Supporting e-education for visually & hearing impaired students in Egypt
Details of the organization
Name *
Islamic Development Bank
Country *
Saudi Arabia
Type *
International organizations
Information about the project
Project title *
Supporting e-education for visually & hearing impaired students in Egypt
Title acronym
E Education for Disb
Description *
The Project used ICT to break the vicious circle of the social exclusion of people with disabilities. E-Education was introduced in public schools of visually and hearing impaired students in Egypt, to improve their education quality and reduce the dropout ratio. The project transformed the curricula of the last two grades (750 lessons) of primary schools into electronic format, presented in sign language and audio files; deployed the e-lessons in schools (4) and shared them on a website and provided assistive technologies (visited so far by about 142,000 people). The project led to the Government’s consideration of generalizing the model adopted by it to all schools of students with disabilities.
Geographical coverage *
National implementation:
Egypt
Status *
Completed
from 01/01/2013
to
01/02/2015
Partners
Egypt ICT Trust Fund, which is an entity established by the Ministry of ICT, Egypt and the UNDP. Ministry of Education, Egypt
WSIS information
WSIS action lines related to this project
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E-learning
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to this project
Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
Project type *
Project
