Strengthening foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) ensures children’s lifelong learning.
We partner with state governments in India to transform the teaching of FLN in classrooms at scale.
THE LEARNING POVERTY* CRISIS
55% of children in India are unable to read and comprehend simple text at age 10
Extensive global evidence indicates that when students fail to acquire strong foundational skills by Grade 3, they don’t do well in later school years and are more likely to drop out.
*Learning poverty is defined by the World Bank as being unable to read and understand a simple text by age 10.
At LLF, we are working alongside the government to close this gap in foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) at scale. We do this by
Continuous Professional Development
Building capacity in the entire education ecosystem by training teachers, mentors, and administrators
Demonstration Programs
Collaborating with government agencies at the district level to demonstrate the power of improved learning through effective FLN implementation
System Strengthening
Building the capacity of the government agencies through workshops, training programs and demonstrating good practices to ensure that they can work on FLN solutions on their own
OUR REACH
Since 2015, we have worked with 10
state governments to address
this problem at scale
Through our programs, we have impacted 1.085 million teachers and 16.2 million children across 32 districts in 10 states.
Hover over the colored states on the map to view our work.
Odisha
Working since 2020
Students Reached: 21,04,692
Teachers Reached: 1,47,124
Schools Reached: 45,327
Since 2015, we have partnered with 10 state governments, reaching 16.2 million children and 1.085 million teachers.
WE WORK ON 3 FOCUS AREAS
Investing in Continuous Professional Development of Teachers & Mentors
Building capacity within the system to sustain foundational learning programs
Through CPD, we provide ongoing professional development to primary school teachers and academic and administrative staff that is imperative to change classroom practices and improve children’s foundational skills.
Driving System Strengthening and Reform at Scale
We collaborate with state governments to develop and implement high-quality FLN programs and also build commitment and capacity in the system to sustain them independently
This is achieved through statewide teacher training, improved preservice teacher education, building capacity of state institutions like SCERT/ DIET and state resource groups (SRGs) to support teachers and a comprehensive student
assessment with a focus on remedial support to struggling learners.
Demonstrating strong teaching and learning practices at the district level
The most powerful way to bring about lasting systemic change is to co-design and develop an easily replicable and dynamic strategy that demonstrates clearly defined, tangible outcomes
Through the District Demonstration program, our objective is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the government systems of training, mentoring and data use to demonstrate how children’s learning outcomes can be improved in a period of 3-5 years
OUR IMPACT
Accountability is everything
We are a data-driven organization and we hold ourselves accountable for impact by measuring outcomes through third-party evaluations.
Student Performance in Oral
Reading and Comprehension
- Intervention
- Non-intervention
Oral Reading Fluency
Students showed an improvement in reading 42.4 words per minute in schools where the Haryana Early Literacy Development Impact Bond was implemented, compared to other schools, where the program was not implemented?
Reading Comprehension
Reading comprehension levels of children in Grade 2 in Haryana improved to 36.7 words per minute in intervention schools compared to non intervention schools as evaluated by Educational Initiatives(Ei)(2022)
85% Average score improvement across LLF course participants in the end line as compared to the baseline. (Third-party evaluation by CERP, 2019)
51% of grade 2 students in Chhattisgarh have achieved grade-level reading comprehension versus 29% of the non-intervention group (External evaluation by Impact Partner in Social Development)
Awards and Accolades
Won the prestigious GNE Award of Excellence for one of the best NGOs in setting up and promoting impactful social practices (2021)
Awarded ICC Social Impact Award 2024 in the Education category(Large Project) at the prestigious 6th ICC Social Impact Summit & Awards (2024)
Winner of prestigious HCL Grant Edition VII in Education Category after a rigorous selection process among 15K+ applications. (2022)
LLF successfully designed and supported the implementation of India's first-ever Language Mapping survey in almost 30,000 schools with state government of Chhattisgarh (2022)
Contributed to World Bank’s policy approach paper ‘Loud & Clear’ on effective language of instruction for learning (2021)
Inside a classroom:
Playing a game of word-antakshari with class 3 children
Angarag Kumar Bhuyan
“I have undergone the online ‘Xahajyogi Xamal’ course (Online CAC Course) that has been prepared by Language and Learning Foundation for the academic coordinators (State Resource Groups, District Resource Groups, Block Resource Persons, etc.). The course has built my capacity to provide school support as an SRG member and in upgrading teaching-learning processes in my own school and my professional development. It also has developed my understanding of the relevance of FLN for children in the foundational stage and the ongoing NIPUN Bharat Mission. The course helped me resolve doubts and clear some concepts. I firmly believe that this course will help our teachers too.”
OUR PARTNERS
We are as strong as our partnerships
Our partnerships are critical to our work’s success. Here are a few of the key partners supporting us with funding, strategy, program delivery and technology.
2027 MISSION
By 2027, we will impact 35 million children by influencing classroom practices of more than 2 million teachers and teacher educators
Your support can help us achieve this mission
Received 2B Grading (strong delivery capability) from CRISIL (2021)