India Literacy Projectย ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐——๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€

On January 24th,ย India Literacy Projectย inaugurated an Early Childhood Education program in Dindigul District, supported by the ๐—–๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (https://ramanujams.org/), and ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ย (https://gandhigram.org/).

The collaborative effort aims to enhance the role of government Anganwadis in childhood education through a pilot project. Tmt. C. Poongadi, the District Programme Officer for *๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐—œ๐—–๐——๐—ฆ), officially launched the initiative, emphasizing a commitment to transform government school centers into vibrant hubs of early childhood education.

Notable participants included Mr. M Baskaran, District Panchayat Chairman, Block Development Officers, Community Development Program officers for Athur and Palani, Panchayat Union Councillors, and Panchayat Presidents.

The project ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, 10 each in Athoor and Palani blocks, with plans for future scaling based on progress.

๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฏ-๐Ÿฒ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

The initiative integrates rigorous training, practical interventions, and mentorship to ensure success, with active support pledged by Anganwadi staff. The collaborative approach reflects a commitment to positive change in early childhood education and may serve as a model for future endeavors.

*๐—œ๐—–๐——๐—ฆ (https://lnkd.in/gyjqvGC6) is a government organization in India that serves food, preschool, primary education and healthcare, health check-ups, immunization, and referral facilities for children under 6 and their mothers.