CherYsh Educate
CherYsh Educate After-School Centres, led by village women, build holistic learning, digital literacy, and critical thinking in rural children.
EDUCATE
Transforming Rural STEM Education
Inside CherYsh shikshas there are trained village women educators thatwho understand the rhythms of the village and the dreams children carry. Under their care, learning becomes lively and hands-on. Through the CherYsh (ESM) Junior Shiksha and English-Science-Math Shiksha, children from Grades 1-10 explore language, numbers, and the world around them. With the CherYsh AI-Programming Labs and STEM Labs, they touch digital tools many had never seen before, discovering how technology can open new horizons.
The curriculum is active and rooted in village life, encouraging children to question, experiment, and think for themselves. A child who once hesitated to speak now reads aloud in English. Another who had never held a tablet explores the digital web with an AI assistant and now solves STEM puzzles with ease. These small moments add up to a quiet transformation.
Today, more than 210,000+ children across 100+ villages have experienced this shift. They are growing up with the skills the future demands—AI driven digital literacy, critical thinking, and the courage to imagine bigger possibilities. By making AI.Programming Labstechnology, STEM Labs, and ESM English education accessible in the heart of rural communities, CherYsh is helping the next generation step into a AI technology-driven world with pride and readiness.
CherYsh has a strong history and recognition in Karnataka of teaching over 20,000+ students English in Grades 1-7 with CherYsh trained rural English Learning Facilitators. CherYsh is expanding its rural education program by expanding its education program into English, Science, Math (ESM) for Grades 1-10 and to adjacently build and operate STEM labs and AI.Programming Labs. Furthermore to deliver this expanded Education program CherYsh expanded its Empowerment program by skilling rural women as Learning Facilitators, Lab Instructors and Lab Technicians
In the heart of our rural communities, potential is limitless, but opportunity often isn’t. Traditional government schools face a steep climb: sparse laboratory equipment, a shortage of specialized educators, and a widening gap in exposure to the technologies defining the future.
Our Model
Our Four-Pillar Approach
We believe that true learning happens at the intersection of curiosity and capability. Our model integrates core components:
English Shiksha
English Shiksha equips children in Classes 1–7 with essential reading, writing, listening, speaking, and communication skills through engaging, activity-based learning aligned with the Karnataka State curriculum.
Hands-on STEM Lab Laboratories
Moving beyond textbooks to tangible discovery. We establish fully equipped labs where students can touch, build, and experiment, making abstract concepts visible and exciting.
AI-Enable Programming Labed ai.compute Toolkits
Demystifying the future. By introducing AI-driven Programming toolkits, we provide students with the foundational logic and technical literacy required to thrive in a digital-first economy.
ESM Shiksha Support (Structured Coaching)
Educating and Empowering both sides of the classroom. This program provides rigorous English, science and math coaching for students while simultaneously building teacher and technician capacity, ensuring the Empowerment skilling impact lasts long after the initial rollout.
Impact
From Classroom Concepts to Real-World Impact
This initiative is designed to move students from passive listeners to active problem-solvers. By bridging the infrastructure gap, we empower the next generation of rural innovators to:
Explore the laws of physics and chemistry through experimentation.
Experiment with artificial intelligence and programming to understand its transformational impact role in rural society.
Apply mathematical logic to solve local, real-world challenges.
Our mission is to ensure that a student’s geography does not determine their potential. By bringing AI.Programming and STEM to rural doorsteps, we are preparing students not just for exams, but for the future of a digital village environment.
The Blueprint
The Program Pillars:
A Blueprint for Transformation
Our model is built on four integrated pillars designed for durability, scalability, and deep academic impact.
Pillar 1
Pillar 1:English Shiksha — Building Strong English Foundations.
Classes 1–7. English · Phonics · Knowledge partner: Deshpande Foundation
English Shiksha is CherYsh’s foundational English learning programme delivered through CherYsh Shiksha Kendras for students in Classes 1–7. Implemented in partnership with Deshpande Foundation across Uttara Karnataka, the programme follows the Karnataka State syllabus while using CherYsh’s own pedagogy and teaching methodology to build strong English language skills.
