Category: What’s New

Like an arrow, the highway from Raipur runs straight south. Malls and shops, gated communities, fancy buildings and marriage gardens are soon left behind. All around us are fields of golden green ripening rice waiting to be harvested. Darker green trees, big and small, border the fields.

We are thrilled to announce that Pratham Education Foundation has been selected as one of the 34 initiatives worldwide, which will receive funding support from the Google.org Impact Challenge for Women and Girls.

एक अंकीय कोई भी सवाल किसी बच्चे को दे दें, वह झट से आपको हल करके बता देगा। थोड़ी देर बाद हम सभी बाहर गए। खेल के मैदान में, भाग-दौड़ के साथ शोर मचने लगा। ऐसी खुशी की, खेलने की आवाज़ जो हिंदुस्तान की लाखों पाठशालाओं में महीनों से सुनी नहीं गई है|

Pratham has improved learning outcomes for more than 75 million children in 22 of India’s 29 states and in recent years its model has been replicated in ten African countries.

कोविड की पीड़ा के बाद यह सोचना ज़रूरी हो गया है कि कक्षा नौ और दस के साथ क्या करना चाहिए? जो पहले से होता आया है वही होना चाहिए या कोई दूसरा रास्ता ढूंढा जा सकता है?

With most schools being shut for 500 days, travelling to different states for field visits remained a distant reality for me.

Blog by Ranajit Bhattacharyya, a Pratham veteran
Last afternoon was a disaster. The heavy traffic which we encountered leaving Kolkata, continues right through our journey. Even the highway is choked, caused by the traffic lights that have been erected.

When Tara was little, the stories were little too. But now she is a big girl. She reads a lot. She finishes fat books in a day. She writes long-long stories herself. Tara loves stories and books very much. Now, you tell me, what kind of story would be best for such a reader and writer?

Learning from the experiences and evidence generated, Pratham modified and adapted mother engagement efforts in the early childhood space by forming groups of mothers in the neighborhood.

Pratham CEO Dr. Rukmini Banerji has been awarded the 2021 Yidan Prize for Education Development – the world’s highest education accolade – for her work in improving learning outcomes.