Reading with meaning: a baseline from early-grade classrooms
A short, open-methodology baseline of reading fluency and comprehension across our first programme sites, with the instruments released for reuse.
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Our materials and findings are released under an open licence. You may print, translate, adapt and use them in your own work without asking us or paying anything — we ask only that you credit the source and share improvements back.
Kabir Foundation is a young organisation and the first titles below are still being completed. Write to info@kabirfoundationindia.org if you would like to be told when a particular one is released.
Running a community reading circle
A practical guide for volunteers and teachers — grouping by level, session structure, choosing books, and what to do when a child is far behind.
Facilitating a women's learning collective
Session plans, literacy material anchored in real documents, and guidance on rights, entitlements and safe referral.
What happens in week eleven
An honest account of where participation drops in community programmes, and what we tried in response.
Language of instruction in the early grades
What the evidence says about mother-tongue instruction, and what it would take to act on it in multilingual districts.
Annual report and audited statements
Programme results, governance, and full audited financial statements, published each year.
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Using our material
- Print and distribute freely, in any quantity
- Translate into any language, including local dialects
- Adapt for your own context, curriculum or age group
- Use in commercial training as long as attribution is kept
- Send us your adaptations so others can benefit from them
Help us publish more
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