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A note on this page's publication date
The content we created for Pratham in March 2012 appears below. This content is likely to be no longer fully accurate, both with respect to what it says about Pratham and with respect to what it implies about our own views and positions. With that said, we do feel that the takeaways from this examination are sufficient not to prioritize re-opening our investigation of this organization at this time.
In 2011, we declared Pratham a "standout organization," which meant that we found it to be an outstanding opportunity to accomplish good but that we rated our top charities above it.
What is our evaluation process?
Published: March 2012
What do they do?
Pratham is a large, India-based organization that runs a wide variety of programs aiming to improve education for children in India.
Pratham's largest program is Read India, which provides basic reading and math lessons to millions of preschool- and primary-school-age children.1 In addition, they also run or sponsor:2
a research and evaluation unit (ASER) that conducts nationwide surveys of learning levels
vocational education programs for older (e.g. high school) children
rehabilitation programs for child laborers and vulnerable children.
In 2010-11, Pratham's total budget was approximately $14 million.3
Our previous review of Pratham, published in 2010, is available here.
Reason for the standout rating
We recommend Pratham as our top recommendation for developing-world education because: