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In the essay titled “Working with the government as a nobody,” Ashish Shrivastava discusses his organization’s journey in serving underserved children’s educational needs in a geography that has seen intense conflicts. He shows how active listening, building hyper-local partnerships, collaborating with a shared vision, and keeping a resolute focus on the field, can help in building credibility and effective partnerships with people and institutions in the government system.

In his essay titled ‘Early childhood education in urban Anganwadis,’ Atul Gaikwad discusses how we can use the ICDS system effectively to cater to the educational needs of young children from marginalized social groups living in urban areas.

The ‘Discussion’ section captures conversations and deliberations on topics like “Emerging Priorities in School Education in India over the Next 5-10 Years,” which will be of interest to all of us who work in the domains of education and development.

Hridaykant Dewan shares insights from the adult literacy movement and various research contexts that can act as signposts in our search for effective early literacy interventions.

Keerti Jayaram shares the experiences of her organization in fostering reading and writing amongst children from communities with minimal levels of literacy.

Shailaja Menon provides a brief history of the key ideas in early literacy education in India.