the pandemic placed particular strains on the Muktangan teachers and students in India. Schools there began closing - in mid March, and the Muktangan teachers worked hard to shift school assignments to digital platforms so as to ensure that the school syllabus for the year could be completed and that the students continued to receive an engaging, developmentally appropriate, quality education.

In the course of the year, the UK Trust registered with Amazon Smile. This enables our supporters who are making a purchase on Amazon to trigger a donation from Amazon to the UK Trust. This complements our registration with easyfundraising which provides a similar benefit through online purchases from other retailers.

We were delighted to welcome Monica Kohli as a new trustee in May. Monica grew up in Kolkata, read law at National Law School of India University in Bangalore and worked in Mumbai before moving to the UK. She

took her Masters in law at Southampton and her MBA in Shipping from Copenhagen Business School, and currently works as a senior lawyer at one of the biggest marine insurers in the world. Her interests lie in education, gender equality and diversity. She has mentored students at another education charity in India and has been a mentor for the Prince’s Trust in the UK.

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During the year, we also bid a fond farewell to Aditi Surana who stepped down as a trustee in July before - beginning a full time MBA programme at INSEAD in France. We are very sorry to be saying goodbye to Patrick - Montague Jones as a trustee this month as well. We thank Aditi and Patrick very much for their invaluable contributions to the UK Trust as trustees and, before that, as volunteers. We are fortunate that Patrick will remain available to assist us as a volunteer on discrete projects. To maintain our trustee number, we will be looking to add a new trustee to our Board, who has connections in the financial sector or the education sector to help us to increase the UK Trust’s income and donor base and our links with schools in the UK.

Roy Montague-Jones March 2021

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THE UK TRUST

The UK Trust was founded in 2011 to support the work of Muktangan, an educational programme run by Muktangan Education Trust, in - India. Muktangan provides high quality education to underprivileged - children across seven English medium schools and gives members of that same community a vocation, training them to be teachers. The UK - Trust co ordinates fundraising initiatives in the UK in order to support Muktangan’s work in India.

The UK Trust does not own any premises and does not run an office. All our trustees work remotely and give their time voluntarily.

Trustees receive no benefits from the charity but may claim reasonable expenses. The trustees are each appointed for a three year period. They retire by rotation at differing - times (but may stand for re election). - This helps ensure long term stability for the UK Trust.

The trustees are:

The UK Trust currently comprises six trustees. Trustee meetings are held in person four times a year, with video meetings or conference calls in between, as required. Trustees are appointed for their passion for supporting the work of Muktangan in India and the skills and expertise they are able to bring to the UK Trust.

For more information about the trustees, see

www.muktanganeducationaltrust.co. uk/team

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IMPACT

MUKTANGAN VISION

MUKTANGAN MISSION

An inclusive, empowered world in which we all live in harmony with freedom of expression, respect and integrity.

To evolve sustainable, replicable, inclusive - models of quality child centred teacher education and school programmes in partnership with marginalised communities, and to implement them in the larger system.

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903 teachers 3,743 current trained students

UK TRUST FUNDRAISING ACHIEVEMENTS

£249,000 raised since our inception in 2011

£97,093 raised in 2020

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MUKTANGAN INDIA

Muktangan was developed as an alternative model that aimed to bridge the disconnects prevalent in mainstream schooling. Supported through the Muktangan Education Trust, a charity registered under the Bombay Public Trusts Act, in partnership with the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), Muktangan provides an inclusive, - - student friendly, community based model of education. Muktangan has developed into a holistic model of teacher and school education, which is working with various State departments and NGO partners to provide integrated solutions to educational disconnects, benefitting thousands of educators and children in both urban and rural settings.

EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AT MUKTANGAN

The Muktangan programme runs - across seven English medium

public schools in Mumbai and caters to the individual needs of all - students from pre school up to 10th - Standard (15 16 year olds). Unlike mainstream education, Muktangan is characterised by small class sizes, - low pupil teacher ratios, and classrooms which harness creativity and individuality. This education is provided free of charge.

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Academic success is just one - component of the holistic, child centred education that Muktangan provides, but these results are a testament to the effectiveness of Muktangan's model, the dedication of Muktangan's staff, and a lot of hard work by the students.

Muktangan continues to support its alumni even after they have finished their schooling at Muktangan. In collaboration with programme partners, Muktangan provides a structured engagement programme for its young graduates through a ‘Career Ready’ programme. This is a - classroom based course which - covers areas such as self awareness, clarifying career paths in chosen fields, provision of work skills and professional ethics and the provision of professional mentorship. Internship and placement opportunities are also provided.

During the pandemic, in collaboration with Project Mumbai’s ‘Smiles’ programme, Muktangan has hosted a series of guided webinar group discussions for alumni to facilitate peer group support and to provide practical coping strategies aimed at helping these youngsters effectively adapt to the trying times to come.

TEACHER EDUCATION AT MUKTANGAN

MUKTANGAN'S WIDER IMPACT

Muktangan also undertakes outreach initiatives. These take shape through special projects and workshops designed to help roll out Muktangan’s educational model and spread understanding of its benefits. Muktangan has been leveraging new

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digital platforms and revitalising partnerships with public and private entities in the context of formal education and vocational development.

EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT TOOLKITS

Muktangan has launched Early Childhood Education Toolkits which - are aimed at supporting pre school - educators and parents with an easy - to implement daily routine that equips children aged 3 to 6 with the - pre concepts and social skills required for entering primary school. The toolkits were physically launched through project partners, Learning Space Foundation and Govardhan Eco Village, followed by a digital launch through Muktangan’s internally developed extension website, https://toolkits@muktanganedu.org. This website also contains a myriad of digital educational resources for parents and teachers to support student learning at home during the - COVID 19 lockdown.

CURRICULUM RE-DESIGN AND NATIONAL IMPACT

During the last academic year, - Muktangan completed their re design of the entire course content for all three progressive work integrated levels of the Tata Institute for Social Sciences (TISS) Bachelor’s Degree in Vocational

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Education (B.Voc) for Early Child Development (ECD). These qualifications equip applicants to secure a position, at level one, as a - pre school teaching assistant, at - level two, as a pre school head teacher and, at level three, provides applicants with the pedagogic expertise and management skills to - set up and run their own pre school. - The re designed ECD curriculum is now being implemented in 15 TISS hub centres in five States across India with 396 applicants enrolled.

IMPACT ON RURAL EDUCATION

Muktangan’s Early Learners Development Programme (ELDP) was concluded in 2020. This is a - community based model of capacity building for Anganwadi workers aimed at bringing about a - sustainable change in the way pre school education is delivered in rural Maharashtra.

Under the English Language Development Programme for - Vernacular Primary Schools (ELD VPS), Muktangan supported facilitators from 18 clusters in the district of Bhiwandi with pedagogic skills for English language teaching and learning. These facilitators then conducted training workshops and - provided in classroom support to 138 primary grade teachers from 128 Zilla Parishad schools over a three year period. They also boosted community interest in school education by organising education fairs which were attended by more than 1,000 locals. Theis programme will immediately benefit 6,136 rural school children and their successors who are enrolled at these schools.

MCGM EDUCATOR DEVELOPMENT

Muktangan has also been working on educator development within MCGM schools, to create a - sustainable model of in service educator professional development within public sector schools specifically located in the vicinity of ’ - Mumbai s most under served communities.

Muktangan faculty have been sharing their subject matter expertise and developed pedagogic process skills with 127 educators – 87 from the primary and 40 from the - pre school sections of the 25 selected schools. These educators

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have been empowered with innovative constructivist pedagogy and techniques for lesson design and development, building budget teaching aids, child observation and other formative assessment techniques.

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

Muktangan has been in partnership with Singapore International Federation (SIF) over three years to create a collaborative platform for experienced Early Childhood Education (ECE) professionals to connect and share best practices - and design a high quality, scalable ECE curriculum inclusive of professional development tools, educator appraisal systems and - effective monitoring feedback - systems. Participants from 10 ECE focused organisations have attended a series of workshops hosted by Muktangan and facilitated through SIF by ECE expert volunteers from across the globe.

The final outcome of this collaboration, an enhanced - Muktangan ECE Primary bridge curriculum, benchmarked to international standards will be released in 2021.

For more information about Muktangan in India and its work, see www.muktanganedu.org.

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VOLUNTEERING

VOLUNTEERING IN THE UK

The UK Trust is always looking for new people to help our organisation grow.

This year, we were delighted to receive expert support from Rob Wilkinson, a former consultant to - non profit organisations in the areas of strategic planning, funding and project management, who delivered focused training to the trustees on writing fundraising proposals. Rob has worked at a number of charities during his career, including Save the Children, Plan, VSO, CAFOD, Merlin, Amnesty and ActionAid, and he also assisted us in reviewing a range of our fundraising materials.

We were also delighted to welcome Michael Cutts as a volunteer. Michael spent three years at Muktangan in Mumbai a few years ago where he was involved in a wide range of activities, from fundraising to teaching a range of subjects and leading art projects. Michael has been assisting us in our fundraising efforts and with communications ideas.

VOLUNTEERING IN INDIA

We also facilitate student placements in India, for UK students at Muktangan. Our volunteers fulfill a range of roles, teaching Muktangan students, training teachers or conducting crucial research. They provide a significant - ' value add for Muktangan s schools programme and advocacy efforts.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT

Years to 31 December

Years to 31 December
2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
Incoming resources £ £ £ £ £
Monthly donors 2,876 2,988 3,490 4,049 4,142
Other donations 94,203 58,124 25,486 467 1,461
Fundraising events - 1,240 9,470 14,103 3,290
Card sales 5 425 545 640 522
Other income 9 12 6 7 -
Total incoming resources 97,093 62,789 38,996 19,266 9,415

Resources expended

Charitable activities(Muktangan India) 69,985 70,000 20,000
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2		 5,420
Fundraising and cost of events - 1,040 4,384 4,151 2,789
Governance costs 1,544 1,432 1,261 681 614
Total resources expended 71,529 72,472 25,645 4,832 8,823
Net incoming/ (Outgoing) resources 25,564 (9,683) 13,351 14,434 592
Total funds b/forward 23,374 33,057 19,706 5,272 4,680
Total funds c/forward 48,938 23,374 33,057 19,706 5,272
Total charity funds 48,938 23,374 33,057 19,706 5,272

  1. In February 2019, we transferred a further £15,000 to Muktangan India.

  2. In February 2018, we transferred £10,000 to Muktangan India.

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