We worked through this model for a decade in 3 centers in Mumbai and Pune, working directly with 1000 children and adults. While working with these children and young adults, we realized that no matter what we do in our centers, the world outside is not ready to accept them and will still exclude them from mainstream living. We needed a way to close the loop to help these children and young adults achieve their dreams.
If we can influence the mainstream education space to become inclusive, children across abilities will be truly included. We worked on piloting our solutions with educational institutions, NGO’s Government, industry and sector councils we were able to impact 2,00,000 children. These results strengthened our belief that if the education intervention is designed keeping the most vulnerable in mind it will benefit every child.
With proven results through NGO partnerships we now move to our ultimate goal, partnership with the Government and mainstream Industry for systemic integration of inclusion across the country. We are now working with two state Governments, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to scale inclusive education through systemic integration. There is a long way to go before there is asystemic mind shift, but we are striving to ensure, every last child learns and every young adult is employed.
We at Sol's ARC are a one-of-a-kind team of professionals such as therapists and disability experts, as well as generalists such as school instructors and curriculum creators. Our programme team is comprised of experienced mid-career professionals in the areas of impact, operations, and finance. This combination distinguishes us in that we not only have the competence, but also the knowledge to implement solutions on the ground.
After a decade of working directly with less than 5000 children, we have extended our programme to over 200,000 children in the last five years and are now collaborating with two state governments. In the next three years, we hope to reach a million youngsters.
With a proven model and the start of systematic engagement with the government, we have reached a point of scale where we can see replicating our programme across the country over the next decade. We think that investing in Sol's ARC's programme and capability will accelerate inclusion and contribute to the creation of a more equal society.
Our pedagogy and tech-based solutions allow systemic change to produce improved learning results, which are scalable and implemented through collaborations with governments, non-governmental organisations, multilateral and bi-lateral organisations, and universities.
To date, we have helped over 200,000 youngsters drastically improve their academic performance.
Following the pandemic, it is projected that the integration of information technology in education would intensify, with online education becoming a fundamental component of school instruction and vocational training programmes.
Registered as Charitable Trust
Started with remedial therapy
Within a year extended to other services
Started franchisee in Kandivli, Mumbai (1st)
Started India’s 1st parallel school offering curriculum for children withlearning lags
Began research and curriculum development
Started franchisee in Byculla, Mumbai (2nd)Consultation and training for school and other organizations
Pilot studies conducted
Project validation with National and International Agencies
Focus on capacity building
Standardization of primary level curriculum
Partnership with 2 organizations for scaling curriculum to reach out 25000 children in states of Maharashtra and Rajasthan
We expanded our footprints in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and scale our curriculum to reach 2,00,000 beneficiaries
Piloted the App based solution ‘Red Flag’ with 1600 teachers in Tamil Nadu
Partnership with Project Ankur with the Government of Madhya Pradesh as Numeracy experts, to develop workbooks for children of Grade 1 and 2 in 3 districts.
Implementation of RedFlag app in 3 districts of Tamil Nadu
Internship for young adults started at Amazon
5 Young adults placed at Amazon facility.
Pilot Research study of Red flag app was published in International Journal of Educational Research
MoU with Education Department, Madhya Pradesh for Foundational Literacy (English)
Training of 1300 State resource groups (SRG) in numeracy to train 90000 teachers across Madhya Pradesh
Partnership with Teach for India and Educate Girls for creating assessments and numeracy program.
Implementation of Inclusive Curriculum and App based solution program through online and offline training to teachers and special educators using government resources.
Recognised by Small Industries development bank of India(SIDBI) for best practices under the Swavalamban Challenge Fund.
Recognised by Unicef -Yuwaah for scale-up model
Partnership with 15 NGOs across 5 cities to implement Skill Training program
Partnerships with National institutes National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities (NIPVED) and Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya National Institute for Persons (PDUNIP)
Our 3 core learning solutions are implemented at integral stages in the ‘learning life span’ of a child, which ensure their progression on their journey of learning.
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Dattaji Salvi Road,
Off Veera Desai Road,
Andheri (W), Mumbai 400053.
