Significant Learning Gains: Midline assessments showed strong improvements in reading and basic math with more than 20% reduction in % of non-readers and students who could not perform basic math.

Regular FLN Reviews: Institutionalised monthly district and quarterly block-level FLN review meetings to strengthen implementation.

Strengthened Teacher Support: Provided structured support to teachers through bi-annual refresher sessions and monthly block-level discussions to supplement regular training. A digital initiative was launched that delivered 11 curated FLN pedagogy videos to 600 headmasters and 1,200 teachers, along with supporting materials.

Initiated Classroom Observations: To bridge the gap of the middle management cadre, 1,100 classroom observations were conducted by CSF team members across the three districts and structured feedback was provided to teachers based on the observations.

Community Engagement: Strengthened community engagement by working with district administration to orient mukhiyas on their role in NIPUN Bihar. 20 NIPUN Gram Sabhas were held to boost student attendance and parental awareness.

Initiated Monthly FLN Reviews: Regular data-based review meetings post-NIPUN Odisha launch, improving ownership and accountability at the district and block levels.

Significant Increase in Classroom Observations: The achievement of classroom observation targets rose from ~30 in quarter 3 of AY24-25 to 98% in quarter 4. Dhenkanal consistently had the highest number of school visits and all schools in the district received at least one visit from the teacher mentors. Regular reviews were one of the key drivers of increased visits.

Strengthening Quality of Mentoring: CSF DPMU worked with DEO, Dhenkanal, to conduct focused capacity-building sessions on mentoring and providing effective on-site academic support to teachers. CSF team also conducted joint school visits with 50+ CRCCs (teacher mentors), providing one-on-one support to 35% of all CRCCs in the district.

Strengthened Teacher Support: Monthly cluster meetings revamped in partnership with DIET, achieving 88% teacher and 85% HM participation with high engagement and classroom application.

Purposeful Community Engagement: Launched a district-wide WhatsApp-based home learning programme during the summer break for parents to engage FLN grade children in simple language and math activities with CSF partner ThinkZone. In four weeks, the programme reached 18,000 parents and saw 16,000 children engaging in activities. The programme has been scaled state-wide in AY25-26.

Expanded Reach through New DPMUs: Established new DPMUs in the KADA region (regions of Vikarabad & Narayanpet forming the CM’s constituency) in 2024 to strengthen FLN outcomes in under-served geographies.

Improved Mentorship Structure and Capacity: With CSF’s advocacy, Vikarabad district increased its mentor cadre from 63 to 156, significantly improving the mentor-teacher ratio from 1:20 to 1:5. Conducted FLN pedagogy and visit protocol related training for 400+ mentors across DPMU districts.

Strengthened Field-Level Engagement: Classroom observations by mentors quadrupled in DPMU districts — rising from ~3,500 in *Source – Department of Education, Government of Bihar, 2023–24 to ~13,000 in 2024–25 — ensuring deeper academic support for FLN delivery.

Boosted Data-Driven Governance: Monthly FLN review meetings chaired by District Collectors/DEOs were institutionalised across districts, promoting data-backed decision-making.

Governance & Capacity Building: Strengthened NIPUN Bharat implementation across districts by facilitating periodic, data-driven FLN review meetings led by the DM/CDO to assess and monitor mission progress. Facilitated 332 review meetings — including District Task Force - DTF (38), District Institute of Education and Training - DIET : Academic Resource Persons - ARPs (31), Basic Shiksha Adhikari - BSA : Block Education Officer - BEO (66) and Block Education Officer - BEO : Head Master- HM (197) — to enhance communication, motivate leadership and improve meeting effectiveness during the Academic Year 2024-25.

Middle Management Strengthening: Trained mentoring cadres on effective teaching-learning practices and equipped them to provide supportive supervision and constructive feedback to teachers through joint classroom visits. Conducted 1,600+ joint visits with 354 unique academic resource persons (ARPs) spread across six districts during the Academic Year 2024-25. Built the capacity of BEOs to provide effective supervision and monitoring by developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to streamline BEO–HM meetings, aiming to enhance their effectiveness and promote outcome-oriented discussions.

Data System Enhancement: Collected extensive data through 1,600+ classroom observations and 9,500+ student spot assessments across all DPMU districts to strengthen the reliability of state-level data. These alternate data sets are actively leveraged to improve the quality and relevance of discussions during review meetings.

Academic Inputs: Enhanced teacher knowledge on FLN-focused teaching-learning practices through the development and dissemination of supplemental academic collaterals. Conducted regular workshops across all districts to strengthen ARPs' capacity to provide academically grounded, specific and high-quality feedback to teachers.

Community Action: Conducted large-scale, structured PTMs across all six districts to enhance parental involvement and student attendance, with nearly 40% parental participation recorded by year-end.