05 — Flagship project

Process Excellence in Education

IPEC's longest-running field programme, delivered at a technological university and three schools between 2025 and 2026.

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Stage: Measurement
Geography: Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh to date
Partners: Advent Global Foundation, Hyderabad
Domains: Process

Lifecycle position

01

Idea
02

Research
03

Pilot
04

Implementation
05

Measurement
06

Knowledge Capture
07

Publication
08

Scaling

01
— Problem statement

What this project exists to address.

Educational institutions carry substantial administrative load that produces no measurable educational benefit.

Improvement, where it happens, is usually the work of a determined individual rather than an institutional capability that survives their departure.

02 — Objectives

What the project sets out to achieve.

01Introduce Lean Six Sigma and continuous improvement methods to students, teachers and institutional leadership
02Establish a school-level White Belt certification framework
03Support institutions in running their own improvement projects
04Build a body of documented case evidence from Indian institutions

Participants holding certificates at the close of a training programme in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand

Rishikesh, Uttarakhand · Unsplash

Target beneficiaries

Higher education faculty
School students, Classes 6 to 12
School teachers and school leaders
Institutional administrators

04 — Activities

What is actually done.

Lean Six Sigma White Belt certification programmes
Practical instruction in 5S, Kaizen, DMAIC, root cause analysis and 5 Why analysis
Student-led improvement projects within their own learning environment
Discussions with state-level stakeholders on educational governance

06
— Measurement

How progress on this project will be judged.

These measures are defined before implementation, so that the project can be evaluated on its results rather than its activity.

Institutions engaged
Faculty, teachers and students certified
Student-led improvement projects initiated
Excellence Cells established
Documented case studies published

Awaiting publication

Impact data will be published as implementation progresses

The Council does not attribute outcomes to a project until they have been measured against a defined baseline. When results exist for this project, they will appear here and on the Impact page — including any that fall short of what was hoped for.

07
— Resources

Publications and downloads from this project.

The Knowledge Hub

White Belt CurriculumIn preparation
Institutional Implementation ToolkitIn preparation
Process Assessment TemplatesIn preparation
Case StudiesIn preparation

Photographs and video

Awaiting publication

Programme photography

Documentation photography from this project will be published here, with the consent of participating institutions and in accordance with the Council’s Child Safeguarding Policy.

Awaiting publication