2017 WISE Awards Finalists Announced

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DOHA, Qatar, June 27, 2017 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

    Fifteen projects from nine countries have been selected by the World

Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) for innovative and impactful approaches

to today's most urgent education challenges

    The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) announced the 15 2017 WISE

Awards finalist projects.

    Each year, the WISE Awards recognize and promote innovative projects from

around the world that are addressing global educational challenges. The 15

finalists come from nine countries.

    The projects tackle a number of pressing education issues including early

childhood education, basic infrastructure for schools, girls' education, coding

and digital skills, access to books, critical medical care for children,

boosting mathematics, science and reading levels, stimulating critical thinking

and creativity, making learning fun and inclusive and enhancing teacher

motivation.

    The 2017 WISE Awards finalists:

    - ANEER [http://bit.ly/2t1qgh5 ], Morocco

    - Building a Teacher-Led Movement for Change and Innovation

[http://bit.ly/2rgAdGn ], UK

    - Lights to Learn [http://bit.ly/2szjCRY ], Spain

    - Mindspark: Personalized, technology- based learning

[http://bit.ly/2s0udUS ], India

    - PhET Interactive Simulations [http://bit.ly/2t1u2Hh ], US

    - Open Book Publishers [http://bit.ly/2srFlLN ], UK

    - OPENPediatrics - Serious Games to Save Children's Lives

[http://bit.ly/2tl2EDG ], US

    - REACH [http://bit.ly/2rv2E2l ], Ghana

    - 42 [http://bit.ly/2s9Na5T ], France

    - Science Bits [http://bit.ly/2rqRVuW ], Spain

    - Shams Generation [http://bit.ly/2tldXLW ], Qatar

    - Tele-Education Project-SAME [http://bit.ly/2srGQty ], India

    - The Learner Guide Program [http://bit.ly/2rgnO5m ], Tanzania/UK

    - The Speed School project [http://bit.ly/2rgq2l6 ], US

    - Ubongo Edutainment [http://bit.ly/2t1u2Hh ], Tanzania

    Stavros N. Yiannouka, CEO, WISE, said: "The 2017 WISE Awards finalist

projects have built effective, tested solutions to global education challenges.

Whether ensuring access to fundamental primary education or preparing young

people for the 21st century workplace, each project is already transforming

lives, and provides an inspirational model for other communities to adopt. This

is vital to our mission at WISE, dedicated to empowerment and collaboration."

    A pre-Jury of international experts selected the 15 finalists, and the

process was overseen by independent education consultants from Parthenon-EY.

    The finalists were evaluated according to strict criteria. They must be

successful, innovative education projects that have already demonstrated a

transformative impact on individuals, communities, and society. They must be

financially stable, have a clear development plan and be scalable and

replicable.

    The six WISE Awards winning projects will be announced in September 2017 and

celebrated at the eighth World Innovation Summit for Education

[http://www.wise-qatar.org/summit ], November 14-16, 2017, in Doha, Qatar. In

addition to

publicity and networking opportunities, each project receives $20,000 (US).

    Find out more about the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE):

http://www.wise-qatar.org

    Find out more about the WISE Awards: http://www.wise-qatar.org/wise-awards

SOURCE: WISE - World Innovation Summit for Education