Pratham recognised by the Center for Global Development for evidence-led education.

The Center for Global Development (CGD) has featured Pratham Education Foundation in two recent articles exploring how philanthropic funding can be directed towards approaches that are effective, evidence-based and able to reach people at scale.

In one article, We Can Spend $50 Billion a Year Effectively, CGD looks at how a new wave of philanthropic funding could support organisations and programmes with a strong track record of delivering impact at scale. When discussing education, the article highlights Pratham and Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) as examples of approaches that could be scaled further.

A second article, How to Spend Your AI Philanthropy on Education, looks more specifically at where new philanthropic investment in education could have the greatest impact. Pratham is listed first among 34 organisations for philanthropists to consider, with the author asking: “Maybe the best education NGO in the world?”

It’s a wonderful endorsement. But what makes it particularly meaningful is what sits behind it.

For more than three decades, Pratham has focused on a simple question: what helps children learn, and how can we reach more of them with what works?

One answer has been Teaching at the Right Level, or TaRL. Developed by Pratham in India, the approach starts with where children are in their learning, rather than where they are expected to be based on their age or grade. Children are grouped by learning level and given targeted support to build foundational skills in reading and maths.

TaRL is now being adapted and used in more than 30 countries, working with governments, educators and local communities. Its growth is a reminder that solutions developed in response to a local challenge can have relevance far beyond where they began.

The recognition from CGD also speaks to something that has been central to Pratham’s work from the beginning: the importance of evidence. From citizen-led learning assessments to large-scale programmes like TaRL, Pratham has continued to ask not only whether something works, but how it can work at scale and reach the children who need it most.

Your support helps Pratham continue developing and testing approaches that work, and build methodologies that can be adapted and used at scale to reach more children.

Thank you for helping make this work possible, and for supporting Pratham as its ideas continue to reach children and communities around the world.