Room to Read India

Room to Read India Room to Read India was established in 2003.Working on Foundational Literacy and Gender Education

Room to Read was founded on the belief that “World Change Starts with Educated Children.® We envision a world in which all children can pursue quality education that enables them to reach their full potential and contribute to their community and the world. Room to Read India is a part of a global network that includes program operations in Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, So

uth Africa, Zambia and Tanzania. Since our inception in 2003, we have touched the lives of millions of young children across nine states: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Maharashtra. To ensure our programs have the greatest reach and impact, we build strong partnerships with local governments, communities, and non-governmental organizations. Targeting children in the age group 6-18 years, in both rural and urban settings, our partners help us implement our work and contribute to our success. Room to Read’s literacy initiatives are designed to address a range of educational needs for turning children into independent learners with a promising future. Our Girls’ Education program (GEP) seeks to ensure that girls complete secondary school and have the skills to negotiate key life decisions.

A library. A room full of readers. A community that showed up. At Government Upper Primary School, Raghunathpura (Block ...
04/08/2026

A library. A room full of readers. A community that showed up.

At Government Upper Primary School, Raghunathpura (Block Bassi), we celebrated a big milestone under our LP-Demo 2026 Program; the inauguration of a brand-new school library, formally opened by Mr. Jitendra Sharma, PEEO.

Teachers and students pitched in to set up and decorate the space themselves, and the day continued with a Read-A-Thon where over 100 students and seven teachers read together. Grade 1 and Grade 2 students took part in structured reading activities, and the library's book lending system is now up and running.

The PEEO spoke about how the goals of and the Bharat Mission start with strong foundational literacy, and thanked Room to Read for selecting the school under this initiative.

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31/07/2026

Thousands of books. Endless avenues of thinking.

We visited the beautiful Coforge Library in Vasant Kunj to catch up with Anuradha on how inclusive community spaces and children's books that next generation can relate to are vital to building a reading culture.

When children read in their mother tongue, they don't just learn; they connect.

Drop your thoughts below if you believe every child deserves stories in their own language!

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What does an equitable classroom look like? It starts with teachers who are equipped to inspire! Room to Read India, in ...
27/07/2026

What does an equitable classroom look like? It starts with teachers who are equipped to inspire!

Room to Read India, in collaboration with SCERT Uttarakhand, recently wrapped up a two-day Master Trainer Training on the Teacher Handbook on Gender Inclusion.

Highlights from the 2-day session in Dehradun:
• 13 out of 13 districts represented by dedicated Master Trainers.
• Official inauguration by SCERT Leadership (Additional and Assistant Directors).
• Hands-on, interactive exercises unpacking practical gender-inclusive teaching strategies.
• Clear cascading roadmap to reach district-level teachers statewide.

These Master Trainers are not just facilitating workshops, they are championing dignified, equal education for thousands of young learners across Uttarakhand!

Swipe through to see the energy and collaboration from the training

Education thrives when policy, pedagogy and people move together.Room to Read India is working alongside the Government ...
24/07/2026

Education thrives when policy, pedagogy and people move together.

Room to Read India is working alongside the Government of Uttar Pradesh to strengthen foundational learning. Current highlights of our collaborative efforts to enhance learning outcomes include:

• State-level ECE Core Group training module completed by SCERT with technical support from Room to Read India, LLF and CSF. This was followed by a 5-day state-level Balvatika (BV) training for the core group, which will be further scaled to all districts across the state.
• 167 Educators Trained in Basti: Completed intensive training on effective library management and child-friendly literature to enhance reading engagement.
• District-Wide FLN Master Trainer training: DPMU Ayodhya rolled out 5-day Foundational Literacy & Numeracy (FLN) with technical support provided by Room to Read. The training will be cascaded further to all teachers.
• Shared field insights on classroom practices at the Master Trainer workshop at DIET Sultanpur

Foundational literacy at scale happens when government ownership, teacher capability and quality materials reinforce each other.

Department of Basic Education Uttar Pradesh

World Change Starts with Educated Children®, and it starts with the stories they read. Now in their 4th consecutive yea...
22/07/2026

World Change Starts with Educated Children®, and it starts with the stories they read.

