Pratham USA is a non profit organization that was founded in 1995 . They aim to address India’s learning crisis as well as empowering youths with the right tools and resources to start their careers. As of now, Pratham USA has 14 individual chapters in major cities across the United States and has operations in 20 out of 29 states in India. Their goals are to inspire action, advocate change, build scalable models, and develop innovative programs to focus on results and continuously improve the learning environment. . With Pratham USA, they recognize that a child's education is in the hands of their parents, teachers, and governments. That is why Pratham initiates their teaching and learning interventions at the grassroots level and train highly vetted local volunteers to help implement their programs. Pratham is willing to take risks and look beyond their own horizons to create a broader change and they have succeeded in their efforts with their programs thus far.
Pratham's Four Programs
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Read India Program
This is their largest and most influential program. Read India is Pratham's leading flagship program and has been adapted by 14 other countries due to its success. This literacy and learning program helps children ages 6-14 get their necessary reading, writing, and arithmetic skills. These skills are truly vital in jump starting a child's education and steering them onto a path for success. This last year, they helped 5.7 million students through this program
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The Pratham Institute Their second largest program, the Pratham Institute, helped 22,000 youths in the last year obtain industry specific vocational skills and placed them in various jobs including hospitality, construction, automotive and even entrepreneurship trades. This program allows these young men and women to become self sufficient and support themselves and their families.
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Second Chance A program that provides support to teens who have dropped out of school or are at risk of doing so and helps them earn their diplomas. Second Chance focuses their efforts on helping young women obtain their degrees so that they are able to independently support themselves and their families. This last year they helped 4,500 girls earn their certificates completing their secondary education. |
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Annual Status of Education Report
A survey taken every year to provide estimates of children's basic learning and enrollment levels for EVERY rural district in India. This This information is vital to the local and national government as well as Pratham in their efforts to provide the best measure of help that they can, in addition it helps to Pratham standardize their learning programs to ensure measurable growth throughout their schools. |
