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.
NIPUN ki Kahaniyan
Meet our changemakers, who are working on the ground to make Bharat NIPUN.