STIR Education

It is a moral and economic imperative that every child, everywhere, has a teacher who cultivates the joy of lifelong learning. STIR is an NGO that supports education systems to ignite the intrinsic motivation of their teachers and officials, through teacher networks. Our vision is a world where teachers love teaching & children love learning. This year STIR is impacting 200,000 teachers and 6 million children, through supporting the national education system in Uganda, and 4 state education systems in India. There have been exciting signs of success: for example, this year STIR's work across all 1,050 secondary schools in Delhi contributed to the state achieving its best ever academic results. STIR now looking at opportunities to expand its work to Indonesia and Ethiopia. By 2030, STIR aims that 300 million children will have an intrinsically motivated teacher, and that education systems worldwide will recognise their ability to develop this critical profession. STIR is supported by DFID, Mastercard, Ikea, UBS Optimus, Dubai Cares and other leading global foundations. Sharath, STIR's Founder & CEO, received an honorary doctorate for his contribution to global education, and is a member of the Education Commission's High Level Steering Group on workforce issues.