UNESCO prize handed over to JAAGO foundation

JAAGO Foundation, a Bangladeshi non-government organisation (NGO), has received UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa award on Tuesday for the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in education, says a press release.

The award is the recognition of JAAGO Foundation’s work in eradicating poverty by providing quality education through ICT to the underprivileged community in the remote areas of Bangladesh through online school.
The award was announced by Daniel Burgos, chairman, International Jury for the Prize Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, handed over the prize to Korvi Rakshand, Founder of JAAGO Foundation, in the presence of Shaikh Muhammad Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister and Dr Majed Bin Ali Al-Noaimi, Minister of Education of the Kingdom of Bahrain, at the Headquarter of UNESCO in Paris.
UNESCO has been reorganizing innovations in teaching and learning that leverage technology to improve educational outcomes since 2005. JAAGO Foundation has been operating 10 online schools in Bangladesh in partnership with Grameenphone Ltd and Agni Systems Ltd. JAAGO Foundation is also running three conventional schools for underprivileged children. 
Online Schools provide quality education in remote areas of Bangladesh through video conference system providing to high quality teaching staff from Dhaka. 

UNESCO prize handed over to JAAGO foundation

JAAGO Foundation, a Bangladeshi non-government organisation (NGO), has received UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa award on Tuesday for the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in education, says a press release. The award is the recognition of JAAGO Foundations work in eradicating poverty by providing quality education through ICT to the underprivileged community in the remote areas of Bangladesh through online school. The award was announced by Daniel Burgos, chairman, International Jury for the Prize Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, handed over the prize to Korvi Rakshand, Founder of JAAGO Foundation, in the presence of Shaikh Muhammad Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister and Dr Majed Bin Ali Al-Noaimi, Minister of Education of the Kingdom of Bahrain, at the Headquarter of UNESCO in Paris. UNESCO has been reorganizing innovations in teaching and learning that leverage technology to improve educational outcomes since 2005. JAAGO Foundation has been operating 10 online schools in Bangladesh in partnership with Grameenphone Ltd and Agni Systems Ltd. JAAGO Foundation is also running three conventional schools for underprivileged children. Online Schools provide quality education in remote areas of Bangladesh through video conference system providing to high quality teaching staff from Dhaka.