Nanritam's
Education for All
What is EFA?
A Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Community Outreach Program
Nanritam’s Education for All (EFA) is a Community Outreach program, to disseminate quality foundational education to all children, addressing the gap in access to learning in remote/underpriviledged areas. It is a play-based, hands-on pedagogy for children aged 3-8, empowering educators with sessions on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy, social skills, conversational English and holistic development. Recent EFA extensions include hands-on, in-class-demonstratable Foundational Math and Science sessions for classes V-X. The keystone is children learn more naturally, when learning is a fun activity. Their progress is monitored by regular assessments.
See VIDEO below for a Visual Overview of Nanritam’s EFA program. Or CLICK to READ MORE…
What's NEW!!
FiliBOT
Our newest exciting gadget 
Our newest exciting gadget
Our proprietary digital platform FiliBOT, is equipped to disseminate content, and assess and evaluate children’s progress rapidly. Tests are administered via devices (most typically use phones), and we are enthused to see such positive response from teachers and students.
All teachers have completed the training, and almost all centers are in the process of are implementing and learning, improving everyone’s digital literacy.
The FiliBOT not only contains the content of the EFA FLN, but also modules jointly developed with our partners, the experts from Finland.
EFA Program process now will inlcude FiliBOT Workshhop, pre-populating teachers’ and students’ data etc.
EFA's Impact-o-meter
# of Teachers Trained (approx):
2,385 
# of Students (approx) learning, skipping with EFA curriculum:
65,000!!
And counting…!
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15 Districts, 5 States and EFA continues to spread its wings…!
2024
Sep
2-7
Nanritam EFA conducts refresher training to middle school Maths and Science teachers in Leh Ladakh
- About 208 Government Teachers participated in EFA’s refresher Middle School Math and Science curriculum training, conducted in collaboration with District Institute of Education and Training (DIET).
- The Training session covered a range of topics including use of digital tools FILIBOT which is our Nanritam EFA produced experiential learning tool with videos, PDFs, and hands-on activities per CBSE curriculum.
Aug
15
Several Nanritam EFA Schools sent in visuals of their Independence Day Celebrations, with traditional flag hoisting, and singing of the National Anthem.
This video is compiled using pictures received from various EFA schools.
Jul
1-5
Nanritam EFA expands to Arunachal Pradesh, EFA workshops at Diyun
- Approximately 70 Government Primary School Teachers were trained in the EFA’s core Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) program.
- The 4-day Training session was requested and organized by IFET (India Foundation for Education Transformation), Arunachal Pradesh.
- 110 sets of two FLN books were also provided to the teachers.
Jun
10-15
EFA Teachers and students participate in the Summer Camp 2024 held in Filix School
- Summer Camp 2024 was held in Filix School, to keep students engaged during the holiday months. Several EFA teachers/students were invited.
- Renowned Odissi dansuese Ms Sharmila Biswas’s team of dancers, pupeteers, mime and theater artists gave fun, enlightening classes to the children. Students and teachers have all enjoyed, and learned a lot.
- This activity of growth and creativity was benefical for all participants, particularly for EFA children who hardly have exposure to these Art forms.
Apr
22-27
Nanritam EFA Teachers Training conducted at Parivar Kolkata School
- 35 Parivar Teachers and 1930 students are now registered in our system, as part of the EFA implementation process.
- All teachers and students have completed the baseline assessment and will go onto next phase as soon as their results are finalized.
- The Parivar Teachers gave glowing testimonials of the training, one of which is presented alongside.
Mar
28-29
Nanritam EFA’s FiliBOT gets rolled out to EFA teachers
- Several EFA teachers attend the workshop to register and get introduction to the FiliBOT, our propreitary digital platform for disseminating content, and for children’s rapid assessment and evaluation.
- Roll out to all EFA teachers across all centers was completed in waves through few weeks. Teachers continued the study on their own, and completed certification.
Feb 14
Senior WB Police Officials visit tuition centers run by Civic Volunteers in North Bengal on the occasion of Saraswati Puja
- Our trained Civic Volunteers run Tuition centers in around 67 locations
- WB Police Officials visited centers in Dima Tea Gardens and Gangotia and were very pleased with the progress the children have been making.
Jan 26th
Most Nanritam EFA Schools sent in clips of their Republic Day Celebrations, with traditional flag hoisting, singing of National Song, and Parade and/or PT exercises.
The video was compiled using clips received from various EFA schools, including Filix School of Education.
We keep updating our calendar with more recent events, please do re-check back…!
A Key feature of Nanritam’s EFA program is empowering the grassroots educators with Training Sessions and Teaching-Learning Materials.
