READ Alliance extends application deadline for its Early Grade Reading Innovation Challenge

NEW DELHI - Oct. 6, 2015 - PRLog -- The READ Alliance announced the extension of the application deadline to October 18, 2015 for its second Early Grade Reading Innovation Challenge 2015 (EGRIC). The READ Alliance program is an initiative supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by the Center for Knowledge Societies (CKS).  The Innovation Challenge aims to discover, develop, and scale early grade reading innovations for primary school children in India.

The innovative entries must lead to positive reading outcomes for children at the school and district level, and/or address a combination of curricular and pedagogic change, teacher knowledge and support. The details on the 2015 Challenge’s focus areas, application process and timeline can be found in the Call for Proposals. A background paper for EGRIC 2015 has been published by the READ Alliance that highlights the systemic challenges in the Indian early reading scenario and also mentions opportunity areas for interventions. Both the Call for Proposals and background paper can be downloaded from https://readalliance.in/pages/innovation (https://u528418.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=UatE1RuzUmz9...).

Organizations can submit Letters of Interest (LoI) (https://egric2015.formstack.com/forms/loi_form) proposing an early grade reading project via this link https://egric2015.formstack.com/forms/loi_form. While online submissions are preferred, in any case, submissions cannot be done online, organizations can reach at readalliance@cks.in for a MS-Word version.

Through EGRIC 2015, the READ Alliance seeks to identify well-designed projects built on innovative programming & delivery including one or more of the following:

• Creative approaches to student and teacher training and support
• Pedagogical innovations targeting teaching methodology, curriculum content, and systems of classroom or individual learning.
• Interventions using technologies like ICTs, mobiles and internet
• An intervention that involves stakeholders like parents, administrators, government officials, private sector using a novel approach
• Novel operational processes or organizational models

For more information on the Early Grade Reading Innovation Challenge, please visit www.readalliance.in