Press & Media
ALfA was only launched for schools in 2022, in which time it has grown from 20 schools to MOUs for 60,000. Our adult literacy work dates back to the Global Dream Campaign for Literacy in 2014. Check out the coverage.
Bollywood Stars on Global Dream Literacy
India TV Feature on Global Dream
ABP News Feature on Global Dream
How This UP District is Trying to Improve Learning Level of Children Through Play-way Method
Global Dream Training of Master Trainers in Collaboration with Directorate of Education, Mizoram
Smart Classrooms Launched Across 40 Government Schools in Uttar Pradesh
In collaboration with SBI SG Securities, the smart TVs were installed in classrooms of 40 government schools across the districts of Ayodhya, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, and Varanasi.
Hi PATH App: A Revolutionary Shift in Student Assessments and Teacher Empowerment
The tool leverages Optical Mark Recognition and provides real-time insights, aiding personalized teaching. Coinciding with the PATH Movement launch, it aligns with India's NEP 2020 and SDG 4 educational reforms.
Building Social-emotional Learning as the New Literacy
Integrating SEL into classrooms fosters empathy, resilience and confidence. This shift prepares children to be strong, empathetic and emotionally intelligent human beings for the future.
Is Literacy Linked to Better Mental Health in Women?
A pilot study being conducted by DEVI Sansthan in collaboration with the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, explores whether basic literacy significantly improves mental well-being, emotional resilience, and self-worth among women in low-income urban communities.
Nexus of Good
Global Dream. Article by former school education & literacy secretary of India, on Dr Gandhi’s disruptive literacy approach.
'Learn to Read, Write in 30 Hours': Ex-World Bank Economist's Inverted Teaching Helps 5 lakh Rural Kids
Kids as young as six or seven are able to read newspapers fluently in just 30 days.
The Good Sight Magazine Articles on ALfA
Set of articles on ALfA in a leading social cause magazine
Media Coverage
Collection of articles on Dr Gandhi’s literacy work in the mainstream media.
Educationist in Lucknow making poor kids literate in 30 hours, Times of India, 2020
The project is volunteer-driven, based on a simple principle – ask children what they know and build on it.
Educationist and innovator Dr Sunita Gandhi develops new pedagogy
Travelling from Lucknow to India’s capital, a surprise squadron of Kindergarten to Grade 2 students addressed a press conference at the Press Club of India.
Free Education Initiative Global Dream Shaala Launches In Uttar Pradesh
The event, marking the collaboration between DEVI Sansthan and SBI Life, will be inaugurated by Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Dr Dinesh Sharma and Lucknow’s first-ever female Mayor, Sanyukta Bhatia.
Educationist Provides Free Lessons To Out-of-School Children, Adults
Dr Sunita Gandhi provides free classes for out-of-school children in Uttar Pradesh. She aims to replicate the learning model in other parts of the country.
30 Hours to Literacy
Spending an hour every day on activities and custom-made lessons in a cheerful environment helps migrant workers of all ages come out of literacy poverty.
Devi Sansthan Lucknow showcases its FLN methodology at Delhi conclave
DEVI Sansthan has come up with the Accelerating Learning for All methodology, which gets students reading newspapers within 90 days.
World’s Changemakers Gather at D-Talks to Discuss the Solutions for Pressing Literacy Issues
Global Dream literacy initiative launched by Dr Sunita Gandhi, is launching a one-of-a-kind platform for disruptive change in literacy and education.
Dr. Sunita Gandhi, ‘Edumonk from Lucknow’, begins the Name Literacy Challenge this International Women’s Day
Dr. Sunita Gandhi the ‘Edumonk from Lucknow’ will begin the NAME LITERACY CHALLENGE as part of her Global Dreamshaala program this International Women’s Day
Indian Educationist Launches Literacy Program for Out-of-School Children, Adults
Global Dream Shaala, an initiative for providing free education for out of school children and adults, launched earlier this week on Human Rights Day.
Conversation with Dr. Sunita Gandhi, President, Dignity Education Vision International (DEVI Sansthan)
Sunita has been recognized as Educator of the Year 2015 by the India Book of Records and has been felicitated by the Government as a 'Visionary of Uttar Pradesh'.
This physicist, former World Bank economist, and educationist is helping the illiterate become literate in a month
Dr Sunita Gandhi is a visionary educationist whose teaching methods and assessments being adopted by over 1,000 schools in India and abroad including the UK and Iceland.
The Good Sight September 2024
Reshaping Foundational Learning for Better Knowledge Through ALfA
