Friday, March 29, 2024

HDFC Bank and Central Square foundation join hands to support Foundational Literacy and Numeracy programme

HDFC Bank’s flagship CSR programme Parivartan and Central Square Foundation (CSF) announced their partnership to support Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) programmes in 5 states — Assam, Punjab, Telangana, Odisha and Tamil
Nadu. Both partners will closely work to support the state governments in implementing FLN programmes, borrowing heavily from the guidelines suggested by the Ministry of Education while launching NIPUN Bharat — the national mission on FLN. The partnership aims to improve FLN outcomes in these 5 states to achieve the vision outlined by the National Education Policy 2020.

The partnership was announced at a virtual launch event on Thursday which brought together senior officials and functionaries of the two organisations stressing the importance of various stakeholders to come together towards achieving universal FLN with state representatives – Mr Gangadhar Sahoo from SCERT, Odisha, Ms Nandita Medhi from Samagra Siksha, Assam, Ms Tehseen Sultana from SCERT, Telangana in attendance / addressing the panel.

“Under Parivartan, promoting education, and financial literacy and inclusion are focus areas for us,” said Ms Nusrat Pathan, CSR Head of Parivartan by HDFC Bank. “Foundational literacy and numeracy are an important aspect to enhance learning capabilities of children. The pandemic disturbed schooling schedules and unequal access to quality education support has set back children. An on-ground intervention with innovative solutions was a need of the hour. We are confident this collaboration will deliver long-lasting impact for the beneficiaries.”

“If action is not taken soon, we could lose 100 million or more students to illiteracy over the next few years,” said Mr Ashish Dhawan, Founder-Chairperson of CSF. “We at Central Square Foundation, understand the importance of quality education for the children of this country and are committed to the goal of supporting the central and various governments in strengthening their FLN programmes and ensuring all children in India attain FLN skills by grade 3”.

The pandemic has aggravated the already existing learning loss in the country. The
Foundational Literacy and Numeracy programmes would address the learning gap at this crucial juncture. The project’s focus will be on achieving improved student learning outcomes through multiple pathways including goal-setting, teacher capacity building, development of teaching. Learning Material and setting up a robust evaluation system for course correction and feedback to the state. This would play a significant role in ensuring that all children attain foundational skills by Grade 3 which will make teaching more inclusive and meaningful for children as they progress to higher grades.

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