 Adult Literacy PDG Satyanarain Lakkaraju

Adult Literacy  Traditionally 200 hours of instruction  Up to two years  Leads to high dropout rate  An initiative started in 2000  To address and overcome impediments of illiteracy  Through information technology

CBFL Software  Designed and developed by TCS  Multimedia features  Develops the 3Rs in 45 to 50 hours  Animated graphics for visualization and audio appreciation

Features of CBFL  Examples used to make learning interesting and attractive  Usage of puppet shows  Usage of minimal set of words to train on letters  Features for learner to create new words for display and teaching  User friendly and available in 9 languages

CBFL Benefits  Ensures proper pronunciation  No large scale infrastructure needed  1 computer sufficient for batch of 25  TCS trains the teacher  Classes for 1 to 2 hours a day for 3 months

Features  Second generation CBFL covers 3Rs  Puppet theatre model built around localized theme  E Book version less expensive than printed version  CBFL in 250 centers benefitting 2,00,000 people  Implemented abroad  Pretoria  Burkina Faso, West Africa

Benefits  Takes a third of time taken by conventional methods  Flexibility in adjusting to individual learning speeds  Lower dropout rates