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

Doha, Qatar (ots/PRNewswire) -

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

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