Safeena Husain honored with prestigious WISE Award for Education
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30-11-2023
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Safeena Husain, founder of Educate Girls, has been awarded the prestigious WISE Award for Education during the WISE 11 conference.
- The WISE Award by Qatar Foundation reflects Safeena Husain's commitment to efforts to reduce the gender gap in education in India.
- The WISE Award is the first international award to honor an individual for outstanding contributions to education.
- Educate Girls, an organization led by Safeena Husain, provides an example of an innovative approach where AI is being used to identify villages with a high number of out-of-school girls.
- Using this information, more than 21,000 gender champions go door-to-door in the most remote villages to identify these girls.
- The organization works in partnership with the Government of India and communities to provide them with the opportunity to re-engage in the formal education system.
- Educate Girls has inspired more than 14 lakh girls to enroll and helped more than 19 lakh students receive remedial education through a comprehensive approach in the states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.
About Educate Girls:
- Educate Girls is a non-profit organization that works to organize communities to support the education of girls in rural and educationally backward areas of India.
- Educate Girls is currently successfully working in over 24,000 villages in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, working in partnership with the government.
- In keeping with the 'Right to Education Act' and the government's vision to create better access to primary education, it has led to more than 14 lakh girls enrolling in school.
About WISE:
- WISE is an international platform that aims to promote innovation in the education sector.
- It was established in 2009 by the Qatar Foundation.
- The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) has evolved into an international, multi-sector forum dedicated to promoting innovation and evidence-based approaches in education.
- Chairperson – Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser
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