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

Akshara extends its programmes to the underdeveloped districts in North Karnataka

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

GKA piloted in 2 districts of Odisha – Bolangir and Rayagada

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

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

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.

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

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

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

20 Years of Akshara Foundation

Digitised ~25 hours of Teaching-learning content into small video modules, in 7 languages. Available ok Diksha and YT

Launched a podcast for teachers and Education Department officials to share and learn from positive stories on classroom innovations

Piloted two small projects that emphasize Blended Learning and aim to bridge the learning gap, with access to EdTech

Power of Education Volunteers – our army of volunteers on the ground facilitated 51,00,000+ COVID vaccinations in 95 blocks of 22 districts across Karnataka.

Extended the Building Blocks learning app to include games for grade 6

GKA to be further scaled up to benefit children in grades 6, 7 and 8. First pilot in Bangalore across ~100 schools.

Blended Learning takes a bigger spin with a 3rd pilot being implemented in Keonjhar. Government agrees to scale it to impact 20,000 children

Restarted India’s Biggest Community-led Maths Contests in Karnataka and Odisha – spearheaded by thousands of education volunteers and team leaders