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ENGLISH | KANNADA
The organisation was founded on the belief that quality education is the undeniable right of every child and that children should not be deprived of this just because they do not have access to it or the resources to realise their dreams. We believe that the use of technology and shared digital infrastructure has become more relevant now than ever and that it is important to leverage their combined power to impart education to all children. The focus has to be on blended models that can accelerate conventional learning through accessible technology-based innovations for teachers and children.
  • 2000

    Akshara Foundation was set up as a Public Charitable Trust

  • 2003

    Akshara sets up independent Early Childhood Development (ECB) centres and provides training to 400 women , to become edupreneurs’

  • 2003

    Akshara extends its programmes to the underdeveloped districts in North Karnataka

  • 2006

    Implemented Oduve Naanu, a Remedial Reading Programme for 70,000 children across 1,425 schools in Bangalore

  • 2006

    Akshara initiates Karnataka Learning Partnership (KLP), a public technology platform and community-driven change maker for our elementary schooling system

  • 2007

    Akshara’s School Library Programme implemented in 1,425 schools across Bangalore, impacting 2,15,000 children

  • 2007

    Large-scale ECD implementation in 2,500 centres across Bangalore, Dharwad and Malur, covering 70,000 children

  • 2008

    The Karnataka government rolls out Oduve Naanu reading programme to 46,000 schools across the state

  • 2010

    Akshara Ganitha, a support Math programme rolled out in the Sandbox - 49,000 children from 620 schools in three blocks of Karnataka

  • 2011

    Swalpa English Thumba Fun, aimed at supporting spoken English competencies introduced in Sandbox

  • 2015

    Ganitha Kalika Andolana (GKA) with a goal to impact 2 million children begins with phase-1 in 6 districts Yadgir, Bellary, Kalaburagi, Bidar, Raichur and Koppal.

  • 2016

    Akshara begins building sustainability of GKA with Community Interventions – facilitated Math contests at the Gram Panchayat level.

  • 2016

    Built a cadre of Village Education Volunteers to energize the school system and enlighten communities. Over 9,000 volunteers till date

  • 2017

    GKA Phase-2 rolls out in 6 additional districts. Bengaluru Rural, Chamarajanagara, Chitradurga, Chikkaballapura, Dharwad and Gadag.

  • 2017

    GKA piloted in 2 districts of Odisha – Bolangir and Rayagada

  • 2017

    1-3-6-9 Wall Writings in every village making the community aware of meetings they need to attend, to monitor quality of education being imparted

  • 2018

    Building Blocks, a FREE learning app was launched on Google Play Store.

  • 2019

    GKA Phase-3 rolls out in remaining districts of Karnataka. Odisha and Akshara sign MoU for GKA to be rolled out in 20 additional districts.

  • 2019

    All Gram Panchayat Presidents in Karnataka are given a class-wise, school-wise report on performance levels of children who participated in the GP contests

  • 2019

    GP Contests are completely community driven. Phase 1 alone saw ~1000GP contests

  • 2019

    Building Blocks available on MHRD’s Diksha Platform and to be accessible via QR codes in textbooks across Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha and Tamil Nadu

  • 2020

    20 Years of Akshara Foundation

  • 2020

    TRAINING. anywhere, anytime. We created a host of teaching-Learning videos on every aspect of GKA. These are equivalent to 6 whole days of physical training. Teachers can now, watch them from anywhere, at any time.
    Available in various regional languages and on our youTube Channel and on the Diksha Platform.

  • 2020

    Started a podcast 'Pratibimba' to help teachers, HMs and officials from the Education Department, who have been directly involved in the implementation of GKA to share best practises, learnings and highlight success stories.