Now in their 4th consecutive year, the Room to Read Children’s Literature Awards (CLA) 2026 celebrate the incredible authors, illustrators and publishers who bring high-quality, local-language stories to young minds across India.

From honoring visual and linguistic excellence in Hindi-language children’s books to expanding our Teacher-Librarian's Choice awards into Kannada, we are bridging the systemic gap in children's publishing in India.

Swipe through to see why the CLA is fueling a national movement for libraries.

Scan the QR code to learn more about CLA.

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To mark , Room to Read India partnered with the Life Skills Collaborative (LSC) 2.0, SCERT Uttarakhand and the Uttarakh...
16/07/2026

To mark , Room to Read India partnered with the Life Skills Collaborative (LSC) 2.0, SCERT Uttarakhand and the Uttarakhand Skill Development Society to host a powerful, youth-led dialogue in Dehradun: "Engaging Youth as Leaders: Co-creating the Life Skills Movement."

Bringing together 106 dynamic participants, including youth trailblazers, senior government officials and civil society partners, the forum anchored a critical conversation: how do we transition life skills from a supportive framework into an educational essential?

Key Highlights from the Dialogue:

NEP 2020 Vision: Our Chief Guest, Bandana Gabriyal, Director, Academic Research and Training, Uttarakhand, emphasized that core competencies like critical thinking, empathy, resilience and leadership are not just 'good to have', they are essential for preparing young people to thrive in a rapidly changing world.

Systemic Convergence: In her keynote address, Chandrakanta, Deputy Director, Skill Development and Employment Department, Govt. of Uttarakhand underscored the surging demand for life skills alongside technical competencies, calling for stronger convergence between our education and skilling ecosystems.

Youth at the Center: A vibrant panel discussion, moderated by Shubhra Singhal, SCERT Uttarakhand, placed youth leaders' side-by-side with government representatives to share how resilience and collaboration directly fuel community leadership.

The day culminated in a collective commitment from government departments and LSC partners to mainstream life skills across education systems. We are not just preparing youth for the future; we are recognizing them as co-creators of change today.

Room to Read Life Skills Collaborative Dream a Dream Labhya Avanti Fellows Simple Education Foundation

15/07/2026

“Independent banna ek female ke liye sabse zyada zaroori hai.”

True education equips youth with the critical life skills and agency to rewrite their economic realities.

For Jayshree in Phalodi, Rajasthan, building resilience and soft skills through Room to Read India’s initiatives gave her the confidence to transform a local household tradition into a growing, self-reliant enterprise alongside her mother.

When young people are given the tools to lead, a sustainable and equitable future naturally follows. Let’s change the metric of success and make life skills a priority.

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Policy is a plan. Practice is reality. At a recent national webinar hosted by The Hindu on India's Mission, our Countr...
13/07/2026

Policy is a plan. Practice is reality.

At a recent national webinar hosted by The Hindu on India's Mission, our Country Director, Poornima Garg, made a point that's easy to agree with and hard to act on:

"We don't have a policy problem in foundational learning. We have a translation problem."

India has built one of the most ambitious literacy and numeracy frameworks in the world. The gap isn't in what's written; it's in what happens after: in the thousands of classrooms where that framework must become daily practice.

For us, translation means three shifts:
→ Coaching over one-time training
→ Instructional quality over compliance checklists
→ Building lifelong reading habits, not just reading fluency

This is the work between the policy document and the child holding the book. It's slower, less visible and it's where the mission will actually be won or lost.

How can public systems better support educators to close this gap? Tell us in the comments.

Watch the full panel discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g4hdGcBN4k

Central Square Foundation Pratham Education Foundation

| Five years after the launch of , where does the mission stand? Join The Hindu’s Live Webinar titled 'NIPUN Bharat: ...
10/07/2026

| Five years after the launch of , where does the mission stand?

Join The Hindu’s Live Webinar titled 'NIPUN Bharat: Success or failure?' to hear Poornima Garg, Country Director, Room to Read India, share her perspective on the mission's progress, the challenges ahead, and what it will take to strengthen foundational learning in India, alongside Karthik Menon from Pratham Education Foundation and Ishmeet Singh from Central Square Foundation.

📅 11 July 2026
🕔 5:00 PM (IST)
🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/gnXhvjM8

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