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TRIF’s Programs

India faced the largest physical closure of to create a systems-change to enhance
schools in the world, and the interruption in age-appropriate learning outcomes and
the learning continuum of rural children was improving transition rates.
particularly high and posed a risk of future
adversities such as large-scale drop-outs TRIF’s interventions in Education are
and compounding of learning deficits. focused upon building agency of mobilized
rural communities to take ownership of
The digital divide accentuated the change through personal and collaborative
depravation of rural government schools. In actions and support lifelong learning of the
view of this, in the year 2020-2021, TRIF children of their villages.
focused its efforts on ensuring the continuity
of learning and restoring the joy of
companionship amongst children, by keeping Change Vectors
local communities at the heart of its model.
A large pool of trained community

Education and quality learning leaders, instrumental in seeding
opportunities are critical for human change from within the
fulfilment, improving life socio-cultural construct and
opportunities and in building better creating a supportive ecosystem in
the villages. The change vectors
villages. also provide off-school learning

support to children developing
Central to TRIF’s vision of enhancing
life-advancement opportunities in the learning spaces for pre-primary
villages is promoting equitable and quality and primary school children.
education. TRIF works intensively in villages

TRIF’s thematic engagement is Education
placed within the
multi-dimensional change Establishing a robust foundation of 1,181 1,981 550 2202
processes of the Community community-driven system change for
Action Pilots. At the intersections enhancing life-long learning opportunities Villages Reached Education Change Learning Schools
of themes lies the space to seed for children in the villages of the country. Vectors Trained Centres Created Supported
transformation that triggers
ripple-effect on other dimensions, India has achieved an enrolment rate in excess of

leading to a better quality of life in 96 percent for rural children between the age of 23,738
6-14, and yet continues to battle with the high
the villages. The primary themes drop-out rate, poor transition rates from primary 5,888 0.1 Million
of engagement are – Education, to upper primary, and poor age-appropriate Children Engaged
Health & Nutrition and Livelihoods learning competencies. The loss of opportunity is through Learning Self Help Groups Children’s Lives Touched
Anchoring Program
alarming. The situation was exacerbated during
(Youth and Farm). the pandemic with nearly 1.5 million school Centres
closures in 2020, affecting 250 million children.

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