Impact
Namibia - Nationwide Access
Foundation for Accessible Children's Education selects Namibia to receive the sponsorship of nationwide access to a digital reading app for young children. Namibia was selected from several other African countries that had applied online for Africa Access 2020. The significant factor in selection of Namibia was its high expenditure on education as a percentage of the GDP. The digital reading app aims to assist and supplement what kids are taught in school, help children from disadvantaged backgrounds to improve their English reading resulting in better outcomes in school and better chances of completing higher education, thus closing the digital divide. The Namibia Reads app is meant to strengthen the efforts of the Ministry of Education, Arts & Culture in line with the nation's fifth National Development Plan (NDP5) to focus on building a strong foundation in numeracy and literacy, while promoting critical thinking and information literacy through providing enrichment programs in schools and libraries. The app was launched on March 21, 2020, Namibia's Independence Day and comes at the right time where learners are mostly confined to their homes and unable to visit their schools or public libraries due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Parho Punjab Parhao Punjab - Classroom Solution
Although India is home to some of the most brilliant minds in the world, there are millions of children who do not have access to good basic education. The educational standard of government elementary schools in rural areas is not improving as per expectations. In an attempt to transform India’s public education system aimed at bringing in qualitative improvement in the teaching and learning process Foundation for Accessible Children’s Education (FACE) is enabling the introduction of digital classrooms, for all pre-primary and primary classes to enable young children to receive high quality education. This education initiative, a public-private partnership is run and monitored by NRIs and local state government under the Parho Punjab, Parhao Punjab initiative by the Punjab Education Department launched by Punjab’s Education secretary, Krishan Kumar. NavanShahar is the first district to launch this solution. It is set to be rolled out to all the 22 districts in Punjab, about 12908 elementary schools, in a phased manner.