The programme focuses on developing reading, writing, listening, and spoken English through activity-based learning that builds confidence alongside academic proficiency. Learning is delivered by trained local women educators who receive continuous mentoring and academic support, ensuring consistent quality across every learning centre
What we know from 15 years of delivery
Children who arrive unable to recognise letters leave reading full sentences in English
Parents in Kannada-medium households report their children speaking English at home in the evening
Year-end showcase attendance by parents and SDMC members reflects the community trust built around each centre
Monthly training of all Learning Facilitators maintains consistent quality across every village
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The CherYsh Framework
Fifteen Years of Experience. Three Integrated Frameworks. One Mission
Over the past 15 years, CherYsh has continuously evolved its approach to community-led education through implementation, innovation, and evidence-based learning. Today, our work is guided by three integrated frameworks that strengthen every stage of the learning journey—from empowering educators, to enabling children, to measuring impact. Together, these frameworks form the foundation of the CherYsh Education System.
The PRERANA Framework
Purpose • Resilience • Empowerment • Responsibility • Action • Nurture • Advocacy
Empowering Rural Women to Lead Learning
The PRERANA Framework is CherYsh’s educator capacity-building model that equips rural women with the knowledge, skills, confidence, and leadership required to become effective facilitators, teachers, mentors, and community leaders. Through structured training, continuous mentoring, and professional development, PRERANA creates local educators who become catalysts for lasting social and educational transformation
The UDAAN Framework
Understand • Discover • Aspire • Achieve • Nurture
Helping Every Child Soar
The UDAAN Framework is CherYsh’s child-centred learning model that develops strong academic foundations while nurturing confidence, curiosity, communication, and critical thinking. Through engaging, activity-based pedagogy aligned with the Karnataka State curriculum, every child is supported to realise their full learning potential and prepare for lifelong success.
The DRISHTI Framework
Diagnose • Record • Intervene • Strengthen • Holistic Development • Track • Improve
Continuous Assessment & Progress Monitoring
The DRISHTI Framework is CherYsh’s competency-based assessment and learning measurement system, designed to monitor every child’s progress beyond traditional examinations. Developed through years of classroom implementation, the framework enables educators to identify learning gaps early, provide timely interventions, and continuously strengthen learning outcomes.
Rather than relying solely on end-of-programme evaluations, DRISHTI combines formative and summative assessments to ensure every learner receives personalised academic support and continuous feedback throughout their learning journey.
Assessment data collected through the DRISHTI Framework enables CherYsh educators to personalise instruction, improve classroom practices, monitor programme quality, and generate robust evidence of learning outcomes for schools, government partners, CSR organisations, and funding agencies.
From PRERANA to UDAAN, Measured Through DRISHTI
At CherYsh, meaningful educational transformation is built on a simple but powerful cycle. Through the PRERANA Framework, rural women become confident educators and community leaders. Through the UDAAN Framework, these educators nurture children to become confident, capable, and lifelong learners. Through the DRISHTI Framework, every stage of that journey is measured, strengthened, and continuously improved through data-driven insights and evidence-based practice.
Together, these three frameworks represent the CherYsh Education System—a sustainable, community-led model that empowers women, transforms learning, and delivers measurable impact for children and communities across rural Karnataka.
Conclusion
Empowering the Classroom Ecosystem
The program ensures sustainability by strengthening teacher ownership—moving from simple student exposure to a permanent shift in school culture.
Students Will…
Engage in real-world, hands-on STEM projects.
Develop critical problem-solving and collaboration skills.
Strengthen scientific reasoning and conceptual clarity.
Gain early, life-changing exposure to AI logic.
Teachers Will…
Receive intensive training in modern STEM pedagogy.
Learn to master AI-tool usage and lab integration.
Access taluk-level mentoring and peer-learning forums.
Integrate practical STEM into daily classroom teaching.
Our Impact Goals
Measuring the change in the learning landscape
We measure success by the change in the learning landscape and the number of rural children who benefit. We are aligned with the State and Central Government’s latest education objectives and partner with them in its efforts
Our roadmap includes:
Increased Curiosity
Measurable growth in student engagement and attendance during STEM hours.
Conceptual Mastery
Improved performance in Science and Mathematics assessments.
Cluster Strength
Enhanced teacher capacity across entire taluk clusters, creating a ripple effect of expertise.
Innovation Hubs
Strengthening government schools so they serve as local beacons of digital problem-solving.
Join Us in Shaping the Future
Future-ready classrooms for every rural child.
We are committed to creating “future-ready” classrooms where every rural child, regardless of their location, has the tools to dream big and the skills to back it up.
Our Partners In Transformation
We don’t work alone. Every partnership is a collaboration between belief and action.
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