In Uttarakhand Pratham started working with the ‘Learning Excellence Program’ on the invitation of the SPD who was eager to boost the learning curve of children falling under age-group of 6-14 years. At first, pilot classes were conducted by government teachers in the Primary schools in 2006. The pilots produced excellent results and by June 2007, Pratham was working in all 12,150 government primary schools of 95 blocks of the state under a program called NEEV. The program covered all the 660,204 children in these schools.

In 2008-09, Pratham worked with the state SSA on a joint program, NEEV Plus, which was a school based intervention. All12,383 government primary schools were covered under the program. The program enjoyed strong support from the state government. Plans are underway to continue working with the state governemnt in the future also.