For children between 3 and 6, play, curiosity, and guided learning shape cognitive, emotional, and social growth. Strengthening Early Childhood Education ensures that every child, regardless of background, gets a strong start in life.
At Anugraha, we have a dedicated team of educators, trainers, and community practitioners who specialise in designing and delivering impactful ECE programmes. Over the years, this team has worked with state agencies, international partners, and local communities to build capacity, train educators, and enrich classroom practices.
A four-level learning framework — from Anganwadi Worker activity handbooks to intermediate Master Trainer modules — covering ECE concepts aligned with the Aakar curriculum and the National ECE Framework.
Hands-on, activity-based training covering scientific ECE principles, child development domains — physical, cognitive, language, and creativity — teaching aids, classroom management, and learning outcomes for children aged 3–6.
Anganwadi Centres equipped with age-appropriate Teaching Learning Material — flashcards, puzzles, blocks, books, and play equipment — enabling workers to conduct structured, engaging, child-centred learning sessions.
Structured parent meetings and community events to build the home–centre connection, sensitising families to the importance of early learning and involving them as active partners in their children's development.
Ongoing field visits, baseline and endline assessments using standardised tools, and mentoring support to track improvement, ensure quality, and guide further training needs.
Two landmark partnerships that demonstrated how focused training and community engagement can measurably improve ECE quality at scale.
A state-wide initiative that built a Government Master Trainer cadre for Maharashtra's Anganwadi network, grounded in the Aakar curriculum developed with UNICEF's support and MSCERT.
The programme was designed as a cascading training model: Anugraha prepared Master Trainers who then trained ICDS Supervisors across districts, who in turn trained Anganwadi Workers in their beats — creating a scalable, in-house pipeline of ECE knowledge across Maharashtra.
The Aakar curriculum, rooted in Montessori principles of freedom, self-dependence, and self-learning, focused on language development, pre-reading, emergent writing, pre-maths skills, scientific temperament, and aesthetic sense. A survey conducted across 55 AWCs confirmed significant improvements in ECE quality following the training.
A CSR-funded initiative with AAK India's Pragati Mission that strengthened ECE quality across 56 Anganwadi Centres in Khalapur block, Raigad district — through training, TLM provision, model AWC setup, and community engagement.
Across 56 Anganwadi Centres in the Sajgaon and Devnhave blocks of Khalapur, the project delivered four capacity-building workshops, set up two Model AWCs, provided comprehensive TLM kits, and conducted structured parent meetings and community awareness events. AWWs adopted play-based, activity-oriented classroom practices aligned with the Maharashtra State Curriculum Framework.
In Sajgaon, the proportion of children classified as Ready for School increased from 26.3% at baseline to 61.9% at endline. Devnhave saw Ready children rise from 29.4% to 52.3%.
Detailed reports documenting the methodology, findings, and impact of our ECE projects.
Survey report assessing the effectiveness of the Aakar Training across Anganwadi Centres in Maharashtra. Published by Anugraha Foundation for Employment Opportunities, Pune in partnership with UNICEF and ICDS.
Project report 2025–2026 documenting the AAK India Pragati Mission CSR initiative — interventions, outcomes, and case studies from 56 AWCs in Khalapur, Raigad district.
If you are an organisation looking to invest in the foundational years of childhood, we would love to explore what we can build together.