India — FLN Provider Landscape | 5in5 Impact Alliance

Active Providers

5

Madhi Foundation, Reach to Teach, Educational Initiatives, HPPI, NewGlobe

Estimated Learners

3.06M per year

Most recent reported year: Madhi 2,103,662 · Reach to Teach 557,463 · EI 266,000 · HPPI 93,247 · NewGlobe (Manipur) 38,000.

Strongest Evidence

+0.37 SD

Educational Initiatives (Mindspark), J-PAL Delhi RCT (Muralidharan et al. 2019)

Cost Range

$2.91–$12 per learner per year

Reach to Teach $2.91–$8.10 · HPPI $12. Madhi and EI don't publish a per-learner cost.

Cost & Reach

Providers active in India

Cost per Learner / Year (USD)

Dashed bars indicate data not yet published.

Total Reach (Learners)

India learners per year, most recent reported year.

Active Providers and Learning Gains

Evidence quality and scale as of October 2026.

Madhi Foundation

Website

2.1M

learners per year (FY26), Tamil Nadu

Third-party assessment

+18 pp Grade 3 letter-ID fluency

EI independent assessment, Sept 2023 → Dec 2024; ASER 2024 Grade 3 literacy 4.8% → 12%

Third-party assessment

Cost / learner

No per-learner cost (government-embedded model)

Capital needed

Not published

India Program

Tamil Nadu-focused FLN specialist working with state government. Also operating in Meghalaya and Nagaland.

India Scale

2.1M · 38,000 public schools, Tamil Nadu · pilots in Meghalaya and Nagaland

Global Reach

India (3 states)

Growth Plan

Deepen state government partnerships

Active Countries

India

Data Gaps

External RCT evidence
Published cost per learner

Reach to Teach (RTT)

Website

557K

learners per year (2024–25), Arunachal Pradesh 154,005 and Meghalaya 403,458

Haryana: 2.1M learners system-wide (not counted in totals).

Quasi-experimental

—

Cost / learner

$2.91–$8.10 / yr

Being reconfirmed against corrected reach figures.

India Program

Government school transformation partner working with state governments in Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Gujarat and Haryana, with proposed programmes in Uttar Pradesh and Assam.

India Scale

Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya

Global Reach

India

Growth Plan

Proposed programmes in Uttar Pradesh and Assam

Active Countries

India

Full profile

Educational Initiatives (EI)

Website

266K

students in 2,200+ government schools, 13 states (2024–25)

Quasi-experimental

+0.37 SD

standard deviations of gain on math assessments vs. control (Muralidharan et al. 2019, Delhi Mindspark RCT)

Muralidharan, Singh & Ganimian 2019 · J-PAL Delhi RCT. At scale in Rajasthan government schools: +0.22 SD maths, +0.20 SD Hindi after 18 months (J-PAL RCT, NBER 2025).

Cost / learner

Data pending

Capital needed

Not published

India Program

Adaptive learning platform (Mindspark) deployed through government and private schools; strong evidence base from J-PAL Delhi RCT.

India Scale

266,000+

2,200+ government schools, 13 states · J-PAL 2024–25

Global Reach

India + Middle East

Growth Plan

State-scale Mindspark deployments

Active Countries

IndiaUAE

Humana People to People India (HPPI)

Website

93,247

learners per year (2025–26, UP25 cohort 1)

577,126 across the 2020–25 project (cumulative)

Quasi-experimental

84% vs 53%

84% of Kadam+ students reached Grade 3 proficiency vs 53% in similar schools (National Achievement Survey)

Cost / learner

$12 / yr

India Program

Kadam+ foundational learning programme in Uttar Pradesh government schools.

India Scale

Uttar Pradesh

Global Reach

India

Growth Plan

Data pending

Active Countries

India

Full profile

Consolidated Programme Group

NewGlobe (India)

2 government-branded state programmes. Costs vary by programme; total reach aggregated across programmes with published counts.

Total learners

38K+

1 of 2 programmes reported · others not yet published

Cost per learner

Data pending

2 programmes cost data pending

Evidence

Quasi-experimental across programmes; see per-programme detail below.

Programme breakdown

Programme	Learners	Cost / learner	Evidence highlight
STAR Education (Manipur) Manipur State (all 16 districts) Contract closing 2026	38,000	—	0.22 SD · literacy effect size
Andhra Pradesh State Programme Andhra Pradesh	—	—	See programme · No programme-specific SD figures located.

Other actors in India's foundational learning landscape (not in the 5in5 portfolio): Pratham, Room to Read, Central Square Foundation.

World Bank Opportunity Landscape

Education facilities in India as of October 2026

Project Name	Type	Commitment ($M)	Months Remaining on Loan	Status	FLN Match	Links
Assam ASAP	Loan	$250M	53 mo	Active	High	PID PAD
GOAL Gujarat	Program-for-Results	$500M	14 mo	Active	Medium	PID PAD
Punjab Outcomes	Loan	$286M	59 mo	Active	Medium	PID PAD
SALT Andhra	Program-for-Results	$250M	5 mo	Active	Medium	PID PAD
GOAL Additional Financing	Loan	$250M	14 mo	Active	Medium	PID PAD
NECTAR Nagaland	Loan	$56.5M	8 mo	Active	Medium	PID PAD
MERITE	Loan	$205.5M	29 mo	Active	Low	PID PAD
DAKSH Maharashtra	Loan	$195M	32 mo	Active	Low	PID PAD
Meghalaya MPOWER	Loan	$35M	55 mo	Active	Low	PID PAD

Known Active Funders in India FLN

Central Square Foundation

Anchor domestic funder for FLN in India; catalytic capital across TSPs and state partnerships.

Gates Foundation — India

Long-standing India education portfolio; funds Pratham, EI, and NIPUN-aligned work.

Tata Trusts

Domestic corporate foundation with deep education portfolio across states.

Michael & Susan Dell Foundation — India

Funds education and learning outcomes work in India.

Data Gaps & Next Steps

State-level learner counts per provider
Cost per learner for Madhi Foundation and Educational Initiatives
Months remaining on active World Bank loans

Funder / TSP Opportunity Summary

India is the deepest foundational learning market in the 5in5 portfolio, with five providers working inside state systems and a national policy tailwind through NIPUN Bharat. State-government embedding, not new pilots, is where marginal capital moves outcomes. The highest-leverage opportunity is aligning provider scale-up with active World Bank financing in states such as Assam and Meghalaya, where Reach to Teach and Madhi already work. Near-term priorities: published unit costs for Madhi and EI, and state-level learner counts for every provider.

India country platform · 5in5 internal research.

Cost & Reach

Cost per Learner / Year (USD)

Total Reach (Learners)

Active Providers and Learning Gains

World Bank Opportunity Landscape

Known Active Funders in India FLN

Central Square Foundation ↗

Gates Foundation — India ↗

Tata Trusts ↗

Michael & Susan Dell Foundation — India ↗

Data Gaps & Next Steps

Funder / TSP Opportunity Summary

Central Square Foundation

Gates Foundation — India

Tata Trusts

Michael & Susan Dell Foundation — India