Gupta, Namita
(2013)
Nali Kali: enabling for learning:
can more be done?
Learning Curve (21).
pp. 53-55.
Abstract
We all have an image of what a classroom looks
like. It could be based on how we were taught, the
classrooms our children may be in, or classrooms
that we may be teaching in ourselves. In most
cases, this classroom has a teacher talking with a
group of children, who may be 25 to 50 in
number. There is a blackboard, books and
worksheets, and colourful charts and material on
the walls, if the children are ‘lucky’. The
government school version of this is expected to
be similar, and in most cases, drabber. But lower
primary classrooms in Karnataka government
schools, and in fact, many other states, such as
Tamil Nadu, Chattisgarh etc. no longer look like
this. They follow a multi-grade, multi-level activity
based learning program, which is similar to a
Montessori approach in many ways. In
Karnataka, this program is called Nali Kali. This
article is based on a four year evaluation of Nali
Kali, carried out jointly by Prof Anjini Kochar,
Stanford University, Catalyst Management
Services, and Azim Premji Foundation. It was
funded by Hewlet t Foundation and
Azim Premji Foundation.
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