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Enabling a Learning
Environment for
Children and Youth

Children learn best when they have spaces that invite curiosity, participation and a sense of belonging. The Tata Trusts promote initiatives that make learning environments more inclusive and engaging, while creating opportunities for children and young people who may otherwise remain outside or at the margins of formal education.

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Nurturing a Love for Reading

The Tata Trusts believe in making reading for pleasure a part of every childhood. The Parag Initiative was set up to assist the development of and access to good quality storybooks for children in Indian languages. It supports school and community libraries so that children have free access to books and an open and vibrant environment that encourages reading for pleasure.

The Tata Trusts believe in making reading for pleasure a part of every childhood. The Parag Initiative was set up to assist the development of and access to good quality storybooks for children in Indian languages. It supports school and community libraries so that children have free access to books and an open and vibrant environment that encourages reading for pleasure.

Staying true to the Tata Trusts' ecosystem building approach, Parag also works to nurture the children's literature sector through awards, professional courses and linking various stakeholders together through events for teachers, librarians and facilitators.

  • In its first year of serving as the India chapter for the International Board for Books for Young People (IBBY), the Parag initiative actively worked towards highlighting Indian children's literature and reading globally.

Know more about Parag initiatives' association with IBBY, Click here.

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Reaching Highly Vulnerable Children

Highly vulnerable children include those who remain outside the formal education system or experience disrupted learning due to circumstances such as migration, institutional care, disability, or other forms of social and economic exclusion. Many never enrol in school, while others are unable to continue their education because conventional systems are often not designed to meet their needs.

Highly vulnerable children include those who remain outside the formal education system or experience disrupted learning due to circumstances such as migration, institutional care, disability, or other forms of social and economic exclusion. Many never enrol in school, while others are unable to continue their education because conventional systems are often not designed to meet their needs

Recognising the unique role philanthropy can play, the Tata Trusts seek to bring greater attention to these often-overlooked groups while backing innovative and context-responsive approaches that help improve access to learning opportunities and enable their meaningful inclusion within the education ecosystem. This includes supporting initiatives for out-of-school children and adolescents through bridge courses and open schooling pathways that enable them to complete their education.

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IMPACT STORY

Foundations Of Learning Take Root In Assam

Supported by the Tata Trusts, schools in Assam are adopting new approaches to improve children’s foundational literacy and numeracy, ensuring stronger learning outcomes in the early grades.

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Seeding the reading

More than 525 school and village libraries in Karnataka have created shared spaces that enable children to bond with books.

IMPACT STORY

Bimba Pratibimba: Giving Stories A New Voice In Kannada

Introducing Bimba Pratibimba — a unique initiative that nurtures Kannada translators, bringing Indian stories to new readers, and planting the seeds for a rich literary future.