Pratham Mysore - A Children's Literacy Movement
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Pratham Mysore

Every Child In School and Learning Well...

Pratham Mysore services include Balawadis (nurseries) for pre-school children, Balasakhi, Langauge & Maths remedial programmes for slow learners and out of school children, bridge courses with accelerated techniques for older children. Libraries to sustain reading interests and seminar-series to ignite creative thinking in children lend further support to Pratham Mysore programmes.

Maths Programme - Nagu Nagutha Ganitha

Many studies and assessments related to schools reveal that there is a gap between school text book content and actual learning that happens in class rooms. There is a definite need for an intervention in a subject like mathematics which most children find difficult, resulting in poor learning outcomes.

As a step towards alleviating this gap and making maths easy, Pratham Mysore has initiated the Nagu Nagutha Ganitha (NNG) - Fun with Maths programme along with the assistance of the State School System. This is a package developed by Dr. T. Padmini, Trustee of Pratham Mysore, for fostering and improving basic arithmetic and mathematical skills among primary school goers and special group of children with visual and hearing impairment. The NNG model is implemented with a creative kit having a collection of a number of materials promoting a child's mental ability in developing skills in numeracy.

This sixty days maths programme is a remedial package. It marks a significant shift from conventional teaching methods towards a child-led model of learning which focuses on fostering thinking strategies among children so that they explore different ways of arriving at mathematical solutions. The government has perceived this experiment as an amazing success with children jumping from 7% (20th day exposure) to 90% (60th day exposure).

Note: Those interested in learning more about the package are welcome to contact
Dr. T. Padmini - pkeshavan_2000@yahoo.com