2. 1 1 Adult Illiteracy in India

3. 2 1 Observations Adult illiteracy levels in India are at 30 to 40% of the adult population

4. 3 1 Observations The expectation is that it will take another 15 years to raise literacy levels significantly

5. 4 1 Observations The Literacy Mission’s material in this regard is excellent and addresses Reading and Writing skills.

6. 5 1 Observations Social awareness is also propagated through this material.

7. 6 1 Observations Traditional teaching approaches need many qualified teachers, and each programme needs long attention spans from illiterate adults.

8. 7 1 TCS’ Motivations We have benefited from the Information Age and the Knowledge Economy

9. 8 1 TCS’ Motivations Would like to employ our background and professional experience to significantly speed up the spread of adult literacy

10. 9 1 Basis of TCS’ Experiments Adults have intuitive grasp of language and have innate cognitive capability

11. 10 1 Basis of TCS’ Experiments Of the three R’s, Reading is the most important skill and is most used

12. 11 1 Basis of TCS’ Experiments Facility with reading can provide the motivation and self help capability for acquiring others skills

13. 12 1 Basis of TCS’ Experiments Illiterate adults use language. They have sufficient vocabulary to cope with their essential communication needs

14. 13 1 Basis of TCS’ Experiments They need to learn –to recognize graphical representation of letters –mapping between letters and sounds

15. 14 1 Basis of TCS’ Experiments Reading is the ability to harmonize graphical patterns with sounds to relate to words they know

16. 15 1 Basis of TCS’ Experiments Teachers are in short supply

17. 16 1 TCS’ Experiments Studied material used by several approaches to address adult in several languages. Found NLM material to be best researched

18. 17 1 TCS’ Experiments Develop Computer Based Training material for teaching reading skills based on NLM material

19. 18 1 TCS’ Experiments Started experiments in Telugu Created 18 lessons using NLM material over 40 hours instruction needed over 8 to 10 weeks

20. 19 1 TCS’ Experiments Three site experiments show –value of multiple aids to reinforce cognitive learning

21. 20 1 TCS’ Experiments Three site experiments show –value of researchers in organizing the instruction in terms of sequencing the matter, and effort and time to be spent on various topics

22. 21 1 TCS’ Experiments Three site experiments show –ability to read slowly words with letters they have been taught in 3 to 4 weeks

23. 22 1 TCS’ Experiments In 8 to 10 weeks, they can read newspapers slowly by themselves Use their intuition to guess the words they do not know

24. 23 1 presents Adult Literacy Programme Telugu

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53. 52 1 Analysis 15 to 20 adults per session 1.5 to 2 hour sessions 3 times a week 2 shifts, different groups on alternate days

54. 53 1 Analysis At one site, 240 - 450 adults pa 20,000 sites will serve 5 million adults a year at a minimum Adult literacy in Andhra can be significantly improved in 3 to 5 years

55. 54 1 Analysis Use of technology reduces the need for well qualified teachers to conduct every session

56. 55 1 Analysis Teachers –Senior school students and professional degree students can be deployed –NGOs can be tapped

57. 56 1 Analysis National Literacy Mission produced materials are an excellent starting point for all Indian Languages

58. 57 1 Next steps Start development of course material for teaching reading skills in other languages Tamil, Marathi, Hindi...

59. 58 1 Next steps Launch 60-80 simultaneous initiatives in Andhra to validate current experience and improve course material

60. 59 1 Next Steps Experiment with Wireless Local Loop communications technology to reach remote locations and back up their facilities

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62. 61 1 Thank you