the fifth estate

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EDUCATION

RELEVANCE

Learning & Language Foundation

HCLTech Grant Project:

Inclusion of Children’s Home Languages to Improve Foundational

Learning Outcomes of Adivasi Children in Chhattisgarh

HCL

Grant

Recipient

Education,

2022

e Annual Status of Education Survey (ASER) and National Achievement Survey (NAS)

reports clearly show that Chhattisgarh lags in the national average significantly in both language

and mathematics. e lack of familiarity of the language used as the medium of instruction

when children join school is a major factor in the low learning levels in tribal areas like Bastar.

is Project is helping demonstrate a scalable model of multilingual education that improves

foundational learning and supports the state government’s efforts at implementing quality

multilingual education throughout the state in accordance with the National Education Policy

(NEP), 2020 and the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Mission.

• ‘Multilingual Education’ curriculum reached 200 primary schools

across 134 Gram Panchayats of Bastar,Chhattisgarh

• 49% of the teachers are using children’s home language and applying

multilingual teaching learning practices.

• Higher participation (79%) of students in classroom activities