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At ILP, career guidance is not about pushing students toward a single “right” profession. It’s about helping them understand themselves first—their 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 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 becomes powerful.

The Holland framework

Dropping out of school rarely happens overnight. It’s often the result of small disruptions—economic 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 ILP’s NGO partner

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

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 that—learning 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

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 ‘Hour of Code’ initiative.

The session didn’t just introduce a new tool—it strengthened our team’s ability to make technology a hands-on, exciting part of learning, right at the heart of ILP’s ICT initiative. With creative coding and AI, we can

Library Day in 210 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 (𝗞𝗠𝗦𝗣𝗣) schools wasn’t just a celebration — it was a reminder of how magical a book can be in a child’s 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 don’t just learn new words —

On November 14, Nehru Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Nanganallur marked an important milestone with the launch of five ICT Labs and the distribution of Science Kits across five government schools, supported by HCLFoundation. Head Masters/Mistresses and teachers from all participating schools joined the event and celebrated this step toward more engaging, experiential learning.

The launch was graced by: Rajarajaswari Duraisamy, HR Manager,

For students across schools in Chennai, Tiruvallur, and Krishnagiri, technologies like AI, IoT and Robotics weren’t just out of reach—they were unfamiliar. Today, they’re part of their learning.

Through ILP’s partnership with Namma School Foundation and the Department of Education, Government of Tamil Nadu, the TN SPARK program is helping children see how the tools shaping the world actually work.

TN SPARK

As ILP celebrates 35 years globally and 25 years in India, we’re unveiling a new logo — one that carries the spirit of our journey and the vision that continues to guide us.

It began with a simple belief — that every child, no matter where they are born, deserves the chance to learn, dream, and thrive. Over the years, this belief has taken us to classrooms

Today, we remember Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India’s first Education Minister — a visionary who laid the foundation for India’s modern education system. He believed that every child deserves the chance to learn, dream, and grow and firmly believed that education should be a tool for social transformation and national development, emphasizing universal primary education.

Azad championed free and compulsory education for children up to age 14,