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Anandi Shikshan: Empowering Marginalized Children

A Pioneering Educational Technology Initiative

Reaching children from marginalized communities with foundational literacy & numeracy through an engaging 100-hour curriculum.

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📚 What is Anandi Shikshan?
The Anandi Shikshan project is initiated to deliver learning materials from the Educational Resource Center to children from marginalized communities, assess their effectiveness through classroom use, and build foundational literacy and numeracy skills. The project was incepted in the year 2022-23.
📅 Curriculum & Participation
Anandi Shikshan offers a 100-hour curriculum delivered over six hours per week at 52 centers. Each lesson includes educational videos, songs, stories, activities, and games. Praticipating students are from class 1 to 5, including children from Matang, Vaidu, Banjara (Tanda), Katkari communities, and hearing-impaired.
📱 Digital Tools & Training
Curriculum in Marathi language, Mathematics, and Environmental Studies is delivered via the Happy Teacher App, which maintains assessment records. Four training programs and printed manuals are provided to Anandi Mitras for using digital and physical teaching aids.
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Key Features

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Comprehensive 100-Hour Curriculum

Includes videos, songs, stories, activities, and games to build literacy and numeracy for classes of 1 to 5.

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52 Centers Across Diverse Communities

Serving 1313 students from urban, rural, tribal, and hearing-impaired communities with dedicated facilitators.

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Digital Learning & Assessment

Curriculum delivered via Happy Teacher App with assessment tracking and facilitator training programs.

📈 Project Reach & Team Overview

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8 Under-Resourced Urban Settlements Pune   |   20 Harali, Dharashiv   |   5 Tasgaon, Sangli   |  

11 Adivasi Wadi, Sudhagad, Raigad (Katkari Hamlets)   |   8 Hearing-Impaired Schools   |  

🌾Initiatives

Baljatra (Children’s Fair)

Nadsur, Taluka Sudhagad, Raigad District

A special Baljatra was held for 175 students from 11 Katkari settlements. The event celebrated children's learning through fun, games, and academic assessments rooted in their culture and context.

Voices from the Katkari Tribe

Raigad District | Anandi Shikshan Project

A documentary video capturing the lives and learning journey of the Katkari tribal community in Raigad. It provides an authentic glimpse into how Anandi Shikshan initiatives are making education inclusive and relevant.

G20 Stall

Showcasing at G20 Summit

Global Exposure for Local Innovation

The Anandi Shikshan team proudly participated in a G20 exhibition, where they showcased their innovative educational models. The stall was a platform to present inclusive education efforts to global delegates.

📄 Research & Recognition

Digital Literacy for Hearing-Impaired Students
Presented at ICED 2025, Rome

Dr. Kalyanitai Mandke presented a paper titled “More than Words in Learning and Literacy”, highlighting the role of digital tools in foundational education for hearing-impaired children.

Inclusive Pedagogy Contributions
Recognized Contributor | Anandi Shikshan

Aditi Atre has been instrumental in creating inclusive and contextual educational content that bridges the gap between pedagogy and the lived experiences of students in rural communities.

Natu Foundation Donation
Support for Educational Outreach

Natu Foundation generously donated ₹50,000 to the Anandi Shikshan Project and ₹25,000 to Padasad Karn Badhir Vidyalaya, Nashik School for Hearing-Impaired Students. The donation was received by Mr Anil Gurav

🤝 Special thanks to our Donors 🤝

President Technologies
Sai Services
VRV Asia Pacific Pvt Ltd
Bloom Engineering

Explore Our Learning Materials

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Chitrakalp
Chitrakalp is a fun drawing book that helps children learn to draw basic shapes and objects on their own. It encourages them to explore their creativity through colouring and sketching. Step by step, Chitrakalp supports kids in improving their drawing skills and growing into confident little artists.
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Chitrabhasha
Chitrabhasha is a project of learning language through pictures. These drawings are near to the heart of children which can help them to enhance their skill set, power of critical thinking, moral values, cognitive skills etc... Chitrabhasha has diversity of drawings from learning grammar to completing a story to think on a different level.
Happy Teacher
Happy Teachers App is a complete platform for Anandi Shikshan, featuring workbooks, teacher manuals, question papers, DIKSHA videos, and more. With its academic performance tracker, teachers can easily record marks, generate reports, and monitor student progress. All essential teaching tools and data in one place — for the entire academic year.
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Testimonials
“The 'Anandi Shikshan' project brought smiles to children's faces and instilled confidence in their hearts. This initiative was not just educational; it was a collective journey of the entire village, teachers, and children—towards joy, learning, and a new path leading to humanity.”
Suraj Rasal
Co-ordinator Anandi Shikshan
“I am observing the Anandi Shikshan Students from the beginning of the academic year. And can see immense changes in the students. They have learnt to respect, they have learnt to maintain hygiene, they are curious, have developed the ability of critical thinking and many more. I feel joyous to see Adivasi or Katkari children learning digitally in contrast to the traditional blackboard method. It will help to bridge the inequality between the urban and rural children. Anandi Shikshan Project can help the students from all communities, settlements to be on the same platform.”
Abhijit Kapre
Assistant project Co-ordinator, Anandi Shikshan
“Anandi Shikshan introduced me to my true self. It provided numerous paths that guided me in building a strong personality. I now serve society as a teacher, a respectable profession. Although I am physically disabled in both legs, I am not intellectually impaired. This realization came to me through my association with the Anandi Shikshan. Today, my journey inspire others in society. Anandi Shikshan has changed my mindset totally. I am full of positivity and confident in all respect”
Harsh Kirve
Teacher
“The activities from the workbooks were thoroughly enjoyed by the children as they involved games based on the lessons. Through videos, children received ample information, and these sessions helped them understand the topics thoroughly. Visual media has been proved as a very strong tool for the children. From picture-based activities (चित्रभाषा), children learned how to express themselves and discovered various ways to develop language skills. All of this was made possible because of Anandi Shikshan Project.”
Dr Kalyani Mandke
Teacher
“Anandi Shikshan project involves teaching children through laughter, play, reciting poems, storytelling, crafting objects, and engaging in outdoor games. Truly, this form of education is remarkable.They learn how to communicate with the people and understand the importance of respecting them.”
Swati Tasphale
Teacher

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