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Parent engagement is paramount for the success of community-led learning

‘Neev’, supporting teachers in government

school classrooms. Scaling up, integrating with

government mechanisms resulted in a cadre

for professional development/mentoring of

teachers to deliver the innovative curriculum to

each child. e programme was scaled in 2019

to Tripura, followed by Chhattisgarh.

‘Our successes have been the creation of

ECCE integrated Foundational Literacy and

Numeracy (FLN) Curricula with teaching

learning materials that are state endorsed;

capacity built ECCE and FLN educators and

specialists that we have mentored who are a

part of our legacy in education departments; a

credible and committed team who are products

of the government school system. Our model

is distinctive since it prioritizes building the

capacities of all stakeholders, forging strong

partnerships with communities and the State

cadre to instill a sense of ownership in the

program,’ says Sayantani Gaddam, Executive

Director, Ahvaan Trust. rough every

intervention, she says, ‘the foundational levels

of learning are constantly supported by

a holistic approach to child development

integrating socio-emotional learning, universal

values and inclusive classrooms.’

e results are tangible, as in Chhattisgarh,

parents are now shiſting their children from

private schools to government schools where

Ahvaan Trust’s programmes are in place.

HCLTech Grant Project Title:

Balwadi

Strengthening in Co-located anganwadis

Beneficiaries:

1000 cluster academic

coordinators, 120 state resource group

(SRGs), 2200 primary school teachers, 2200

anganwadi workers and helpers

Location:

5,000 villages in 10 districts of

Chhattisgarh