About Mantra4Change

Mantra4Change is a non-profit organisation working with governments to transform public education systems in India — so that millions of children can learn better, grow stronger, and thrive. We partner closely with state education departments to design and implement reforms at scale, strengthening leadership, governance, and classroom practice across public schools. Our work is grounded in the belief that lasting change happens when governments lead their own transformation.

Through long-term collaboration with institutions such as SCERTs and DIETs, Mantra4Change focuses on developing school leaders and system leaders, building cooperative school cultures, and engaging communities as partners in learning. By combining strong on-ground implementation with continuous learning, we help systems identify what works, scale it responsibly, and sustain improvement over time.

Our mission is to enable leaders at every level of the system to drive continuous improvement, creating a virtuous cycle in which strong leadership, collective ownership,



and systemic reform deliver better learning and more equitable outcomes for every child.
- About STEP Bihar:
We have been working closely with the education department of Bihar since 2021. Our approach to work in Bihar to strengthen education leadership at various levels through collective action by leveraging technology to drive school improvement, through the following interventions.
- Work closely with SCERT and the Director of the Primary office to enable DIETs to design need-based TPD, leveraging the Micro-Improvement Project on DIKSHA Deeper Intervention in 2 districts - Lakhisarai and Gaya. The District Team strengthens PBL and FLN Implementation at the district level by providing governance and academic support to key stakeholders at the district, block, and complex levels.

About the role

The Senior Program Lead will independently drive the end-to-end design, strategy, and execution of programs. This

📌 Senior Program Lead (Patna)
🏢 Mantra4Change
📍 Patna