English and Empowerment | British Council

We provide opportunities for individuals in areas where English and other language education can help build resilience, develop agency, and voice, and support academic and career goals.

we support government and non-government partners to build sustainable education systems, empowers teachers and enables learners to access life-changing opportunities.

To achieve this, we work with our partners to develop high quality, contextualised materials and resources to directly train teachers and volunteers in learner centred methodology.

Our projects

English Skills for Youth

We partnered with Microsoft India for a three-year programme to enhance the life opportunities of young people, aged 18-25, from socio-economically marginalised communities.

English Skills Plus

We partnered with Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women and the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu to enhance students’ employability.

English and Digital for Girls' Education

English and Digital for Girls’ Education programme aims to improve the life prospects of adolescent girls in socio-economically marginalised communities in Bangladesh, India and Nepal.

Raman Kant Munjal Foundation (RKMF) Project

We partnered with Raman Kant Munjal (RKM) Foundation on a teacher development project for schools in Gurgaon, Haryana.

Improving teaching and learning of English and communication skills in West Bengal Polytechnics

This project is aimed at improving the education, training and capacity building of students and teachers in polytechnics across West Bengal.

I-WORK in action: Focus in India

The I-Work project in India aimed to improve work opportunities for young people including those from disadvantaged backgrounds using new approaches to employer led skills development.

Andhra Pradesh Higher Education English Communication Skills Project

We work to build institutional and organisational capacity, by bringing together partners, knowledge and innovation to build solutions that address the vision of increasing employability.

Andhra Pradesh Quality English Language Teaching Initiative

We partnered with Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Andhra Pradesh government and UNICEF for the Andhra Pradesh Quality English Language Teaching Initiative (AP QELT).

A Master Trainer training activity in progress

Andhra Pradesh Developing English Language Teaching

The British Council partnered with Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and UNICEF to improve the quality of teaching and learning of English in primary classrooms across Andhra Pradesh.

Teach India Programme - Times of India

The project aims to improve the employability of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds who have neither completed secondary education nor studied at a non-English language school.

Vocational Education and English Skills Training Project

With majority funding from European Union, the project aimed at developing an effective model to deliver ‘Employability Skills’ to disadvantaged youth in two backward districts of India.