IT Ministry declares winners of National Education Challenge 2020.

ISLAMBAD -- Top 3 innovators of the National Education Challenge were announced in a ceremony that was held on Sunday through a video link by the Ignite - MoITT. Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui, Secretary IT and Telecom graced the event as chief guest on behalf of Federal Minister for IT and Telecom 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 was announced as a winner and clinched Rs1.5 million. The first runner-up, was awarded Rs1 million for their solution to (solution one-liner) and second runner-up, received 0.5 million for (solution one-liner). The prize money has been awarded to these ingenious ideas as SEED Funding so that the young founders can further develop their products/solutions.

The National Education Challenge received 150 applications from across Pakistan. 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 in the semi-final which was held on 26-27 June 2020. 10 ideas made to the grand...