Jaago Foundation to receive UNESCO prize
UNB
Jaago Foundation, a Bangladeshi non-government organisation (NGO) and a German NGO are scheduled to receive Unesco King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for innovation in Education on Tuesday, reports UNB. The prize recognising two outstanding projects that make innovative use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in education for the benefit of disadvantaged groups will be awarded to the Online School Project, operated by Jaago Foundation in rural Bangladesh, and to Harnessing the Power of ICTs in Higher Education, run by the German NGO Kiron that serves displaced persons. This event will be preceded by a seminar with the laureates at 3pm (Bangladesh time). DG of Unesco Irina Bokova will present each winner with a prize certificate and US$ 25,000 in a ceremony at UNESCO Headquarters, to be held under the patronage of King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa of the Kingdom of Bahrain, according to a message received here from Unesco headquarters in Paris.
