Our long-term partnerships with the governments help strengthen the system to implement high-quality FLN programs.
All children will have strong foundational skills and abilities of language, literacy and numeracy, thinking and reasoning in their home and in additional languages. Based on this strong foundation, all children will learn and grow to their full potential.
Language and Learning Foundation (LLF) was founded in 2015. We were born with a vision to address the learning crisis at scale. Our first 8-month professional development course for 200 teachers and teacher educators was launched in 2016. This was followed by the introduction of more distance learning courses for teacher and mentor professional development in the following years.
In 2018, we launched district-level demonstration programs which paved the way for India’s first domestic Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)-funded Development Impact Bond. It later expanded to 30 districts with a clear focus on learning outcomes.
COVID-19 proved to be a turning point, prompting us to modify these courses to become online/blended courses of varying durations. The state-level technical support and academic reform dimensions in 5 states were added later to make our FLN intervention more comprehensive.
All children will have strong foundational skills and abilities of language, literacy and numeracy, thinking and reasoning in their home and in additional languages. Based on this strong foundation, all children will learn and grow to their full potential.
Language and Learning Foundation (LLF) was founded in 2015. We were born with a vision to address the learning crisis at scale. Our first 8-month professional development course for 200 teachers and teacher educators was launched in 2016. This was followed by the introduction of more distance learning courses for teacher and mentor professional development in the following years.
In 2018, we launched district-level demonstration programs which paved the way for India’s first domestic Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)-funded Development Impact Bond. It later expanded to 30 districts with a clear focus on learning outcomes.
COVID-19 proved to be a turning point, prompting us to modify these courses to become online/blended courses of varying durations. The state-level technical support and academic reform dimensions in 5 states were added later to make our FLN intervention more comprehensive.
LLF is led by its Founder and Executive Director Dr. Dhir Jhingran. A former officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Dr. Jhingran took voluntary retirement after three decades of service to work in education full-time. While serving in the government, Dhir played an instrumental role in policy-making within the Ministry of Education at the national level. His contributions extend to the development and implementation of early-grade reading initiatives in various countries across Asia and Africa, as well as the establishment of first language-based multilingual education programs in several Indian states. Notably, his work focuses on conceptualizing and executing large-scale programs to bring about transformative and sustained improvements in the quality of school education.
As a member of the National Steering Committee for the development of the National Curriculum Framework (NCF), he actively participates in shaping the educational landscape of India. Dr. Dhir Jhingran has authored three books on primary education, drawing from empirical research, and has contributed to numerous books and journals, further solidifying his stature as a thought leader in the field of education.
Founder & Executive Director, LLF
Senior Advisor, UNICEF India and other INGOS
Former Director, MHRD
Senior Director - Governance LLF
Associate Director, Finance
Director, Academics
Associate Director, Fundraising & Partnerships
Associate Director, Continuous Professional Development
Associate Director, Human Resources
Director, State Programs
EDUCATION AND SPORTS PORTFOLIO OF THE TATA TRUSTS
Founder & Executive Director, LLF
Senior Advisor, UNICEF India and other INGOS
Former Director, MHRD
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CEO & MANAGING DIRECTOR AT CENTRAL SQUARE FOUNDATION
VIKRAMSHILA EDUCATION RESOURCE SOCIETY
PROFESSOR EMERITA, AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY, DELHI
CHAIRPERSON, FORMER SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Founder & Executive Director, LLF
Senior Advisor, UNICEF India and other INGOS
Former Director, MHRD
Trustee
Trustee
Senior Director - Governance LLF
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Distinguished educator, educational researcher and thinker
Associate Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University
Noted linguist, educationist and activist
Senior Technical Advisor, FHI 360
Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Senior Literacy and Education Consultant, SIL
Professor, Education Policy, Michigan State University
Executive Consultant,
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Vice President, National Portfolio & Learning GreenLight Fund
Chief Executive Officer, Ajira Software LLC
Ex- Global Strategy Director, Room to Read
Co-Founder, Tamarind Chutney
2030 MISSION
By 2030, we will reach 35 million children by influencing classroom practices of more than 2 million teachers and teacher educators
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