Perkins International
Introducing modern teaching methods along with assistive technology for children who are blind/low visionCompetition
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PlanetRead
Distributing audio-visual content with Same Language Subtitling (SLS) to reinforce reading skills learned at school.Competition
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Pragya
Building a system to monitor and generate education data for marginalized schools in the Himalayan region of IndiaCompetition
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Pratham Education Foundation
A learning camp that combines doing, speaking, reading, and writing around each learning activityCompetition
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Olinga Foundation for Human Development
Utilizing a phonic and syllabic approach to reading in their mother tongue, Enlightening the Hearts Literacy Campaign accelerates students’ ability to develop a second languageCompetition
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Open Learning Exchange-Ghana
Using the School Basic e-Learning Libraries (BeLLs), Ghana Reads introduces educational content for students and teachers to address the lack of high quality reading materialsCompetition
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Save the Children Malawi
Accelerating children’s reading by training teachers and non-literate parents on activities to do at home to improve their children’s language skillsCompetition
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Save the Children Sri Lanka
Improving reading skills of children with special needs using by providing teaching and learning materials and assessment tools to teachers and resources and training for familiesCompetition
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Sesame Workshop Initiatives India Pvt. Ltd.
Conducting ‘Learn to Read, Read to Learn’ workshops to assist teachers in using innovative and digital learning materials and to help children improve their oral reading fluencyCompetition
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Step by Step Benevolent Foundation
Influencing the Armenian education system by developing and testing a set of informal literacy assessments to better inform future literacy instructionCompetition
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University of Nairobi ComTech
Using an early grade reading instruction curriculum (EGRIC), in print and electronic format, to provide teachers with high quality reading instruction materials and resources in English and KiswahiliCompetition
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Urban Planet Mobile
Delivering daily SMS reading lessons to adult caregivers through mobile devices to help develop their child’s literacyCompetition
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Whiz Kids Workshop
Fostering a culture that celebrates learning and literacy, through the television and radio series, Whiz KidsCompetition
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Worldreader
Improving literacy skills by providing e-readers filled with culture-specific digital books in both the Ghanaian language and EnglishCompetition
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World Education, Inc.
Developing reading benchmarks for new reading curriculum and a rapid reading response system (including the first literacy app in Khmer), to address reading difficulties for children in CambodiaCompetition
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YMCA Senegal
Generating a passion to read, through Read Right Now!, an after-school weekly reading session to improve students reading skillsCompetition
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What caused Maharashtra’s leap in reading?
Something very encouraging just happened in the Early Grade Reading (EGR) landscape of Maharashtra, India’s second largest state with a population of 120 million people.Digital Game-Based Learning for the Global South
DL4D examines the role of digital games in enhancing quality, equity and efficiency in Global South classrooms and other learning environments.Hugh Jackman supports the All Children Reading Grand Challenge
On International Literacy Day, actor and World Vision spokesman Hugh Jackman voiced his support for efforts to improve literacy for children in developing countries through ACR GCD.TEDxCERN: Reading for a billion, with Bollywood
PlanetRead President Brij Kothari asks from the TEDxCERN stage, "Imagine for a moment that you wake up and were unable to read, what would be the consequences in your life?"