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Of the 250 million children worldwide who cannot read or write, two-fifths reside in India, where for a quarter-century Pratham has been working to alleviate this crisis.
We develop low-cost solutions to improve the quality of learning and work with governments to take them to scale.
Our community-driven approach has engaged hundreds of thousands of volunteers and has affected the lives of 75 million Indian children.
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Learning and Literacy
Girls' Education
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BHANUPRATAP'S STORY: BRAVING THE STORM
For Bhanupratap Pradhani, an electrical trainer at Pratham's vocational center in Kalimela, it has not been an easy year.
When the COVID-19 pandemic sent India into lockdown last spring, the 27-year-old returned to his family home in Tonda, 125 miles away from Kalimela. As Pratham restructured its vocational training model, moving from in-person to online sessions, he and his students—many with little or no prior Internet exposure—suddenly found themselves immersed in the strange new world of e-learning. "It was challenging in the initial week,” Bhanupratap admits, “but slowly, both the students and I were eased into it."
