Saksham Haryana, launched in 2017, successfully transformed learning outcomes in government schools, with 80% of students in classes 1-8 achieving grade-level competency, or becoming 'Saksham'. Building on this success, the aim has now shifted to making students future-ready or 'Kushal' through systemic reforms to ensure students in classes 6-12 achieve grade-level competency and acquire 21st-century skills essential for higher education, careers, and entrepreneurship. This is being done in collaboration with the Department of Education, Haryana and with support from the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation. With a strong focus on institutionalizing interventions for long-term impact, for elementary grades the focus of Kushal Haryana is on improving classroom practices through assessment reforms and enabling a robust teaching learning cycle. For secondary grades, Kushal Haryana is working across board exam reforms, vocational education, and entrepreneurship enablement.
Samagra’s approach to transforming education in Haryana under Kushal Haryana is holistic, integrating academic and administrative reforms with the key focus on long-term institutionalization. On the academic front, the program shifts focus from rote-based learning to competency-based education, ensuring students achieve grade-level competency through assessment reforms, teaching-learning cycle, and subject-specific remediation. Simultaneously, administrative reforms ensure effective teacher competency testing & certification, structured mentoring and training, and data-driven monitoring mechanisms to sustain interventions at scale. Beyond academics, the program focuses on equipping students with 21st-century skills, with a strong emphasis on career counselling, entrepreneurial mindset development, and vocational education. A core principle of our approach is institutionalization for long-term impact—embedding interventions within government systems to ensure sustainability and scalability.
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