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Analysis: Education in a crisis: How Does India Cope and Improve
The pandemic has set back a lot of progress made in education, but all is not lost. Now is the time to reimagine education.
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- Coronavirus, Education
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Nokia, Safaricom and UNICEF Partner To Connect Schools to the Internet Across Kenya
Nokia has come together with multiple stakeholders, including Safaricom, UNICEF and the Kenyan Ministries of Education and ICT, to connect close to 90 schools to the Internet in Kenya.
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital inclusion, edtech
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‘Lost Generation’ Fears as COVID Locks Out India’s Poor Students
Even before the pandemic, more than six million Indian girls and boys were already not going to school, according to UNICEF.
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- Coronavirus, Education
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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South Africa’s Khula Closes $1.3 Million Seed To Scale Its Software-for-Agriculture Platform
Inadequate financing, education and input distribution persist, but startups such as Khula are providing innovative solutions to these problems.
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- Agriculture, Education, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- startups
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India Edtech Giant Buys US-Based Kids Reading Platform Epic for $500 Million
India’s edtech giant BYJU’S has acquired a US-based digital reading platform expanding its existing global user-base.
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- digital inclusion, edtech
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Monitoring and Evaluation in E-Learning: Five M&E Practices to Measure and Boost the Impact of Online Education Programs
Educational institutions, businesses, nonprofits and other organizations have turned to e-learning during the COVID-19 crisis, and these approaches are likely to remain prevalent in a post-pandemic world. According to Yaquta Kanchwala Fatehi of the William Davidson Institute and Salma Elbeblawi of Soliya, virtual exchange is an area of particular interest and innovation within the broader online education space. They share five key monitoring and evaluation insights that can strengthen these programs in real time – and that can be applied to a variety of e-learning programs.
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- Education, Impact Assessment, Technology
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Bridging the Gap: SAP and UNDP Foster Digital Skills and Social Entrepreneurship in Rural Karnataka
In an initiative to empower women and youth, SAP Labs India and the United Nations Development Programme India have collaborated with the Government of Karnataka to facilitate increased access to career guidance, employment, and entrepreneurship
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- employment
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World Bicycle Relief Raises USD $1 Million for Women and Girls
World Bicycle Relief, the global nonprofit that mobilizes people through the Power of Bicycles®, announced the successful conclusion of its mid-year fundraising campaign, “Women on Wheels.”
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- Education
- Region
- Global
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- gender equality
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