Pratham initiated its work for education in Ahmedabad at the turn of the millennium — in 1999–2000, when the question that drove India's largest education non-profit had spread to Gujarat: are children in school actually learning?

In 2002, a small group of Ahmedabad citizens turned that question into action — registering Pratham Ahmedabad Education Initiative as a citizen's society dedicated to the quality of primary education. What began with a handful of volunteers in classrooms across the city has grown over twenty-four years into a multi-program organisation. We've supported nearly a thousand adolescents through Access English. Helped 150 girls in Gujarat sit their Class X exams through Second Chance. Built foundational learning programs from Gandhinagar to Eastern Ahmedabad.

Today, our flagship Early Years program reaches 215+ children across 21 bastis in Eastern Ahmedabad — and the mothers in those communities have themselves become co-educators. We focus on the children most likely to be left behind: early-years learners who need a strong foundation, girls who dropped out and deserve a second chance at Class X, and young people for whom English opens real doors.

We are a small team in Ahmedabad with a large belief — that every child here can learn well, if given the chance.