Across Karnataka’s 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 2025–26, this initiative will reach 50,178 students across the two districts—helping ensure that access
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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