Elia Sarwat High School

Note: The information in this profile represents SY2013-14 unless otherwise indicated.

School Overview

Name Elia Sarwat High School
School type Private
Location Malwani, India
Community type Urban
Grades served 1-12
Enrollment 700
% Below the poverty line >90%
Annual tuition 400–500 rupees/month (6–8 USD/month)
Annual expenditures per student Not available
Test scores Not available

School Description

Elia Sarwat High School is a low-income, private school in Mumbai, India, that serves students in grades 1 through 12. Although one of the top schools in Mumbai, it lacks resources and infrastructure. As a result, in the 2013-14 school year, the school partnered with Zaya, an education nonprofit, to provide students with access to Zaya’s tablets and personalized learning platform. The Zaya platform is used in 4th– and 5th-grade classrooms as well as in an after-school learning lab that provides additional learning opportunities to students who are struggling or behind.

Blended Learning Program

Focus General
Year launched SY2013-14
Enrollment 60
Blended grades 4,5
Blended subjects Math
Hardware Tablets: Windows
Curriculum products Self-developed, CK-12, Khan Academy
Student information systems Not available
Learning management systems Not available
Grading products Not available
Assessment products Indus
Data systems Not available
Professional development products Not available

Program Model

Program model: Station Rotation

Model description
Only students in some classes within Elia Sarwat use the Zaya platform. Initially teachers were allowed to decide how students would use the tablets, but now Zaya has developed its own lesson plans and so the model is more formulaic. Classes are 45 minutes; teachers start the class with 10 minutes of whole-group, face-to-face instruction to explain the day’s lesson. Next, they split the students into two groups based on achievement. The groups rotate and lower-level students receive additional face-to-face instruction from the teacher, while the higher-level students work on the Zaya platform and then they switch.  Teachers can also determine whether specific students are in need of additional work on the platform and those students stay after school to work through the curriculum on the tablets.

Contact Information

Name: Neil D’Souza
Title: CEO and Founder
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.zaya.org

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