The Literacy Now app enables teachers and volunteers to conduct interactive assessments and deliver interactive content including videos and games to teach FLN in an enjoyable and effective manner. The app will also enable partner organizations like governments, schools and NGOs to use large-scale data for decision-making. DEVI Sansthan has received a grant from State Bank of India Foundation to develop the app and interactive content..
An MoU is being signed between GETI and Ministy of Education, Maldives, to enhance FLN of children studying in all 213 government schools of the country. In the initial phase, a research design will be implemented with 150 schools in intervention group and remaining in reference group, to be covered subsequently in second phase. The program will be implemented for Grades UKG-3 and include foundational literacy in Dhivehi and English, and foundational numeracy. GETI will build capacity of teachers and middle level managers .
As part of the project, nearly 200 school children in Guyana will be benefited through a 90 Day FLN Challenge, starting with 30 instructional days to achieve foundational skills in reading.
In collaboration with Literacy Chicago, the Global Dream ALfA English toolkits are being converted into videos and will also be piloted with adult learners in Chicago.
The project aims to impact nearly 100,000 adult learners in Hardoi district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, through 2 projects. The first project will develop foundational literacy, numeracy and financial literacy among illiterate women who are part of Self Help Groups (SHGs) who will be taught by community women volunteers. The second project will target neo-literates through a shorter refresher program on foundational literacy and numeracy. A one month pilot implementation of the program was successfully completed in January 2022 with 1500 learners. The program is being scaled up in 2022-23.
Devi Sansthan has signed an MOU with Piramal Foundation to enhance Foundational Literacy and Numeracy of around 50 million children across 112 Aspirational districts covering 27 Indian states. The partnership will address the massive learning gaps of primary government school children caused due to nearly two years of school closures due to COVID-19. The program will enable children of grades 1-5 to quickly catch up with grade level curriculum and achieve grade level learning outcomes.
DEVI Sansthan has signed a 5 year MoU with CMS Lucknow. As per of this partnership, 25,000 student volunteers belonging to grades 5-11 will participate in ‘Teach Atleast One’ campaign. The volunteers will adopt illiterate learners in their community and help them achieve Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (Grade 3 level) and receive certificate on completion. They will also conduct a pre and post test of the learners using the Literacy Now App
DEVI Sansthan has signed an MoU with the Mizoram government to achieve 100% literacy in Mizoram. DEVI Sansthan has conducted a training for master-trainers and also replicated the Global Dream ALfA toolkits into Mizo. In the first phase, 5000 learners will be covered from 3 districts (Aizawl, Mamit, Lawngtlai)
An MoU has been signed with the Department of Education, Chatra District, Jharkhand to fill post-covid FLN gaps of government school children of grades 1-5. In the first phase, 50 government schools will be covered followed by a district wide scale-up. DEVI Sansthan will build capacity of master-trainers and teachers to enhance literacy (Hindi) and numeracy at the foundational level.
The ALfA is a reverse methodology that uses cognitive mind connections, and self-led peer work to make learning accelerated and joyful. There is no rote learning and no teaching of the alphabet. Children go straight to reading words. They learn to decode and blend words from the first day. Even three-year olds can read the three-letter words from the beginning and simple sentences within weeks. The 5+ children can read storybooks and newspapers within three months, and many of the 7 year olds within one month. The next goals are reading fluency through lots of reading practice, reading comprehension, and vocabulary development.
ALfA: Accelerating Learning for All is a child-centric, process-led pedagogy that is producing rapid improvements in learning by all. It is ground-breaking, swift, zero or low cost and effective.
ALfA is the school version of the Global Dream process and toolkit which was created by program author Dr. Sunita Gandhi and grew out of many years of research work in real laboratories of children and adults.
After trials with many learners, Global Dream disruptive methodology was converted in 2014 into a Toolkit for the teaching of literacy and numeracy by anyone, anytime, anywhere.
Currently, Global Dream Disruptive ALfA is used for school based projects and the FLN Toolkits are used for the adults and children-out-of-school or NGO-based programs for children. Technically, the Global Dream FLN Toolkit can be used for schools also but ALfA process is designed exclusively for schools. These can be schools run by the government or private bodies.
Capacity Building of Government Officials, Volunteer Organisations, Teachers and Volunteers, Master Trainers and others is carried out in collaboration with GETI: Global Education & Training Institute.
Through Student Volunteers
Through Adult Literacy with Emphasis on Women
In addition, the program has grown manifolds through strategic partnerships since we moved into sharing and expansion phase in 2021. These have created the circumstances for the project’s growth into the future, and its long-term sustainability.
Through Nationwide Implementation in the Maldives
Through Pilots in several countries including:
Through Government Partnerships in India
Through International Collaborations in 100+ countries
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