South-South Learning Symposium on Foundational Learning & Multilingual Education
Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) and Multilingual Education (MLE) lie at the heart of India’s school education reform agenda. In a linguistically diverse country, early literacy and numeracy initiatives are critical to preventing widening learning gaps and ensuring equitable access to quality education. By integrating FLN with multilingual approaches, India is strengthening inclusion, improving learning outcomes, and building classrooms that respond to children’s linguistic realities.
This high-level international symposium will bring together senior education leaders and policymakers from Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Nigeria, Nepal, and the United Kingdom—to engage in meaningful South–South exchange with their counterparts in India and foster rich cross-country learning and collaboration.
The event will also feature Global Goods Exchange, featuring contributions from leading organisations such as UNESCO, Pratham, ASER, and JPAL, among others.
Through curated discussions, policy dialogues, and research dissemination, the symposium will foster practical learning and long-term collaboration across countries facing shared challenges.
Symposium Highlights
Insights from India’s Reform Journey
Explore large-scale implementation models and policy strategies driving foundational learning improvements across states.
Global Knowledge Exchange
Engage in structured dialogues with education leaders and international delegations, strengthening South–South partnerships.
Deep Dive into Critical Themes
- Scaling foundational learning reforms
- Data-driven governance and assessment systems
- Curriculum reform and teacher professional development
- Multilingual education in linguistically diverse systems
Research to Policy Conversations
This symposium offers a unique opportunity to connect research, policy, and implementation. Strengthening collective efforts to address shared priorities such as linguistic diversity, teacher support, assessment reform, and system governance.
For more information on the symposium, please download the tentative programme available in the Documents section of this page.
Join us to shape the future of foundational learning and multilingual education.