Two years at LFE!

Dear Friend & Supporter of LFE,

We write to you with the utmost humility of sharing LFE’s journey in the last 2 years. It has been nothing less than inspiring - to continue to strive for smaller successes in ever-evolving government systems; to create meaningful policy shifts by deepening our existing government relationships; and to explore opportunities that will lead to a perceptible shift in improving the learning of the students.

Organisational growth & clarity

The last two years at LFE have been quite eventful and productive. We have expanded our reach from 2 projects in Pune to 7 projects across Maharashtra; from a 5 member team to a 30 member team now; from a 25 lakh budget to 310 lakh budget; and from endlessly waiting in the halls of government offices to sitting in on government committees - we are super proud of how far we have come! More importantly, we have stayed true to our commitment to building ‘public education systems that refuse to let children down’

All this, while ensuring that we have built a strong team which is rooted in what’s right for the stakeholders we serve. With over 80% staff retention, we are excited to grow into a 30 member team in a few weeks from now. In deepening our commitment to equity, we have introduced ‘Menstrual Leave’ policy with additional leave and work-from-home options for the women in the organisation.

In the last few months, we have also developed better clarity and articulation of our approach to effectively support the government education systems. LFE believes in the idea of working closely with the government bodies to co-create and co-develop different models - in the areas of officer development, teacher support and student learning. We have constituted a research vertical at LFE with a two-fold intention of influencing larger discourse in education by publishing sectoral reports, and of building a strong internal discipline towards monitoring & measuring our work - it’s been quite a learning journey! Projects & Programs Year 2019 is