Learning for Success (LfS)

a system for children of all backgrounds to learn successfully together

SAJEEVTA FOUNDATION
Registered as a not-for-profit company with the Registrar of
Companies, Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Havelli with corporate
identity number U80301GJ2012NPLO72776, and registered u/s
80G (for donors tax deduction) and 12AA (for income tax
exemption) of the I.T. Act.

In Neighbourhoods: mentoring
children to be effective learners.

Registered Office: 304, Shoppers Plaza-V, Opp. Municipal Market,

C.G. Road, Ahmedabad 380009.

In Schools: training teachers for

inclusive classrooms.

Contact: Krutika Patel (Director)

Mobile: 997 4609461
Email: krutika.sajeevta@gmail.com
Learning Centre: 186, Sector 8C, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

In Homes: preparing families to

support their childrens learning.

The problem we work to address is:

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Indias Increasing Inequality

US Dollar
Billionaires
(Forbes, 2013)

160 million
(14%)
middle class
(NCAER, 2011)

645 million (55%)

Indians are living in poverty

Oxford and UNDP Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2010

INEQUALITY HAS DOUBLED: The top 10% of wage earners earn 12 times more
than the bottom 10%, 20 years earlier it was 6 times more (OECD, 2011)

Innovative systems are needed due to the persistent:

Inequality in Education Outcomes

Higher Education

17.27%
enrolment
(UGC, 2010-11)

Senior Secondary
XI to XII
40% enrolment
(SES 2010-11)

Secondary IX to X
60% enrolment
(SES 2010-11)

Elementary (I-VIII)
Nearly 100% of children enrolled
in schools, urban and rural
Teachers absent 25% of the time
Students absent 30-50% of the time
Teachers, when present teaching 50% of
the time, mostly use blackboard or read
from a book.
Learning levels are low (ASER 2014)

Surveys
indicate 50% of
graduates are
not ready for
employment.
50% drop out
without completing,
Class X mainly the
poorest.

40% drop out

without completing
Class VIII, mainly the
poorest.

Learning for Success (LfS)

Mentoring Children at daily LfS sessions at a
neighbourhood centre

Weekly Sajeevta Staff Meeting for

review and planning at
our research centre

Scorecard with
visible success
indicators:
constructed with
the children

Regular home visits and

decisions made with Families

Formats for recording

interactions and making
agreements with families

a System for children of

all backgrounds to learn
successfully together

Formats for reflection,

prioritising and
planning content for
LfS sessions

Making a Strategy with School Management

and giving Tools to Teachers for inclusive
classrooms

Framework for lesson planning and review, all-class response

systems, live in-classroom demonstrations and coaching

Sajeevta Foundation Team

Preparing LfS to be scaled-up to support more children
Trustees and Directors
(non-executive)

Kavery Nambisan
Shruti Gonsalves
Rebecca Reubens
Devika Devaiah
Vasant Makwana

Company Secretary
Chartered Accountant
Umesh Ved & Associates

Managing Director
Gautam Patel
(0.2 full-time)

Chaitanya School Gandhinagar

CBSE KG-X (600+ students)

Executive Director
Krutika Patel (full-time)

Anand Niketan School Gandhinagar

CBSE KG-IX (300+ students)

Director Research
and Development:
Vacancy (half-time)
Vacancy (half-time)

Mentors: (pre-school)
Madhuri Gadhia (f.t.)
Vidhi Patel (0.5)

Mentors: (classes I-X)

Vacancy (half-time)
Vacancy (half-time)

New Partner School

New Partner School

New Partner School

Vacancy (full time)

Vacancy (full time)
Vacancy (full time)

Location: Gandhinagar, Gujarat