The 2015 WISE Awards Winners Announced

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DOHA, Qatar, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

     WISE Awards recognize six innovative initiatives addressing key education

challenges

     The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), a leading international

initiative driving innovation and collaboration in education, has announced the

six 2015 WISE Awards winning projects. Since 2009 the WISE Awards have

identified and promoted some of the most effective practices in tackling urgent

global education challenges. A Jury comprised of education leaders selected the

winning projects from a shortlist of 15 finalists.

     About the Winning Projects

     The winning projects address education issues linked to literacy, special

needs, access and employment.

    - The Qatari project Al-Bairaq supports innovation and entrepreneurship by

immersing secondary students in hands-on scientific activities and practice in

order to build appreciation and understanding of the work of scientists and

offer them new opportunities in STEM fields.

    - Bridge International Academies in Kenya provides a standardized model of

high-quality affordable education by designing cutting edge curricula, building

schools and training teachers from the local community.

    - Egypt-based Nafham crowd-sources educational video content aligned to

school curricula in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Algeria, and Syria, in order

to fill the gaps in access, quality and infrastructure in education.

    - In Uganda, the Educate! Experience is partnering with schools to foster a

culture of entrepreneurship among youth by tailoring an innovative and

cost-effective education model to the skill requirements of the job market.

    - The Talking Book Program provides key health and agriculture related

information to illiterate farming communities in rural Ghana through an

affordable audio computer.

    - In Argentina Videobooks for Deaf Children has revolutionized education

for the deaf by providing video story books in Argentine Sign Language. Each

videobook also has a voice-over and subtitles, so that deaf children and their

hearing families alike can enjoy stories together.

     For further information about WISE and the WISE Awards, please go to

http://www.wise-qatar.org or http://www.wise-qatar.org/wise-awards

Source: The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE)