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“To find yourself, think for yourself.” – Socrates

Self Discovery module isย  a key step in Career Guidance program designed by India Literacy Project.

In this step the students are made aware of the need for a career, goal, their strengths, areas of interest, career interests etc. through a process of self-reflection and introspection as part a year long program.

India Literacy Projectย believes that a career exposure session, without the students understanding what

Guru Krupa Foundation Empowers 17 Schools with MDLS Program

Guru Krupa Foundation Incย Empowers 17 Schools with MDLS Program

Continuing its support to the cause of education in Chengalpattu district, Guru Krupa Foundation this year has extended its support to 7 more schools, encompassing 6 middle schools (MS) and 1 Government Girls Higher Secondary School (GGHSS).

Child-friendly school libraries have been established in all the schools, and science kits have been distributed to

Empowering young minds to create clean & beautiful world

๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€?

Always serves in the long run, when the foundation is set early.

Teaching kids to keep their surroundings clean promotes hygiene as well as brings in a sense of responsibility and respect for the environment.

India Literacy Projectย encourages and teaches kids

๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€!

ILPโ€™s partnership withย Dell Technologiesย is enabling a comprehensive initiative to establish a dedicated Career Guidance Cell in every Grama Panchayati Library across Karnataka, comprising over 5500+ GP libraries.

This initiative includes providing ILPโ€™s Career Guidance kits and training Grama Panchayati Librarians, empowering them to offer fundamental career-related information to students.

On the eve of Gandhi Jayanti on October 2nd, where Gandhi Grama Puraskara and Swachha Sarvekshana,

Kudos to saran for creating a low-cost microscope

P. Saran, a 9th-grade student from Government High School in Choodapuram, Hosur, built a low-cost microscope using everyday waste items.

This microscope can help observe blood cells, onions cells, and more.

Despite limited resources in his rural village, Saran enjoys experimenting and creating with what he has at hand.

His science teacher, Ms. Sathayavathi, and the headmaster encourage his innovation.

The idea for the microscope came unexpectedly when a ball

Volunteer Spotlight: Sunayana Ravula

Volunteer Spotlight: Sunayana Ravula by Suyash Nigam

Sunayana Ravula has been an indispensable volunteer for India Literacy Project (ILP) since 2007! Canโ€™t thank her enough for the countless hours of service she has contributed towards ILPโ€™s worthy causes.

She was first roped into volunteering by her college senior, Subhash, when she moved to the Bay Area in 2007. The call to participate in a

An Engaging Day with the ILP Chennai Staff

An Engaging Day with the ILP Chennai Staff

By Aravindan

Earlier this year in June, Bharathy and I had the unique opportunity to visit ILP Chennaiโ€™s office in Chitlapakkam, Chennai and meet the staff who work very hard to make ILPโ€™s vision of a โ€œA catalyst for 100% literate and educated Indiaโ€ a reality.

What impressed me the most was the varied education

Making Science accessible and fun, the ILP way!

Making Science accessible and fun, the ILP way! By Dr. Sudhira

The class is boisterous as always as they wait for their science teacher to conduct the next class. And she comes in with a couple of balloons and a candle with a matchstick. Before the students realize what is happening, she asks a kid to blow one of the balloons

Celebrating International Literacy Day!

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต โ€œ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜†โ€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณย India Literacy Project, ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

The history of International Literacy Day dates back to 8 September 1967, whenย UNESCOย established the day to promote literacy on a global level.

The idea behind celebrating this day was to make quality education accessible to everyone irrespective of gender, caste, sex, and

Unsung hero of education – Biranchi Kumar Samal

Teachers who persevere through adversity are the unsung heroes of education, shaping the world one student at a time.

Biranchi Kumar Samal, an unsung hero of education, shaping the world one student at a time.

Hats off to this inspiring teacher Biranchi Kumar Samal working as a Headmaster in Kalipoi village in Odisha whose perseverance is truly admirable in the face of adversity.

Biranchi Kumar treks 10 kilometers of

Training ILP NGO Partners

India Literacy Projectย imparts regular training for its NGO partners to enhance their skills and stay effective.

A three-day training session was conducted for NGO partners from Andhra Pradesh & Telangana on:

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ โ€“ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† (๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฑ), ๐—ฉ๐—Ÿ๐—– ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป
๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜ โ€“ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€-๐—ข๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ
๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€, ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†, ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป & ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜€

A total of 34 participants from

Inculcating the habit of nurturing environment during childhood

Inculcating the habit of nurturing the environment in childhood is sowing the seeds of a greener, healthier, and more sustainable future.

India Literacy Project believes in inculcating right habits at an early age.

One such initiative taken up by the Child Rights Committee formed in schools is to ensure that children are made aware of taking care of the environment for a better future.

As part of this initiative,

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