Educate Girls' solution selected at MIT Solve's Learning for Girls & Women challenge 2020

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 22 -- Educate Girls, a non-profit working in remote, rural regions of India, has announced its solution to ‘Empower 1.5 million girls to go to school’ has been selected as one of the 2020 new Solver class at MIT Solve Challenge Finals.

According to a statement, MIT Solve, an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute for Technology, is a marketplace for social impact innovations.

The incoming 2020 Solver Class was selected by Solve’s expert judges from a pool of over 2,600 applicants from 135 countries.

“Our programme model is focused on behavioural, social and economic transformation to ensure all girls get access to quality education. We leverage advanced analytics and community outreach to ensure higher enrolment, retention and improved learning outcomes for out-of-school-girls,” said Educate Girls Founder, Safeena Husain.

Making it to the top seven in the Learning for Girls and Women category, Educate Girls is now among 2020’s new Solver Class of 35 tech-based social entrepreneurs that address global challenges through their innovative social change solutions.

Educate Girls’ solution directly addresses this year’s challenge of how marginalised girls and young women can access quality learning opportunities to succeed.

More details at www.EducateGirls.ngo.

-- BERNAMA