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Math-a-licious! – Berlin Numeracy Conference

Child identifies numbers in India

“Learning mathematics should be fun,” said Dr. Madhav Chavan, Head of Pratham, India’s largest non-governmental organization for education, while speaking at the International Numeracy Conference in Berlin.  He emphasized the need for children to learn real-life applications of mathematics. … [Read more...]

Plastic Straws and Paper Money? That’s How the Indian Based NGO Pratham Teaches Math

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The road to the village of Telrui, Bankura in West Bengal, India, was extremely bumpy and narrow.  The tiny dirt road our car was traveling down, however, was leading us to a gem in early grade learning projects, so it was worth it.  I was in India earlier this year, to visit projects led by the … [Read more...]

Parents as Partners

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At FTI, we speak of models, systems, methods, metrics, matrices, figures, trends, results, costs, monitoring and evaluation, etc. All very important. Most of the time we keep in mind our main objective – CHILDREN ! They are the human face of FTI, they are what inspires us to innovate, raise more … [Read more...]