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View From the Middle of the Second Wave

It has been a difficult time in the country as we navigate through the troubling waters of Covid. The second wave has been more virulent and despite prevention norms being put in place, the numbers testing positive kept increasing and caused unparalleled health and economic devastation to families.

Amidst the damage caused so far, there has been one unforeseen circumstance that no one, including the government, was

Background

Each step of a career starts with one question – what’s next? From the moment a student enters tenth standard, every other person will ask them, “What is your next step? Which group or stream are you planning to join? What is your life goal? How much do you want to earn?” This endless array of questions pushes the student into a dilemma. The

ILP Annual Dinner 2020 – A Virtual Venture!

ILP’s annual dinner event is quite the undertaking even in normal times. It is a sit-down dinner that caters to 400+ of our dear donors, well wishers and volunteers, besides new patrons who are interested in hearing our message. Enter a team of committed ILP volunteers who put in motion the proceedings that culminate in an inspiring event every

Model Anganwadis

The Department of Women and Child Development (DWCD) was extremely pleased with the outcomes achieved in the Anganwadis in which ILP is working in Amberpet area. In fact the Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) of DWCD declared 3 Anganwadis covered by ILP as “Model Anganwadis”.

The CDPO complimented ILP on the quality of services provided to each Anganwadi and the tremendous improvement that

Success Stories That Inspire

Born to a mother who is a homemaker and father who works as a plumber, Chandana is the younger of two siblings. She studied in a government school in Khairtabad mandal and came in contact with ILP when she was in the 9th std.

ILP had just started the library classes and career counseling sessions with the support of

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

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

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