Enhancing Learning and
Development of Children
and Adolescents

The Trusts' initiatives aim to create a conducive learning environment for children through continuous capacity building and supportive supervision for Anganwadi workers and helpers.

• 18,000+ Anganwadis strengthened across Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Assam, and Odisha through partner organisations including Kalike, QUEST, Aga Khan Foundation, PANI, CmF, CSPC, and CInI.
• Independent assessments of ECE programmes have demonstrated significant improvements in teaching learning practices, worker capabilities, and learning outcomes among children, highlighting the importance of sustained mentoring and system-led support in early childhood education.
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The Tata Trusts advance foundational learning through a dual approach of strengthening classroom practice and advancing the broader education ecosystem.

Across multiple states, programmes focus on improving foundational literacy and numeracy by enabling teacher professional development, improving classroom practices, creating print-rich learning environments, activating school libraries, supporting School Management Committees, and developing contextual teaching-learning materials.

• Recognising the need to strengthen mathematics instruction in schools, a partnership with the Navnirmiti Foundation was initiated to work across all schools in a single block of Parbhani district in Maharashtra.
• To address the gap in the teaching of English in regional-medium government schools, an intervention in 300 primary schools in Nagpur and Akola was initiated with the Society for Educational Improvement and Innovation, Pune.
• A project in Bastar and Dantewada was designed with the Language and Learning Foundation, New Delhi to deepen the foundational learning of tribal children in the multilingual context.

Complementing these efforts, the Early Learning Network of India (ELNI) brings together practitioners, researchers, and policymakers to reinforce early learning through research, professional development, policy engagement, and the dissemination of evidence-based practices that can influence education systems at scale.

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