What if NGOs didn’t exist?
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ก๐๐ข๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐๐?
If NGOs didnโt exist, the problems would still be there; visible and measurable, but we would lack the coordinated effort required to systematically address and solve them at scale.
๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ would continue to function, but across classrooms and communities, many first-generation learners would struggle quietly without the structured support that helps them rebuild confidence and remain on track.
๐๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ would still function, but preventive
Career readiness doesn’t happen by chance
In January, we hosted our first ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐, a full-day program at Davangere University for M.Sc and MCA students and it began with a simple question: ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐น ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ?
Over the years, weโve worked closely with young professionals stepping into their first jobs. What weโve consistently observed isnโt a lack of talent โ itโs a challenge
Career choices aren’t obvious, that’s why Career Guidance matters
When you were choosing your career, didnโt it start with a flood of questions? What should I study next? Which stream suits me? What marks will I need? How do cut-offs work? Which entrance exams should I prepare for? Are there scholarships? What if I make the wrong choice?
Phewโฆ itโs a lot to think through.
For thousands of students in government higher secondary schools across Tamil Nadu,
Scaling hands-on science education across 299 government schools, impacting 50,000+ students
Across Karnatakaโs Shivamogga and Davanagere districts, 299 Government High Schools are now part of a focused effort to strengthen science learning. With 292+ teachers trained and 598 science kits already in classrooms, science is moving beyond textbook concepts to hands-on understanding.
In 2025โ26, this initiative will reach 50,178 students across the two districtsโhelping ensure that access to quality science education is not shaped by location or resources.
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Strengthening Learning, Empowering Communities: The Impact of Our Village Learning Centers
Strengthening Learning, Empowering Communities: The Impact of Our Village Learning Centers
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when school closures threatened to create lasting learning gaps, India Literacy Project (ILP) launched the Village Learning Centers (VLC) and Vidya Saathi (VS) programs with a single, urgent goal: to stem learning loss and ensure that children in
A multi-dimensional leap: Launching a complete learning ecosystem across Thanjavur government Schools
Education in government schools rarely changes through a single program. It changes when learning is strengthened across stages and gaps are addressed with intent and continuity.
Marking the start of a long-term effort to build a complete learning ecosystem in Thanjavur district, ILP, in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ and ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น
Putting the student before the career
At ILP, career guidance is not about pushing students toward a single โrightโ profession. Itโs about helping them understand themselves firstโtheir interests, strengths, and ways of engaging with the world.
To make this self-understanding visible and actionable, ILP uses simple, structured frameworks that help students name what they feel but may not yet be able to articulate. This is where the ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ becomes powerful.
The Holland framework
When children drop out of school, who brings them back?
Dropping out of school rarely happens overnight. Itโs often the result of small disruptionsโeconomic pressure, lack of support at home, low confidence, or the feeling that school no longer has a place for you.
Bringing a child back, therefore, takes more than a single conversation. It takes trust, patience, and a community that believes education is worth returning to. This is where ILPโs NGO partner
Concepts + Models + Reasoning = Mathematical Learning
A Mathematics exhibition held at the Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Pandanallur, Tamil Nadu in collaboration with City Union Bank, offered students an opportunity to engage with mathematics beyond routine classroom learning.
For many students, this was their first experience presenting mathematical concepts through models and structured explanations, demonstrating understanding rather than rote answers. Their confidence and clarity reflected careful preparation and a clear
What happens when math moves out of the textbook and into the hands of learners?
At a recent workshop conducted by ILP in collaboration with UST, ILP facilitators and primary & middle school maths teachers from 10 Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) schools experienced exactly thatโlearning math through doing. Using Akshara Maths Kits, the session focused on turning abstract ideas into something you can touch, test, and truly understand.
The excitement in the room was hard to miss. Teachers appreciated
AI, Coding, and Creativity: How ILP is making ICT engaging for students
The ILP team recently got hands-on with Scratch Programming and AI in a workshop conducted by Ellucian Higher Education Systems as part of their โHour of Codeโ initiative.
The session didnโt just introduce a new toolโit strengthened our teamโs ability to make technology a hands-on, exciting part of learning, right at the heart of ILPโs ICT initiative. With creative coding and AI, we can
Once upon a time, children discovered the joy of reading happily ever after…
Library Day in 210 ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ (๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฃ) schools wasnโt just a celebration โ it was a reminder of how magical a book can be in a childโs hands. Under the Child Friendly Library programme supported by ILP, schools came together to rekindle something simple yet powerful: the joy of reading. Because when children discover books early, they donโt just learn new words โ