Assam - India

Following the successful pilot, Jolly Phonics has been rolled out in six districts in Assam.

Project Start Date

2022

Implementing Partner

Komal Goenka, Phonic World

Government Partners

Samagara Shiksha, Assam SEBA (Secondary Education Board of Assam)a

A Jolly Phonics pilot, in association with the Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA), was conducted in Assam in August 2022 . Official Jolly Phonics trainer Komal Goenka delivered two days of Jolly Phonics training to 14 Grade 1 teachers from the 6 pilot schools on the 1st and 2nd of August 2022. The piloted completed in April 2023 and approval was given soon after for a 2 district rollout in August 2023.

400 teachers in Kamrup District and Kamrup Metro district in Assam were trained by a team of 4 professional trainers (Komal Goenka, Shweta Modi, Dipti Shah and Daksha Suryavanshi). The training was lively and the teachers thoroughly enjoyed the new methodology. They were shown how to implement Jolly Phonics in their classrooms using the free materials provided by Jolly Learning ltd under the Jolly Futures offer. Materials were distributed to all the teachers who attended the training. To ensure the on-going implementation of the programme, the teachers are provided with support through WhatsApp groups.

Training in both the districts was captured by the media and was published in all the local newspapers of Guwahati.

The rollout was also inaugurated by Mr.Ramesh Jain (Chairman of SEBA), Ms. Dipika Choudhury (District Elementary Education Officer) , Mr.Sanjay Dutta (Executive Director of Samagra Shiksha Assam) and Mr.Swapnil Barua (Retd. IAS officer) Their presence had a great impact upon the teachers who recognised the importance of this training.

Due to the success of the rollouts in 2023, 800 schools in 4 new districts have been trained in 2024. These are Jorhat, Dibrugarh ,Dhemaji and Majuli. A further 400 schools have been trained in Guwahati Rural and Guwahati Metro.

The roll out projects have been partially funded by Manas Saikia Foundation, Noida.

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Doodle sketch by Komal Goenka.

Jolly Phonics has been rolled out in Guwahati Rural, Guwahati Metro , Jorhat, Dibrugarh , Dhemaji and Majuli districts

Pilot phase

Rollout phase

Sustainability phase

Project Media

Project Reports

Assam District Rollout Report August 2023 and January 2024 (2) (1).pdf

Project Contact

Komal Goenka

Jolly Phonics Professional Trainer, Founder of Phonic World

Projects: Assam

komalgoenka05@gmail.com +91 9820868131

Project Partners

Ms. Komal Goenka is the founder of Phonic World, a learning centre that aims at improving children’s life through the power of quality education. Komal is a certified Jolly Phonics and Grammar Trainer, as well as certified Storyteller from Kathalaya, Academy of Storytelling, which is affiliated to the International Storytelling Centre. She is also a life long member of Early Childhood Association, a forum to connect those working with young people to advocate, discuss, learn, share and bring about change in the quality of care, development and learning in early education across India.