A New Beginning in Sardhana: Chimple Goes Live in Meerut

Every expansion begins with a question: can a learning model that has worked in one place become meaningful in another — for a new set of teachers, children, families, and schools?

This month, that question is taking Chimple to Sardhana Block in Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh. Chimple is now live across 60 schools in the block, marking the organisation’s second district expansion after its work in Ghaziabad.

The number is significant, but the real story is in what happens next.

Across these 60 schools, children will begin to explore reading, language, and mathematics through playful, curriculum-aligned activities. Teachers will bring the learning experience into their classrooms and help children build habits that can continue beyond the school day. Families, too, can become part of the journey as children bring home new words, new skills, and the excitement of having completed a game or mastered a challenge.

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Sardhana is one of the blocks in Meerut district, where government and other schools serve children across towns and villages. The pilot is an opportunity to listen closely to what children enjoy, what teachers find useful, and what it takes for a digital learning programme to become part of the everyday rhythm of a school.

That listening matters. Real scale is never simply about reaching more classrooms. It is about understanding each new setting well enough to make the learning feel useful, welcoming, and possible. A child may need extra time to recognise letters. Another may be ready to practise word reading. A third may be most engaged by a maths game that gives them the confidence to try again after getting an answer wrong. For each of them, the right learning experience begins with being met at their own level.

Chimple’s previous work in Ghaziabad offered important lessons in building that kind of support. The programme grew from a block-level pilot to a wider district effort, strengthened through teacher training, government review structures, community engagement, and learning pathways that extended into homes. Those lessons now travel with the team to Sardhana — not as a fixed template, but as a starting point for learning from the ground again.

The 60-school pilot is also a chance to build strong foundations for what lies ahead. Over the next year, Chimple will work closely with schools and local education stakeholders to understand adoption, engagement, and the conditions that help children benefit most. The aspiration is to expand across Meerut district next year, reaching many more children with joyful, personalised foundational learning.

But for now, the focus is exactly where it should be: on the first 60 schools.

On the teacher introducing an activity to a classroom for the first time. On the child who realises that learning can feel like play. On the parent who hears a child excitedly describe a word game or a maths challenge at home. And on the local education community that will help shape what this programme becomes.

Ghaziabad showed what can happen when technology, teachers, families, and public systems work together. Sardhana is the next chapter — a new geography, a new community, and a new opportunity to help children build the confidence to read, learn, and grow.