Gyan Prakash Foundation is a systemic change organisation committed to transforming rural education in India.
We believe that for education to foster the holistic development of every child, it requires a fundamental shift in teaching and learning practices—empowering children to learn and evolve at their own pace.
With over a decade of experience in understanding how children learn, our comprehensive model is inclusive of every stakeholder—teachers, parents, community and the State level Education functionaries — ensuring that rural government schools are equipped to build a strong foundation for learning.
By integrating State education systems and local communities, we drive scalable and sustainable change. Our efforts extend across Maharashtra, Goa, and six other states, in collaboration with State Governments and partner organizations to build a stronger, more equitable future for rural education.
We believe that for education to foster the holistic development of every child, it requires a fundamental shift in teaching and learning practices—empowering children to learn and evolve at their own pace.
With over a decade of experience in understanding how children learn, our comprehensive model is inclusive of every stakeholder—teachers, parents, community and the State level Education functionaries — ensuring that rural government schools are equipped to build a strong foundation for learning.
By integrating State education systems and local communities, we drive scalable and sustainable change. Our efforts extend across Maharashtra, Goa, and six other states, in collaboration with State Governments and partner organizations to build a stronger, more equitable future for rural education.
Competency based education
Learning that’s natural and human
Research in neuroscience and cognitive psychology have highlighted the incredible power of the human brain to learn. GPF enables teachers in rural government schools to facilitate classroom experiences wherein every student can grow to their full potential, and contribute with all their intelligence and skills.
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Systemic Change
Revisiting the basics
For change at systemic level, every stakeholder in the ecosystem should take ownership of improving the quality of education for all children. GPF works with the entire ecosystem around the learner – the education department, parents, teachers and the larger community to build their individual, collective and institutional capabilities to transition to Competency-based Education.
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Collaborative Effort
Creative together
Gyan Prakash Foundation in partnership with Gooru and India Education Collective, has established Navigated Learning Collaborative (NLC). The objective is to build and share an understanding of systemic change in education towards implementing competency based education. It offers a data platform to capture real time learning progress made by students, which can be accessed by all stakeholders to collaborate and collectively understand the needs of their students through a data driven approach.
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Our work
A systemic approach to transforming rural education
Working across
the ecosystem
Developing collaborative learning networks amongst teachers at cluster level for their continuous professional development
1 of 4Strengthening parent’s confidence to engage in their child’s education.
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Strengthening community ownership of public schools through initiating processes with School Management Committees and Panchayati Raj Institutions
3 of 4Bringing focus on student learning as the common data point for decision making and alignment amongst different stakeholders across the education system
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Community Celebrations
End of the Year Celebration at Dudulgaon Anganwadi
January - March 2024
The Khushi Early Child Learning Women Empowerment Program, in 4 villages in rural Pune District aims to create awareness and bring about a mindset change in parents of preschool children to support child learning and development at home and prepare their children to enter grade 1. The GPF team organized an event at the Dudulgaon Anganwadi, which gave the donors an opportunity to interact with the children and their parents.
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WORKSHOP
Workshop in Jalna for Kendra Pramukhs and Resource Persons
January - March 2024
A workshop focused on competency-based education was held in Jalna, organized jointly by DIET Jalna and the Gyan Prakash Foundation, Pune.The primary objective of the workshop was to deliberate and demonstrate effective classroom methodologies that better align with competency-based learning.
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Tales of Transformation
The Ratnagiri Case Study
January - March 2024
The Education Gram Sabha (EGS) is a pivotal process to garner support from villages in establishing necessary facilities within schools. Acknowledging the Gram Panchayat’s pivotal role in ensuring qualitative education, a comprehensive workshop on effective EGS was conducted throughout the entire Ratnagiri district.
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Together we can
Let’s collaborate
The GPF journey has been one of collaboration and learning along the way. We look forward to learning from and partnering with many more organizations.
