Last date for nomination: July 25, 2025
Note: Nominations will be reviewed only after the last date of nomination (Jul 25). We will reach out to you after the review process.
It is expected that the same set of participants from an organization attend all the phases and engagements including offline workshops, field engagement, online engagements and assignments. It is also expected that the participants will complete the assignments given as part of the course and submit their reflections within the given timeline. Note: The details shared above may be modified based on the needs of the participants. Organisation for Early Literacy Promotion (OELP) is a not-for-profit organization with extensive experience in innovative, evidence-based solutions to building high-quality foundations for learning in young children from low-literate communities. This program has been developed organically over more than a decade, by working closely with beginning school goers and teachers in rural government primary schools. Currently, OELP is engaged with the capacity building of GOs and CSOs toward Implementing its foundat al learning innovations across wider locations. These include Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN). Keerti Jayaram is an educationist with more than 35 years of experience in teaching and working with children, teachers and communities. She is a founding member of OELP and has been instrumental in developing the OELP methodologies which are rooted in real classroom practice. Arti Sawhny is a resident of Ajmer. She has a medical background and has worked with communities in the villages of Ajmer district for over twenty-five years. She has also taught in a primary school. Arti has been with OELP for more than a decade. She has a deep conceptual understanding of the program's content, its objectives, and the contexts.
Kiran Dubey is from Ajmer. She has an in-depth understanding of the local context, and has over twenty years of experience of working with rural women. She has also taught primary school children from government schools, and is currently overseeing the implementation of OELP's programs. She combines a deep conceptual understanding of FLN with an in-depth understanding of social contexts with low literacy. She is an excellent communicator with a rich repertoire of local songs, stories and other forms of local knowledge, which add texture to the capacity building sessions that she engages in. Vini Gupta is an Early Childhood Care and Development expert with over 24 years of experience in the field of education. She has worked with young children and programs. This has involved developing content, providing technical assistance, conducting research and evaluation, and end-to-end program delivery. She oversees overall operations of OELP and manages the online course delivery. She holds a Gold Medal in Masters of Child Development from Delhi University.
Bhivaram Jat is a resident of Sinodia village. He has been with OELP for a decade and has built an, in-depth conceptual understanding of early learning with low-literate contexts. He oversees the quality of program implementation within government schools. He plays the role of a mentor and resource person during capacity building sessions with educators and teachers from GOs and NGOs. He is computer savvy and has played an active role in developing TLMs, activities, and games based on local adaptations.
Kanaram Vaishnav is a resident of Patan Village. He has helped adapt OELP's methodologies to the local context. He has a depth of conceptual understanding He oversees the OELP Community Libraries Program. Kanaram has played a pivotal role in organizing Kahani Melas, and has worked with teacher trainees from wide contexts. He plays the role of a mentor and resource person during capacity building sessions with educators and teachers. He has played an active role in developing teaching material, activities and games based on local adaptations.
Pallavi, Kshamtalaya Foundation, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Dr Rama Khanna, SCERT, Gurugram, Haryana
About This Course
Course Objective
Course Outcomes
Participants will be able to:
Pre-requisites And Candidate Profile
Expected Commitment
Course Details
The OELP course on foundational learning will have a duration of 150 hours distributed over one academic year. It includes the following components.
Phases
Module
Activity / Number of hours
Mode of delivery
Location
Phase 1
1. Approaches to building foundations for schooling
2. Perspectives and approaches to foundational literacy
3. Classroom pedagogies/ practices to support shifts from oracy to literacy
Offline 3-days workshop - 13-15 October 2025
Offline
Ajmer, Rajasthan
Assignment 1: classroom-based
Offline
Participant / CSO location
Review of Assignment 1
Online
Online
Phase 2
1. Classroom pedagogies / practices to support more advanced learning (guided observation and reflections)
2. Classroom management techniques
3. Theoretical perspectives on reading comprehension
4. Writing strategies
5. Learner tracking and assessment
6. Way forward
Assignment 2: classroom-based
Offline
Participant / CSO location
Review of Assignment 2
Online
Online
Offline 3-days workshop - 15-17 February 2026
Offline
Ajmer district, Rajasthan
Phase 3
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Assignment 3: reading-based
Offline
Ajmer district, Rajasthan
Phase 4
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Final review
Offline / Online
Offline / Online
About The Resource Organization
Facilitators
Keerti Jayaram
Arti Sawhny
Kiran Dubey
Vini Gupta
Bhivaram Jat
Kanaram Vaishnav
Testimonials
"This course has been very thoughtfully designed. The participants were first introduced to different activities, then to the important underlying principles, and finally to the related theoretical frameworks. As a participant, my needs were to understand a structure that allows children to learn in a joyful learning environment and also achieve learning outcomes within a given period of time. I think OELP demonstrated effectively how this can be made possible. One of the strongest highlights of the course was that It enabled us to see the practices in the light of structures and procedures within a classroom environment which allows learning to take place." Pallavi, Kshamtalaya Foundation, Udaipur, Rajasthan
"कक्षा कक्ष (क्लासरूम) के आदान प्रदान के वातावरण व परिवेश को देखकर में निःशब्द हूँ. अध्यापक कभी दोस्त के रूप में दिखा कभी मार्गदर्शक, कभी भाई. कभी पिता और कभी खुद विद्यार्थी, कक्षा के कोने और अध्यापक द्वारा उनका प्रयोग सराहनीय था. आदान प्रदान की प्रक्रिया को अध्यापक ने बहुत ही क्रमबद्ध तरीके से निर्धारित की, आनंदमय ढंग से मातृभाषा का प्रयोग किया गया, प्रत्येक विद्यार्थी का आत्मविश्वास उसके चेहरे की चमक बता रहा था जात-पात, भेदभाव, लड़का लड़की को बांटने का कक्षा में कोई स्थान नहीं था, हर गतिविधि मनोरंजक तरीके से करवाई जा रही थी. अन्ततः शिक्षण विधि, क्लास मैनेजमेंट, छात्र शिक्षक संबंध, गतिविधियाँ, विषयवस्तु, छात्र अध्ययन, सुधार की रेखाए, (शिक्षक) प्रबंधन कौशल, विद्यार्थी समझ के लिए में निःशब्द।
