Yearoutindia, Volunteer Travel & Discover

With Yearoutindia teaching programs in rural communities, you can get involved in taking normal classes, assisting the teaching staff, conducting extracurricular activities like clay modeling, painting, drawing, singing, art & drama, dancing, group work, games or other similar activities. Your help and assistance will be greatly appreciated in these rural schools and will be a refreshing change to existing curriculum. These schools typically have limited resources, both infrastructure and staff.

If you're a native English speaker or with some teaching experience, you can be a valuable resource in these village classrooms. With your English skills you could teach proper English pronunciation and usage. Even if you've never formally taught a classroom subject, you can assist the local teachers in their day to day work at the school. You don't need to know the local language, or the methods of the local school system. All you need is enthusiasm and a desire to share your knowledge.

On some days, you'll meet your students for informal English language training. At other times, instructions may take the form of field trips, audio visual programs, games or other organized events. You could also teach various other disciplines according to your choice or ability. Most of our partner rural schools welcome your participation in their programs. All resources required for these activities will be provided by Yearoutindia.

You can be a valuable resource in the classroom teaching students from elementary through to high school. With most programs you can volunteer as an "English Teacher" which are enjoyable, intensive projects. These can be extended according to the need of the host school and the individual volunteer.

Volunteers can also host discussions about their homelands, including culture, history, lifestyles, sports and school systems. The emphasis of both the classroom teaching and teaching English is on improving real-life conversational skills, not formal rules of grammar. You'll usually teach four hours a day, Monday through Friday, and have four hours each day to collaborate with your team mates and prepare for classes. The rest of the day is for free time.

Program Schedule

4/8/12+ Week Teaching programs at Rural schools in South India:

Teach English to children in rural South India. Through the Reach and Teach Programs, volunteers will be able to teach in rural schools around the state. Schools could vary between tiny village schools with minimal facilities to reasonably equipped schools in small towns. Please note that teaching schedules are planned taking into consideration the current timetable of the host schools and teaching volunteers may be moved around local schools on a demand and availability basis.

Volunteer Teaching Position at :
Sri Vivekananda Vidyasadan English Medium School
located high up in the Western Ghats mountain ranges.
(Click here for more details)

Reach & Teach program at a rural school :
Teaching placement at Sacred Hearts School
in Kanthaloor, Kerala, South India
(Click here for more details)

Volunteer Teaching / Assistant position at
Carmel Jyothi SPECIALNEEDS School:
in Adimally, Kerala, South India
(Click here for more details)

New Coastal Fishing Community School project
Teaching placement at Theeradesa School
in Alappuzha, Kerala, South India
(Click here for more details)

Program duration & costs:
RT-VVS101- Adimally School
RT-SHS103- Kanthaloor School
RT-MGS105- Marayoor School & Childrens home
RT-SNS107- Special Needs Teacher / Assistant
RT-TDS108- Coastal Fishing Community School

Please read our Do It All Program page for opportunities to mix and match various volunteering activities according to availability.