India Literacy Project What does it take to create a better future? A school. A teacher. A community. See how
Creating a better future For Children By building strong foundations in literacy, numeracy, and cognitive skills.
Creating a better future For Students By inspiring learning with science kits, career guidance, and digital content.
Creating a better future For Teachers By training them to spark curiosity and engagement in classrooms.
Creating a better future For Communities By encouraging active participation in children's education.
India Literacy Project What started in one classroom now reaches millions. 10 states. 14,000+ schools. 3 million children. Get involved
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Why We Exist

We strengthen government school classrooms with learning innovations and guide every student to chart their own career pathway to a productive future.

India Literacy Project (ILP) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1990, working across 10 states in India. ILP partners with local NGOs, government education departments, and corporate foundations to strengthen government schools from within – designing learning interventions, training teachers, and building community ownership around education. Through a three-stage approach – Schooling, Learning, and Earning – we achieve the outcomes listed below.

Outcomes

Active Community governance

SMCs and communities sustain school quality and support children’s education independently

Empowered teachers

Teachers independently use multiple teaching methods, creating student-centered, engaged classrooms

Improved learning outcomes

Students achieve grade-level competency in foundational skills, science, and digital literacy

Informed Career transitions

Students make purposeful post-school choices based on self-awareness, skills, and knowledge of options

Our Focus

India Literacy Project (ILP) supports one continuous journey – from a child’s earliest years, through foundational reading and numeracy, into science, digital and critical-thinking skills, and onward to career pathways – all inside government schools. We organize this work across three stages: Schooling, Learning, and Earning.

 Early yearsSchool readiness in Anganwadis and preschoolsFoundational learningReading and numeracy at grade levelCuriosity and skillsScience, digital and critical thinkingCareers and pathwaysGuidance to productive futuresSchoolingLearningEarningThe three stages ILP organizes its work around

Our Reach 3.08M Children reached 14,102 Schools 10 States 2,800+ Villages 

ILP is a registered 501(c)(3) in the US (EIN: 36-3779020) and a Public Charitable Trust in India.

Map of India highlighting the 10 states where India Literacy Project operates: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir
FROM THE FIELD Stories from the ground, reported by our field staff working across India.
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