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Language

and Learning

Foundation

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I can r

ead words and letters!

ollowing pages (184–185):

Story reading and poem

activities that make learning fun

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, a

s defined by the

World Bank, is when a child of ten cannot

read a simple text and comprehend it. In India,

33 per cent students in Grade 3 fall into this

definition. 37 per cent of Grade 3 students

had similar problems with mathematical

concepts.* is predicament is due to a host of

factors: teacher quality and training, a teaching

learning process that doesn’t meet the mark,

children having to learn in a language not their

own, a lack of awareness, and more.

Language and Learning oundation

(LL) seeks to change this, working with

children from families with low literacy

levels and from marginalized communities

on innovative early learning methodologies

and multilingual education. ‘Responding to

the requests from some state governments

to show effective implementation on the

ground, we decided to start demonstration

programmes in a set of 200–300 schools

in a state,’ says Dr. Dhir Jhingran, ounder

and Executive Director, LL. ese

demonstrations were very successful in

showing the tremendous on-ground impact

of its strategies and good practices in literacy

F

ounded by Dr. Dhir Jhingran in 2015

Language and Learning Foundation

(LLF) was established with a view to

build strong foundational skills and

abilities of language and literacy in

children so they can grow to their full

potential. Its school demonstration

programmes have been implemented

in Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan,

Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Gujarat and

Bihar, impacting 2,50,000+ children

in 5,000+ schools, and over the past

6 years, they have helped improve

the teaching-learning practices

of 1,80,000+ teachers and teacher

educators, impacting the learning

of 1 million children. LLF has been

awarded Best NGO in Education

and Literacy at the Global NGO

Expo, 2021, and the Best Field

Initiative Award, 2019. from the

Comparative and International

Education Society (CIES).

*N

ational Achievement Survey, 2017