By Kevin Lauber | Major Gifts Manager
Dear Supporters,
Worldreader has been making great progress in India. Over the past year, Worldreader collaborated with local implementation partner Society for All-Around Development (SARD) to launch the program at 10 sites, including 6 primary schools and 4 anganwadis (preschools) in the 2019-2020 school year.
All 12 teachers from pre-school to grade 2 and 4 Anganwadi workers attended a kickoff workshop and refresher training. Training for teachers on reading techniques included read-aloud shared reading and storytelling which was carried out with Worldreader Kids’ supplementary reading titles found on the app. Primary grade teachers were asked to integrate storytelling in their Hindi and English classes at least twice a week for 45 min and preschools teachers and Anganwadi workers were encouraged to do so every day.
Worldreder also partnered with National Independent Schools Alliance (NISA), the largest Affordable Private Schools network in India, to formalize a plan to scale and sustain Read to Kids. The program was taken to the schools via a Beta Sales Drive in Oct to Dec 2019 and 34 schools were enrolled in the program during the reporting period. The implementation will be rolled out for the 2020-2021 school year.
The schools reported many promising outcomes, including an increase in enrollments, reduction in absenteeism, improved learning space ambiance, quality teaching-learning transactions on a daily basis, and enhanced community outreach (especially among mothers in the community).
As the COVID pandemic and the related home learning set in, Worldreader’s Read to Kids was one of the very few impact programs that was able to swiftly work with the school and education department administration to amplify the home reading side of the work where parents were supported by teachers to continue reading and learning at home. This was possible due to the digital nature of the program design and leveraging WhatsApp channels. Thanks to your contributions, we are 1/3 of the way to our goal. Please spread the word to your friends and families to help bring our digital reading program to an 11th Anganwadi!
Thank you for your support!
Worldreader
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