English Language Teacher Training project, a joint venture of the British Council and Aga Khan Foundation, aims at training and developing English language skills of the youth in the Nizamuddin Basti (slum) so that they are able to gain better educational and employment opportunities.
The project targeted people in the age group of 16 to 25 years. These youngsters are all from the lower income strata of the society and they reside in the slum. The income level of an average family in Nizamuddin Basti is around Rs 6,000 to 7,000 per month. They don’t have the monetary resources to take private tuition on English. This was an opportunity for the youth in the Basti to improve a skill that the formal education system has failed to develop.
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