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What was once seen as radical or
even heretical became foundational
knowledge. These innovations
revolutionized our world.

History is rife with examples of how
embracing change—often change that
faSt-forward seemed highly improbable at the time—

has led to transformative shifts.

nIPun bharat:

devI SanSthan’S

unConventIonal bold new Navigating Change and experts deny initially at the it’s a call to action, compelling us to
face value, citing it is impossible,
Amidst Expert Resistance
question our long-standing assumptions
or suggesting it is only teaching
about what is achievable in the
eduCatIon for fln Throughout the annals of time, meaningless reading, or limited in educational landscape. By pushing the
history is peppered with instances
boundaries of conventional wisdom,
its implications. New cannot be
where innovative ideas were met
with skepticism, especially from measured by the old standards. The ALfA is echoing other transformative
movements in history that also faced
transformative outcomes generated
those comfortable with the status by ALfA tell a different story—one initial resistance, from advances in
ALfA isn’t merely an education program; it’s quo, that upend established norms, of empowerment, self-confidence, science and technology to pivotal
expectations, as they threaten to
a call to action, compelling us to question disrupt the known order of things. and most critically, of breaking down social movements. It’s not just about
long-accepted barriers to educational
teaching children to read and do
our long-standing assumptions about what is achievement. math more quickly; it’s about opening
achievable in the educational landscape Yet, the potential for transformative up a realm of possibilities for how we
shifts should not be underestimated.
Those willing to take the risks ALfA isn’t merely an education program; conceive of education itself.
- By Milita Halder associated with embracing new
paradigms often find themselves at
the forefront of progress, shaping the
future in ways that could not have
been anticipated.
hange is often met with Breaking the Mould: The automobile was initially
resistance, a natural Paradigm Shifts That deemed impractical and incapable Challenging the Status
reaction to stepping Reshaped History of replacing horse-drawn carriages. Quo: ALfA’s 45-Day
into the unknown. Yet, Electricity faced doubt and was FLN as a Modern
Chistory has shown that Throughout history, there have met with fears of danger. From the Manifestation of
embracing the seemingly impossible been pivotal moments that civil rights movement to the digital Transformative Education Students in Maldives and Kenya working in pairs using the ALfA transformative pedagogy
can lead to transformative shifts. One reshaped the world by challenging revolution, bold changes have often of education by Dr. Sunita Gandhi, Founder, DEVI Sansthan. Regardless of where it is being
such example is ALfA (Accelerated conventional thinking. Consider led to advancements that were ALfA stands as a modern-day implemented, the ALfA pedagogy is a powerful way to engage children, and to bring out the
Learning for All). ALfA holds the power the once-unthinkable idea of flying previously unimaginable. In science, embodiment of such transformative best in each one of them. It is also many times faster to teach the foundational skills with
to revolutionize education and address – the Wright brothers dared to shifts in paradigms met with initial thinking, daring us to reimagine ALfA than with the best of existing systems of education.
India’s greatest need in education: defy gravity, and their invention skepticism but eventually expanded education in ways we never
Foundational Literacy and Numeracy transformed the way we traverse the our understanding of the universe. thought possible, such as 45-day
(FLN). skies. FLN, which most policymakers

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