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AHVAAN
Trust
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Rhymes and games in the community summer camp put a
spring in the children’s steps
early childhood care and
education
(ECCE) is the foundation of a
good education, helping children achieve their
full potential. In India, however, ECCE and
Foundational Learning are sorely neglected:
approximately 50 per cent of 5-year-olds
reaching the school system for Class 1 have
had no ECCE support at all.*
Ahvaan Trust seeks to remedy this through
a deeply researched and comprehensive three-
pronged strategy implemented in partnership
with government schools and anganwadis.
First, by designing age-appropriate, skill-
oriented, experiential, diverse and holistic
curricula, integrating pedagogy and innovative
classroom techniques. Second, by collaborating
with state cadre to help teachers transition to
the newer approaches through strong coaching
and monitoring mechanisms. And third, by
executing a school readiness programme to fill
learning gaps children starting Class 1.
Ahvaan Trust was started to drive change
in government schools, with a belief that this
transformation was possible only if the agency
of teachers was strengthened. From this was
born the first ECCE curriculum for Delhi,
Founded by the Late Indrajit Seth and
Sarvjeet Seth in 2010
Ahvaan Trust envisions an equitable
society where every child receives a
holistic education. The organization
aims to enable and empower
teachers in government schools and
anganwadi workers through effective
knowledge, skills and value-based,
scalable learning pedagogy for early
and foundational learning, restoring
their significance in the education
journey of the children, communities
and the nation at large. In five
years, Ahvaan intends to impact the
foundational levels (3 to 8 years) of
education as defined in NEP 2020
across India in empowering 100,000
teachers. Ahvaan works across the
states of Delhi, Tripura, Chhattisgarh
and Andhra Pradesh.
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As per UDISE report 2021-22 and the anganwadi enrolment
report by Ministry of Women & Child Development