Category: What’s New

In the two-part podcast series ‘Grassroots Nation’, Dr Madhav Chavan and Dr Rukmini Banerji talk about Pratham’s origin, its expansion and core values

The chapter outlines how Pratham went from designing methods to understand the learning crisis to developing solutions that were then used at scale across the country.

“The important point was to solve the problem. You don’t know where you’re going to end up, but you’ve got to make an entry.”

No longer can you see desks and benches in rows facing the blackboard. Now there are rooms with open space where teachers and children can organise themselves in whatever way they want.

Dr. Rukmini Banerji, CEO of Pratham Education Foundation, talks about how ASER has become more than just a data collection. It has become an experience that connects every Indian to their homeland.

Indian youth have free time and children need learning support. Pratham’s experience holds out the promise that youth potential can be leveraged for productive purposes, both for individual growth and social impact.

निपुण भारत के लक्ष्य को हासिल करना है तो अगले 3-4 वर्षों में हर वर्ष बड़े और ठोस कदम लेने होंगे

At Pratham Education Foundation, teaching children is just the beginning. The next step is to get parents involved in their child’s education.

Naiyer Alam, State Head, Pratham Bihar wrote a gripping blog, highlighting some of the amazing ways in which children in a small village of Bihar were learning English during his visit to one of the English Winter Camps.

It is ironic that those trying to effect change can themselves get affected along the way”, wrote Karan Maira, Associate, English Team, Pratham, in his recent blog.