Teach For Armenia
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| Founded | 2013 |
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| Founder | Larisa Hovannisian |
| Type | Nonprofit organization |
| Focus | Eliminate Educational Inequity |
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| Slogan | We envision an Armenia where all children, regardless of their socio-economic circumstances, have the opportunity to unlock their full potential through an excellent education. |
| Website | teachforarmenia.org |
Teach For Armenia (Armenian: «Դասավանդի՛ր, Հայաստան» կրթական հիմնադրամ) is a non-profit organization, which aims to expand educational opportunities for all children in Armenia, regardless of their socio-economic circumstances, by recruiting, training, and supporting high-achieving graduates and professionals to teach for a minimum of two years in the most underserved schools across Armenia.
Teach For Armenia was founded in 2013 by Larisa Hovannisian after her two-year teaching experience in an elementary and middle school in Glendale, Arizona through the Teach For America program. Together with its supporters, Teach For Armenia’s founding team embarked on an ambitious mission to transform the country’s public education system so that educational excellence and opportunity would reach every child, even the most marginalized.
Today in Armenia, approximately 25% of students from socioeconomically disadvantaged communities do not enroll in high school. The country’s students have consistently ranked behind their peers in neighboring countries and below international averages in math and science, and these figures decline further with each passing year. Children in the communities Teach For Armenia serves, lack access to the high-quality teaching and educational opportunities that are readily available to their wealthier peers; and an estimated 35% of schools in these communities face teacher shortages. As a result, tens of thousands of Armenian children are being left without the skills they need to pursue higher education and attain financial security. This educational inequity fuels Armenia’s most urgent societal problems and entrenches cycles of poverty in a country where about 30% of the population is impoverished. To address this crucial issue of educational inequity, Teach For Armenia harnesses the energy, enthusiasm, and drive of exceptional university graduates to infuse great teachers into Armenia’s most disadvantaged schools and to cultivate lifelong champions for educational excellence.
Currently, Teach For Armenia operates in five regions of Armenia: Gegharkunik, Lori, Armavir, Tavush, and Aragatsotn.
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