From UNICEF (in collaboration with its partners) formulas are being explored through which technology can contribute to increase girls' access to education and improve the quality of learning for all boys in general. There are experiences that demonstrate that new technologies can play a leading role in this area.
I tell you this because it is one of the relevant news of the Second International Day of the Girl celebrated today (October 11), and in which the organization dedicated to Children highlights the power of innovation to ensure that more and more girls go to school. There are still many girls in the world who are denied quality education and the possibility of reaching their full potential.
Experience shows that even a single year of high school represents for a girl at least a 25% increase in her salary when she becomes a worker. But millions of girls are still out of school today, including 31 million girls of primary school ageIn South Africa, the TechnoGirls alliance, in which UNICEF, the government and more than 100 private sector companies participate, has linked 10,000 teenage girls with mentors from the technology sector to boost their skills and their preparation for future work.
Innovation also helps to reach isolated places so that many girls (and boys) can benefit); for example, in Uganda, EduTrack uses text messages to connect students and schools with UNICEFIn this way they can report on their learning, quality of their teachers and violence in schools.
Innovation can also mean addressing new methods to overcome other obstacles that prevent girls from going to school, such as improving sanitation facilities and improving the safety of girls on their way home from school
UNICEF Executive Director (Anthony Lake) states that the use of new instruments and the generation of ideas will lead to a greater number of girls being reached for enable them access to education.
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