In a significant step towards bridging the digital divide in rural education, India Literacy Project (ILP) and Verizon India have launched the School Transformation Programme (STP), an ambitious initiative aimed at enhancing educational infrastructure and resources in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Karnataka. The program, inaugurated on August 22, 2024, at the Government
The recent ILP Partners meet in Varanasi brought together key stakeholders to enhance collaboration, share knowledge, and reaffirm a collective commitment to improving education in government schools across India.
The event included a blend of field trips, interactive sessions, and insightful presentations, offering a holistic view of the current educational landscape.
The ILP team visited government schools
Especially, as Indians, we are always surrounded by people speaking in various languages in school, at workplace and the community around.
Itโs impossible for us Indians to just live by knowing/speaking one single language whole our life.
And the foundation for learning languages is laid in childhood. Thatโs when we see and absorb everything around us and
๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐.
But wait, itโs not all doom and gloom. We can still make a difference!
We canโt erase the past, but we can stop making things worse.
Students, listen up! Youโve got the power to be ecowarriors.
๐๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ:ย Donโt toss those old plastic bags yet! Reuse them until
Using everyday items like a CD, a balloon, and a bottle cap, students can build their own mini hovercraft.
Itโs simple. Make a small hole in the cap, glue the cap to the center of the CD, inflate the balloon, and secure it over the cap.
The magic happens when you place this set up over a
ILPโs ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ-๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ (๐๐๐) program in schools aims to foster a love of reading and improve literacy skills in both local languages and English.
Hereโs what we provide:
๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐: 350 carefully chosen books, with an additional 150 for larger schools.
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ: Easy access to the collection.
๐๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ:ย A vibrant and inviting space for young readers.
๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐: A Spoken
Learning good table manners at Anganwadi can really help the kids!
Itโs not just about being polite, itโs about building important skills theyโll use forever.
๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ข๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐: Using good manners makes it easier to make friends and have fun together.
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด: When the kids learn to respect the food, they eat, they are more likely
When it comes to being resourceful, Anganwadi teachers set a practical example worth emulating.
These teachers often need to be resourceful and creative due to limited funding.
Not only the Anganwadi teachers but the entire community comes to help them by collecting locally available resources from the community.
Here are some innovative ways everyone joins hands to create
The India Literacy Project Chennai team held a 2-day annual planning and review meeting in the month of May to assess the past yearโs achievements & set strategic goals for 2024-2025. The focus was on introducing new initiatives & creating a detailed action plan to enhance ILPโs interventions.
Highlight of the meeting was the presence of
๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐. ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ท๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ปย are excited to kick off a pilot project focused on ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ in the Athoor and Palani blocks of Dindigul District in 2024. This initiative aims to support 20 Anganwadi children.
To get things started, a ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ-๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