Qatari project among WISE winners

9/16/2015 7:12:10 AM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula)DOHA: The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) a leading international initiative of Qatar Foundation that is driving innovation and collaboration in education has announced the six 2015 WISE Awards winning projects including the Qatari project Al-Bairaq.

The Qatari project Al-Bairaq is a non-traditional educational programme based at the Center for Advanced Materials (CAM) at Qatar University. Supporting innovation and entrepreneurship Al-Bairaq immerses secondary students in hands-on science activities builds appreciation for the work of scientists and offers students new opportunities.

Dr Noora Jabor Al Thani Project Representative of Al-Bairaq said: “Winning the WISE Award is a great honour particularly as Al-Bairaq is the first Qatari project to be recognised since the inception of the awards. I hope this recognition will help raise awareness about the need to develop new approaches to tackle education problems worldwide. Our programme has adopted innovative techniques to attract young people to Science Technology Engineering and Math and to show them the beauty and excitement of the world of science. I am really excited and confident that the WISE Award will encourage educators to rethink their teaching methodology especially when it comes to these fields.”

Since 2009 the WISE Awards have identified and promoted some of the most effective practices in tackling urgent global education challenges. The Awards are also a central pillar in achieving QF’s mission of developing a knowledge-based economy by unlocking human potential and fostering a progressive and engaged society. A jury comprised of education leaders selected the winning projects from a shortlist of 15 finalists. The winning projects address education issues linked to literacy special needs access and employment.

This year’s other five wining projects were from Kenya Egypt Uganda Ghana and Argentina.

Bridge International Academies in Kenya provides a standardised 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 Syriain order to fill the gaps in access quality and infrastructure in education.

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