Pratham – Every Child In School and Learning Well

Pratham is an innovative learning organization created to improve the quality of education in India. Established in 1995 to provide education to children in the slums of Mumbai, Pratham has grown in both scope and scale, with programs today reaching children and youth across the country.

As one of the largest non-governmental organizations in the country, Pratham focuses on high-quality, low-cost and replicable interventions to address gaps in the education system. Working directly with children and youth as well as through large-scale collaborations with government systems, Pratham programs reach millions of lives every year. Pratham’s Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) approach has demonstrated proven impact on children’s learning outcomes and is now being adapted to contexts outside India.

Children’s Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region: Critical Reflections on Participation, Education, Girls’ Rights and Child Marriage

Bridging the divide between parental understandings of schooling and learning filled a missing link in children’s education and has paved the way for ongoing parental engagement in children’s education, which is overwhelmingly positive.
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Dr Rukmini Banerji on learning outcomes and implementation of NEP 2020 at TEDx IIM Ahmedabad

Dr Rukmini Banerji was invited to speak at TEDx IIM Ahmedabad. In her TED talk, she emphasises on the importance of foundational learning and implementation of NEP 2020.
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Dr Madhav Chavan and Dr Rukmini Banerji in a podcast series with Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies

In the two-part podcast series 'Grassroots Nation', Dr Madhav Chavan and Dr Rukmini Banerji talk about Pratham's origin, its expansion and core values
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Rukmini Banerji co-authors a chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Program Design and Implementation Evaluation

The chapter outlines how Pratham went from designing methods to understand the learning crisis to developing solutions that were then used at scale across the country.
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