"Dr. Sunita Gandhi’s 30 hour literacy and numeracy model is highly innovative, and highly scalable, that can benefit school children, out of school children and illiterate adults."
"The PATH Movement empowers educators, school founders, and communities to transform education, aligning with NEP 2020 to make learning meaningful, future-ready, and soulful for all."
"I am delighted that DEVI Sansthan is working for education in Lucknow and beyond. I have full confidence that this program will assist children in becoming foundationally literate."
"I am delighted that DEVI Sansthan is implementing its project in slums of Lucknow to enable foundational literacy and numeracy through their innovative toolkit."
The Ed Leadership International Roundtable is one of the India's largest education leadership gatherings. For over a decade, it has united educators, policymakers, and change-makers to exchange ideas, showcase innovations, and drive real change in schools.
The Global Learning Lab (8-10 October 2026) will bring together some of the world's finest educational researchers and practitioners for an action-oriented discussion on the world's most pressing educational issues. Attend in person or online to share your research and practice on foundational literacy & numeracy, 21st century skills and much more.
Are you keen to pilot the groundbreaking ALfA pedagogy in your geography for swift results? Reach out to us today to sign up for a free pilot in 4 schools (+ 4 more as a control) and we'll support you every step of the way, from teacher training to learning materials to assessments. Witness transformation first hand before scaling up.
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We are working with our partners to implement ALfA in 6 schools, with 3 as a control. The results have been tremendous, with schools using ALfA seeing learning outcomes improve 3-5 times faster than non-ALfA schools. Discussions for scale-up are now underway.
We are working with our partners to implement ALfA in 6 schools, with 3 as a control. The results have been tremendous, with schools using ALfA seeing learning outcomes improve 3-5 times faster than non-ALfA schools. Discussions for scale-up are now underway.
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We've signed an MoU with the Ministry of Education, Maldives, to enhance learning levels of children studying in all 213 government schools of the country. Hear Dr Abdullah Rasheed, the Minister of State for Education, Maldives, give his views on the transformative ALfA program.
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In collaboration with Literacy Chicago, the ALfA English toolkit has been converted into videos. The program is being piloted with low-literacy adult learners from marginalized communities in Chicago, with impressive results. Experience the excitement of the first learner.
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A school in Guyana is taking up the 45 Days to FLN Challenge, benefitting around 200 children. The school is using the ALfA e-Learning materials to give its students a high-quality, low-carbon education.
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DEVI has conducted an online training for teachers for Arca Beta NGO, who are implementing ALfA in their school in Iquitos, Peru. We hope that the impressive learning results will inspire more organisations to join the campaign.
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We collaborated with Path Youth NGO to run a literacy and numeracy bootcamp for children in Mombassa using ALfA materials. Outcomes include improved skills for 102 children, increased learning motivation, enhanced teacher quality, and strengthened community support with volunteer teachers
Teachers, principals & government officials gathered together from eight different countries to join an interactive workshop on the ALfA pedagogy, sowing the seeds for ALfA to bloom in South-East Asia. In Malaysia, we began an ALfA pilot in collaboration with Radiant Gems Preschool.
Having partnered with Dawnbreakers Foundation to replicate the material in Filipino, they are now using it to teach in a remote area of Mindoro.
We are partnering with El Dorado South Hindu School to trial ALfA.
"Dr. Sunita Gandhi’s innovative ALfA method allows learners of all ages to quickly master essential foundational skills. It surpasses traditional methods, promoting holistic learning. Learning happens in pairs, embedding critical 21st-century skills into the curriculum."
"Despite all the efforts, still a large proportion of students are suffering from low literacy. Why? It's because we are repeatedly doing the same thing in the same way. Thank you Dr Sunita for coming up with a totally new strategy for teaching literacy and numeracy. Rather than taking years, students can learn in just three months."
"Dr Sunita Gandhi's dream is brilliant, huge, ambitious and daring. What I love about the ALfA kits is that they accelerate the process for readers across the world. I have used them with students I teach. The toolkits meet the learners at their instructional level. I love the fact that kids are building on their background knowledge. "
If the people acquired individual and collective dignity, they would insist on their rights, and then nobody could hold them in bondage.
— Mahatma Gandhi, quoted in The Life of Mahatma Gandhi by Louis Fischer, p. 169
Looking for a child-centred, activity-based literacy program? Discover the ALfA materials in 30+ languages.
Want to boost your students foundational literacy and numeracy? Take up the 45 Days to FLN Challenge.
Ready to work together with diverse stakeholders towards literacy for all? Reach out today to partner with us.
Are you ready to make a big difference in somebody's life? Start teaching today with Literacy Now App.
Dr Sunita Gandhi and colleagues first book, making the case for a people's literacy movement.
Dr Sunita Gandhi et al make a compelling case for the ALfA pedagogy, drawing from psychological and educational research
Dr Sunita Gandhi and her team wrote a paper based on a groundbreaking 2015 literacy survey of Lucknow district.
Professor Reimers (ed) and his graduate students (authors) review ALfA implementations in Uttar Pradesh (Chapter 8) and the Maldives (Chapter 10).
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