The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), a leading international initiative of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), has revealed the names of projects that will join the 2015-2016 WISE Accelerator Programme.
They are EduTechnoz (Qatar), MGCubed (Ghana), Kepler (Rwanda), Maths Curriculum Online (South Africa) and TeachPitch (UK).
The Accelerator Programme, launched in 2014, is designed to support the development of young, innovative projects with high potential for scalability and positive impact in the field of education. This is in line with QF’s central pillar of developing a knowledge-based economy by unlocking human potential and fostering a progressive and engaged society.
The 2015-2016 cohort of five new projects will officially join the Accelerator Programme at the WISE Summit 2015 to be held in Doha from November 3 to 5, where they will be invited to take part in specific workshops and be offered unique networking opportunities to connect their projects with an international network and create opportunities to share knowledge and find support from donors and investors.
EduTechnoz, an online portal created in Qatar, aims to make learning Arabic fun for children through games, eBooks and interactive worksheets enabling users to teach and learn Arabic in an enjoyable and effective manner.
The website provides access to more than 200 games based on local curriculums and is designed for children between three and eight years old. Parents and teachers can also monitor the child’s progress and receive real-time e-mails whenever the user is facing a challenge.
MGCubed aims at improving the overall education standards of girls and address the challenges of teacher quality, teacher absenteeism and poor student learning by using cutting edge technology allowing real-time two-way interactive distance learning in deprived schools in Ghana.
Kepler is a new kind of university giving access to an ultra low-cost US accredited degree by combining free world-class online courses with in-person seminars, coaching and intensive education-to-employment support.
Maths Curriculum Online is a cloud-based online platform implementing the Maths Curriculum for grades one to nine, offering maths exercises, instant feedback on answers to the learners, tracking their individual progress throughout the year and enabling teachers to make data-informed decisions.
TeachPitch is also a cloud-based learning platform that helps teachers and schools, constantly constrained for time, identify, save and rate the best online resources available, as well as share learning resources worldwide.
The WISE Accelerator Programme highlights Qatar’s commitment to playing a significant role in the global partnership for development. The selected projects benefit from a year-long mentorship programme tailored to address their specific needs.
Since its inauguration, the WISE Accelerator Programme has been dedicated to supporting education projects from different regions and sectors that are using or designing technology to address education challenges.