Chrysalis

Public early childhood education system in India is largely focused on the health and wellbeing of children, with little attention paid to foundational learning and education. A large body of research has shown that these foundational ECD skills are essential for building a strong platform for lifelong learning and development. The lack of these skills and school readiness of young children has led parents to turn to low cost private schools, where low income families can send their children for a small fee. However, the infrastructure of such schools is deeply fragmented and informal, resulting in limited standardisation and overall poor quality of education delivery. The curriculum is often ill suited and not conducive to learning for young children, impeding their cognitive and emotional development and failing to equip them with the essential skills necessary for them to go on and thrive in their education.

Chrysalis will use GIFs investment to expand their operations, continue to develop their product offering for affordable private schools, for example through increased digitisation, and to continue to refine their teacher development and school training initiative.