Request for Proposals: Arts Education projects in Government Schools by Teachers | Deadline: Friday, December 10, 2021 (CLOSED)

India Foundation for the Arts (IFA)
invites
Applications from Teachers
of Government Schools in Karnataka
Under its Arts Education programme

Application Deadline: Friday, December 10, 2021
(To download the call in Kannada, click here)

India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) seeks to implement arts projects facilitated by teachers from government school in Karnataka, for their schools. This is part of the Kali-Kalisu initiative that aims to forge collaborations between teachers, local artists and the school community.

The purpose of these projects is to encourage teachers to look beyond their subject teaching and explore the possibilities in arts education, create opportunities for teachers and artists across disciplines to become joint stakeholders in the school community and enrich curriculum and classroom teaching through artistic interventions. We hope that these projects will set in motion processes that will continue beyond the project period.

Click here to learn more about some of our projects from previous years.

Who can Apply:
Administrators, Head Masters, Block Resource Persons, Cluster Resource Persons, Subject Teachers, Arts teachers, and Lecturers from the District Institutes of Education and Training (DIET) in Karnataka

Scope of the Project:

The implemented projects could do any of the following:
  • Bring multiple stakeholders such as parents, students, teachers, school administration and art practitioners together for an artistic project
  • Explore learning environments enriched by regional/local art forms and practices in the classroom
  • Conceptualise and put in place student-centered programmes such as an arts cell within the student community which will meet regularly to experience and explore various art forms (theatre, visual arts, film, literature, photography, music etc.)
  • Examine possibilities with the arts to sensitise and engage the school community to think about local realities, social justice and environmental issues
  • Attempt to explore sustainable learning pedagogies of arts education in schools which can be delivered online due to COVID restrictions
Other long-term or short-term projects that engage with arts education in innovative and creative ways will also be considered.

Application Process and Deadlines:

  • You are welcome to approach us to discuss your project ideas or send us a draft proposal for our suggestions and comments on or before November 15, 2021.
  • Your final proposal should reach us on or before December 10, 2021.
  • Your project may have a minimum duration of nine months and a maximum duration of one year and six months.
  • Proposals can be submitted in Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Urdu or English.
  • If your proposal is shortlisted, you may be requested to make yourself available for an online presentation and discussion (Date to be determined).
  • Selected projects will be announced by January 31, 2022.

Your final proposal must contain:

  • Objectives of the proposed project
  • Details of the government school identified for the project
  • Methodology and detailed work plan
  • Outcomes of the project
  • Request letter for undertaking this project
  • Detailed break-up of the budget

Budget:

  • Up to a maximum of Rs 1,00,000/-
  • The applicant can consider a maximum honorarium of 40% of the total budget for the entire project.

Please note that the total budget is inclusive of the honorarium.

Proposal Submission:
Final proposals must be sent online in a single email not more than 25 MB to Krishnamurthy TN, Senior Programme Officer, Arts Education, at krishna@indiaifa.org.
The subject line should say ‘Project Proposal for Arts Education (Teachers)’.

For further queries, please contact:
Krishnamurthy TN
Email: krishna@indiaifa.org
Phone: 8762954080 (between 10:00 AM and 04:00 PM, Monday to Friday)

For more information on Kali-Kalisu, click here.