IT Ministry announces winners of NEC 2020.

ISLAMABAD -- Ministry of Information and Technology on Sunday announced top 3 innovators of the National Education Challenge (NEC) 2020.

The announcement was made in a ceremony held here through a video link in the Ignite, the attached department of Ministry of IT and Telecommunication said a news release.

Secretary IT and Telecom Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui wass a chief guest on behalf of Federal Minister for IT and Telecom Syed Amin Ul Haq.

The challenge was launched on 18th of this month by the Ignite - MoITT through NIC Karachi to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 outbreak on education and literacy.

The top solution, Taleemabad clinched Rs. 1.5 million, the startup promises to increase engagement through different assessments that can be implemented on a daily-basis which will help individuals to overcome daily life challenges,. The first runner-up, Halla Gulla was awarded Rs. 1 million for their solution to address the importance of early childhood education and its impact on generating fast learning results besides building a strong foundation and second runner-up, Nativ Learning received 0.5 million for expanding the rate of literacy by making education material available in native languages which are seamless to understand.

The prize money has been awarded to these ingenious ideas as SEED Funding so that the young founders can further develop their products/solutions.

National Education Challenge received 150 applications from across Pakistan.

About 15 online training and mentoring sessions were conducted during the application phase to motivate innovators, educators, and technologists to participate in the challenge. Renowned tech educationists and industrialists Judged 150 ideas to select top 25 ideas which were further mentored by industry leaders to prepare them for pitching...