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Objectives: YES, stands for Young English Speakers which makes English Education (skills in writing, speaking, reading, listening, and thinking) the primary objective. However, the Program has several other equally weighted objectives such as, Life skills development, promoting inter-ethnic interaction and peace building, Global citizenship education with special focus on democracy, human rights & equality, Attitude development, entrepreneurship and inculcating excellence among youth aged 15-24

Approach: The program is designed with a youth friendly, result driven approach. The Program will be open for youth aged 15-24. A YES club will consist of 3 to 5 members who can meet regularly for group activities. Learning will be defocused, activity based and interactive. An App supported on Android and iOS devises will be developed for this purpose. YES app will be the main tool in the engagement process with videos, instructions & guides. YES club members will have to watch videos and receive coaching/guidance from registered Coaches. After 1 st Engagement (lesson) an evaluation will be done by assessing their activities /Assignments uploaded as Videos. An evaluation team who will pass the relevant YES club to the next engagement if found successful. Youth attached to YES clubs will learn subject matter mentioned under objectives through learning English. The same platform (App) will be used to educate them on good governance, Democracy, Human rights social market economy and current affairs (in the process of learning English - through case studies, NEWS analysis, new word search, presentation topics, group activity topics etc) keeping them UpToDate and enhancing their world knowledge, developing them into Global Citizens. The platform will encourage membership to communicate across their ethnic /cultural boundaries, promoting ethnic harmony. \ App will provide career guidance video tutorials giving the membership UpToDate information and linking them with education /training bodies. A YES club may be formed in the Family, neighbourhood, School, University, vocational training centre, Workplace, or any other setting. A group must be formed by youth who have a genuine interest in learning the language. They will have to face a simple test to see whether they have a basic understanding of the Language. They will be enrolled into the program at the lowest membership category called ‘Bronze’. There are four membership categories defined based on the expected competency levels the clubs could achieve. The definitions of the categories are as follows:

  • Bronze members – will be weak in the language at the start, but at the end of the engagement they will be able to have a basic understanding of the language and carry out simple, basic conversations.
  • Silver members – will be reasonably able to communicate but still need a lot of coaching, by the end of the engagement they would be able to maintain rudimentary conversations and be able to read and write at an acceptable level.
  • Gold members – will be able to speak rather well but will be weak in writing and reading, at the end of the engagement they will be able to fluently speak and read and write as well at a high standard.
  • Platinum members -will be fluent speakers that can read and write as well, but seek to improve & practise their skills, by the end of the engagement they will be able to communicate (read, write, listen & speak) at the level of a native speaker.
Effort: The project team will design and develop a web application system to create lessons, monitor and evaluate ‘club’ performance. Lesson plans will come with Video clips. Those videos/Audio clips may be uploaded to the App which can be accessed by the members. Members must gather to watch & practice followed by them uploading their individual and group assignments/activities on to the platform. These Assignments will be evaluated by a QA Team, who will after careful consideration, will approve the relevant club to progress to the next lesson. At the end of ‘Bronze’ period the group’s skill set will be assessed and the Club will be upgraded to Silver Category only if they have achieved required level of competence. We will first start with ‘Bronze’ category and there will be 24 lesson engagements over a period of 6 months. (Maximum they can remain in Bronze would be 10 months)