Training Sessions involves both in-person and online sessions, creating a network of teachers, with regular mentoring and monitoring. Children’s learning progress is regularly measured and tracked. At periodic intervals, Refresher Training Sessions are conducted, to continue reiterating and updating the training content.
Nanritam EFA's monthly newsletter!
Latest Clips from our EFA Schools!
A continuous flow of lively glimpses from our participating schools and learning centers, brighten our daily routines!! Our learn-as-you-play pedagogy, imparted to grassroot educators in training sessions, coming back as clips from the remote learning centers. Here we share our joy — the fruits of our trainings! Children more engaged in learning and school activities, is our motivation!
The story of Nanritam EFA in remote Tea Gardens!
The report alongside describes a specific and unique story of Nanritam EFA’s outreach intervention, where we partnered with a community Policing effort to reach and teach the children of tea plantation labourers, in the remote Himalayan tea gardens of West Bengal. The report was prepared by one of our teacher coordinators spearheading the EFA program, Ms Priyanka Ghosh. It was a part of her project work with the prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kolkata
Link to full report: The Tale of Koshish Schools
Extending Nanritam EFA to activity-based Foundational STEM!
The EFA program is now introducing novel experimental and hands-on, activity-based Science and Maths sessions for standards V-X. This ensures many of the rural, remote/ underpriviledged children get the necessary opportunity to aquire foundational STEM at no/low cost. Some might then later pursue science education, or become effective in using the technological skills, for value-added productivity. Here again, the EFA objective is to empower grassroots science teachers with quality technology tools like Apps, ChatBot, and AI enabled interactive gaming and interactive data interactive tools.
Independent 3rd-party EFA Impact Study
An EFA Impact Study conducted by C-DRASTA (Center for Development Research Sustainibility and Technical Advancement) highlights:
- A marked improvement in the modal and median (along with average) midterm grades among EFA students, from their baseline assessment grades.
- midterm grades of students from Control Group schools (schools that dropped out of the program), show little or no improvement from their baseline assessments.
- Further when reviewed in the context of the ASER 2022 Report, the study reveals that the EFA model may be effective to address the gaps identified in the ASER 2022 report.
Testimonials from our luminaries!
They inspire us to do ever better, strive ever higher…!
Speaking of the teachers engaged in the EFA program, Hilda Ma'am said "The Teachers desire to learn and contribute to the lives of the children revive my hope that the future of the pupils is secure. They had fire in their belly and the integrity and drive to make their dreams come true. What more can a teacher need?"
"These books are the result of hard work and thorough consideration. They highlight what teachers always should strive for, namely meaninglful learning."
"In 2021,.... Nanritam started one of its most ambitious programs, Education for All, to spread creative learning to neighbouring villages and districts. It has brought in teachers regularly, at times in person at times virtually, from other schools to train them, and provide books for modern education for children in 150 schools in the region. They are now able to reach 40,000 students, the poorest of the poor. This is a large number but still a small number for a large country. We have to take this model and spread it far and wide."
"The visit to Education for All Schools was an enlightening experience. The selfessness of the teachers, the smile of the students and the pride in the eyes of all school people shows what a right knowledge shows what a right knowledge intervention like Education for All can achieve."
On observing an EFA Teachers' Workshop in June 2022, Mr Banerjee said, "The EFA initiative is absolutely praiseworthy. The books that you came up with are commendable... What I saw in Filix School, and during the field visit, was way beyond my expectation."
"The outreach educational program and curriculum content has brought about a renewed energy… All the seeds of change have just been sown, and gradually a meaningful change will be visible."
-- Smt Bina and Sri Anil Somaiya, Philanthropists, Co founders SupportingaCause.com
-- Smt Bina and Sri Anil Somaiya, Philanthropists, Co founders SupportingaCause.com
Our Partnerships and collaborations
The rapid expansion and successes of the Education for All program is intricately tied to the support, faith and teamwork we have from our partner organizations. They empower our program and volunteers with resources, logisitics, and most of all a true partnership, aligning with our goals, mission and values. Our implementation partners include the Millenium Education Foundation of Ladakh, Samaritan Help Mission of Tikiapara, and BanglaNatakDotCom and the Civic Volunteers of West Bengal Police of various districts
New Millenium Education Foundation, Ladakh https://www.ngofoundation.in/ngo-s-india/new-millennium-education-foundation-ladakh-contact-number-contact-details_i45797
Samaritan Help Mission (based in Tikiapara, West Bengal) https://samaritanhelpmission.org/
BanglanatakDotCom (a social enterprise working accross India) https://banglanatak.com/home
District organizations of West Bengal Police (districts of Alipurduar, Dakshin Dinajpir, Bankura, Jhargram) https://wbpolice.gov.in/WBP/Common/WBP_District_Websites.aspx
