Five Edtech Projects Selected to Join the 2016-2017 WISE Accelerator

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DOHA, Qatar, Dec 16, 2016 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

          The WISE Accelerator supports technology-driven projects addressing

education challenges

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

initiative driving innovation and collaboration in education, has revealed the

five projects that will join the 2016-2017 WISE Accelerator Program.

    Launched in 2014, the Accelerator is designed to support the development of

young, innovative edtech projects with high potential for scalability and

positive impact in the field of education. Selected projects benefit from a

yearlong mentorship program tailored to address their specific needs. The WISE

Accelerator also serves as an intermediary to connect these projects with an

international network that creates opportunities to share knowledge and find

support from donors and investors.

    Kayrn Aguirre, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Kepler, a university

network that seeks to bring high-quality degrees to African youth at affordable

price, and a participant to the 2016 Accelerator cohort, said:  "The program

has given Kepler access to incredible resources and expertise as we have

explored strategies for growth".

    The 2016-2017 cohort of five new projects will officially join the WISE

Accelerator at a WISE engagement early next year. They will be invited to take

part in specific working sessions and be offered unique networking

opportunities. The future participants of the Accelerator respond to diverse

issues such as teacher training, career guidance, access to quality education

in refugee camps and developing students' awareness of other cultures and

teaching them tolerance and empathy through interactive games.

    Discover the selected projects for the 2016-2017 WISE Accelerator program:

    - Edykasyon.ph (Philippines): connects education and employment through the

provision of online career guidance and information on academic tracks to help

students in the Philippines to develop a clear career path.

     - Chalk.com (Canada): a curriculum management platform that allows

teachers in Canada to develop their curriculum online and enables

administrators track the use of the curriculum.

     - Aflatoun Education (The Netherlands/global): an online and offline

platform that enables teachers globally to continuously develop their teaching

methods and lesson content particularly in the field of social and financial

education.

     - Learn Syria (Canada/Syria): provides Syrian refugees in Turkey and

Lebanon with the opportunity to continue their education through the use of the

Rumie tablet which is uploaded with curated educational materials.

     - Joko's World (Australia): an interactive education mobile application

that brings world cultures and intercultural understanding to the classroom

through the use of games.

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

http://www.wise-qatar.org/wise-accelerator-program-2016-17

SOURCE: WISE - World Innovation Summit for Education