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 programs 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 programs.

Pratham Mysore Programs

Balawadi Preschool program strengthens the educational foundation of children in the age group of 3-5½ years. This is an important strategy for achieving universalisation of primary education and will improve the child's subsequent school performance, in terms of achievement and attendance.

Balasakhi Remedial program is designed to help school children from Std II to Std VII who are academically behind. It strengthens math and language skills of these children and reduces the risk of dropping out of school.

The Bridge Course program is designed with the assumption that a "bridge" needs to be built to socially and academically prepare and support out-of-school children (of primary school age) to enter or re-enter the formal school system.

The Library program has been brought about in selected schools of the city in order to sustain a reading interest in children who have been taught to read. Mobile libraries provide access to books for children in under-privileged areas of the city.

Kannada Language is a reading program implemented to improve learning outcomes among primary school children and build their Kannada language skills. It is a remedial package intended to improve reading ability of children.

Mathematics Skill program has been developed for fostering basic arithmetic skills among primary school children. This model is implemented with a creative kit and bridges the gap between school text book content and actual learning that happens in class rooms.

True Education a "seminar series" based program with an objective to ignite the creative thinking of students and encourage them to ask questions.