WHEN CHILDREN CAN’T GO TO SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL COMES HOME!
H Renukaraj, a Science teacher at the Government High School, Arasikere village, Pavagada taluk is truly one of a kind. Not even COVID could deter this passionate teacher from reaching out to the students in his area! Once the lockdowns began in March 2020, the schools in Karnataka remained shut and the state resorted to online classes. However, most children from government schools did
Shield Our Children: A Story of Grassroot Impact
Badagola village lies about 80 kms north-west of the city of Cuttack, Odisha. It’s a small community of just over 200 people, most of whom are daily wagelabourers. There is a single Anganwadi in the village to cater to 13 children of preschool going age. The school has seen dedicated service by Ms Sukanti Sethi who has taught
ILP DIGITAL LEARNING CONTENT MAKES IT TO THE NATIONAL PORTAL!
By Suchitra Rao
The Covid pandemic has thrown the Teaching-learning process out of gear with schools shut indefinitely across the country. While governments and schools struggle to deal with the challenging situation, Team ILP, unfazed, got into direct action with a learning solution to enhance classroom engagement that would benefit teachers and students across the country! Especially in government schools where most of the children
Improving Learning Outcomes
ILP’s long-term goal is to transform government schools into fun and exciting learning spaces for children to become capable, confident, inquisitive and value-aware, and realize their fullest potential. ILP also acknowledges the role of teachers in schools and our interventions are built around teachers as the key facilitators of in-school learning.
Improving Learning in Primary Schools
For primary schools, while enrollment has been addressed to a large extent,
Why is Career Guidance and Counseling Important?
The Annual Status of Education Report 2017 ‘Beyond Basics’, popularly known as ASER focused on the preparedness of youth in the age group of 14-18, with respect to their ability to lead productive lives as adults. About 1 in every 10 Indians is between the ages of 14 and 18, which amounts to about 125 million individuals. Many have completed
ILP Monitoring & Evaluation System – Learning Level Assessment
Previous Articles related to ILP’s Monitoring and Evaluation System: (1) An introduction; (2) Attendance Monitoring
Sameera from Kawa village, Bihar studied Biological Science in her grade 8 middle school class this year. How much did her learning levels improve?
Answering this question requires us to delve deeper on several fronts:
- Coupling seamlessly
Supporting children and providing for communities: ILP’s COVID 19 response
Supporting children and providing for communities: ILP’s COVID 19 response
As you all are aware of, our World is going through a once in a generation crisis; namely the COVID 19 pandemic. For a lot of us the past few months have been a significant departure from the lives we once lived. For the already weak and downtrodden members of our society, the impact has
Team ILP @ The Relay, May 2-3, 2020
Join our runners and walkers in the 30 hour relay on May 2-3, 2020.
ILP Career Guidance – A Pathway beyond academics!
“This Chart gives me HOPE! I always feel I am not capable of doing much, but this session gives me confidence. I never knew there are so many opportunities and courses available”. Somesh[1] resonates the sentiments of the 12 boys of Class X, on the session on Career Guidance by their Counsellor, who was trained by India Literacy Project (ILP). These young boys live
ILP Metrics & Evaluation System – Attendance Monitoring
In a previous article, we shared a high level introduction to ILP’s Metrics & Evaluation system that we use to assess the effectiveness of our work. We use two tools to collect most of our data:
- Atlan COLLECT Mobile App: We use this when it is practical to collect and digitize data directly in the field. An example of this is to track Students’ attendance
What the year 2019 looked like for us…Karnataka Highlights
We at ILP had such an action-packed and satisfying 2019, that we didn’t even realize that a brand new decade had rolled in! We are most definitely looking forward to marching through the coming decade with our usual zeal and are chuffed to share with you the achievements of our previous year. As a catalyst for a 100% literate and educated India, ILP across