Educate Girls makes cut in HundrED 2021 Global Collection on K12 education

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 -- Educate Girls, a non-profit organisation working for girls’ education in the remotest villages of India, has announced its selection in HundrED 2021 Global Collection.

Internationally renowned education non-profit HundrED’s annual Global Collection highlights 100 of the most impactful innovations in K12 education worldwide.

HundrED is a Finland-based global not for profit which discovers, researches, and shares inspiring innovations in K12 education, according to a statement.

Educate Girls’ innovation was reviewed by 150 Academy Members consisting of academics, educators, innovators, funders and leaders from over 50 countries.

“Using advanced analytics and community mobilisation to identify, enrol and retain girls in schools from the most marginalised communities in rural India, we aim to empower over a million girls to access quality education,” said #EducateGirls Founder, Safeena Husain.

Since 2007, Educate Girls has enrolled over 750,000 girls in schools, improving learning outcomes for over 1.3 million children. It is well-known for the world’s first Development Impact Bond and becoming the first Audacious Project in Asia.

More details at www.EducateGirls.ngo.

-- BERNAMA