Programme 02 — Foundational literacy & numeracy
If a child cannot read by class three, every later class is a guess.
Daily reading practice, number work and small-group teaching for the children who are three years behind their class.
In a class of forty, the twelve children who cannot read are the ones who go quiet. They are promoted each year and learn almost nothing, and by class eight nobody can tell who they are.
Our FLN work identifies those children, teaches them in small groups for a few weeks, and puts them back in the class able to follow the lesson.
How it is run
We work in the same school for a term at a time, with the head teacher's timetable, and leave the material and the method behind.
What it includes
The short list, agreed with the school, the home or the household.
How you can help
Three ways that actually move this programme forward.
Sponsor a term
Material and a teacher's time for one school for one term.
Volunteer an hour
Read with two or three children, twice a week, in Telugu or English.
Give levelled readers
Books a seven year old can finish in one sitting.
Write to [email protected] or sign up as a volunteer. We answer within three working days.
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