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About the Campaign

According to The State of Global Learning Poverty: 2022, by The World Bank, 56.1% of India’s children are unable to read and understand simple text and numbers by the age of 10. In addition, surveys such as the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2024 and National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 also establish that shortfalls in learning start early. Strengthening the foundation of learning in early years is the only way to solve the country’s learning crisis.

#FoundationHaiSahi is Central Square Foundation’s flagship annual campaign on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN), aimed at spotlighting the critical role of strong early learning foundations in shaping lifelong success. Anchored in the goals of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the Government of India’s NIPUN Bharat Mission, the campaign showcases stories of change, classroom innovations and system-level efforts to improve student learning outcomes, helping build and sustain momentum for FLN at both the national and state level.

Hearing from FLN Champions

Since the launch of Uttar Pradesh’s FLN Mission in September 2019, the state has focussed on ensuring FLN proficiency for all students in Grades 1 to 3. Accompanying this push from the state is the tireless effort of parents, who only want their children to soar higher and higher!

In this video, hear from Munita Vishwakarma (Mother of a Grade 2 student, Nikhil) from Gorakhpur on the transformational changes that she sees today in her child and the education system at large – indeed inspiring.

What role can large scale assessments play in shaping teaching-learning in the classroom? India is currently witnessing a shift in how students are learning as part of the NIPUN Bharat Mission. With data at the core of all interventions, national and state governments are working towards ensuring that information on students’ learning is available and actionable.

In this video, hear from Benjamin Piper (Director of Global Education, Gates Foundation) on how India is a great example of such data-backed, decision making which is driving real change in FLN classrooms.

Since the launch of Uttar Pradesh’s FLN Mission in September 2019, the state has focussed on ensuring FLN proficiency for all students in Grades 1 to 3. Accompanying this push from the state is the tireless effort of parents, who only want their children to soar higher and higher!

In this video, hear from Munita Vishwakarma (Mother of a Grade 2 student, Nikhil) from Gorakhpur on the transformational changes that she sees today in her child and the education system at large – indeed inspiring.

What role can large scale assessments play in shaping teaching-learning in the classroom? India is currently witnessing a shift in how students are learning as part of the NIPUN Bharat Mission. With data at the core of all interventions, national and state governments are working towards ensuring that information on students’ learning is available and actionable.

In this video, hear from Benjamin Piper (Director of Global Education, Gates Foundation) on how India is a great example of such data-backed, decision making which is driving real change in FLN classrooms.

Collaborations for Impact

As India marks four years since the launch of the NIPUN Bharat Mission, CSF’s Shaveta Sharma-Kukreja (CEO and MD) and Romonika D Sharan (Project Director, Policy and Communications) write in The Hindu, where they lay out what it will take for us to build a bold roadmap for sustaining the Mission’s positive impact. There is evidence of change – not just in survey results, but also in the stories of students, teachers and parents across states. The need of the hour is to take stock and look ahead with an ambition of ensuring that FLN and  NIPUN continue to remain at the core of India’s education reform journey.
Collaborations for Impact

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