PRATHAM IN 2008-09: THE YEAR IN REVIEW
Thanks to your support, Pratham India was able to achieve significant successes in 2008-09. Some of the year’s highlights included the following:
- Read India reached over 34 million children in 304,248
villages across 19 states. We trained more than 448,000
volunteers and 605,000 teachers in our teaching and
assessment techniques.
- Our Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) tested more
than 700,000 children across over 16,100 villages in 2008,
establishing a picture of learning levels across the country
and spurring education reform.
- Our pre-school (balwadi) programs benefited over 39,000
children, preparing them for regular school.
- Over 476,000 children attended our learning support
classes in schools and communities.
- More than 400,000 children borrowed books from our
community libraries, developing their reading abilities.
- Pratham’s program for child laborers and other children at
risk benefited over 37,500 children across 8 states and
influenced several national and state policies on child labor.
- Our computer assisted learning centers prepared over
70,000 children for the digital age.
For more detailed information, please access the Pratham USA Annual Report here.
