Katha on Ratha

yable story telling sessions and activities. “Katha on Ratha” is supported by Sai Kedar Trust, a charitable trust with a focus on education. A typical “Katha on Ratha” reading session is centered around reading aloud, a bilingual book in English and Tamil in an engaging way. This session is enriched through appropriate role play, storytelling techniques and conducting activities aimed at improving phonemic awareness, language fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. “Katha on Ratha”, relies on a train the trainer model to sustain and scale. As part of this program, teachers and other regular volunteers associated with a school are trained to become “Reading Coaches”, who in turn independently facilitate the reading sessions in their schools. Teachers and Volunteers are also trained to objectively assess the reading levels of the students, and group the children based on their reading skill level. This helps to focus on group specific needs and reading enablement.