PARIS: A Spanish app to detect dyslexia among schoolchildren and a Brazilian programme to reduce illiteracy have been honoured with this year’s Unesco King Hamad Bin Isa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education.
The co-winners of the 11th edition of the award were announced by the Paris-based UN agency yesterday.
The theme of this year’s award focused on the use of artificial intelligence for innovation in teaching and learning.
The laureates were selected out of 113 nominees from Unesco member countries, based on the recommendation of a jury that included prominent international education experts.
The Brazilian programme aims to reduce illiteracy in the Portuguese language by improving training opportunities for students and teachers in secondary schools.
It also helps students in developing writing skills through an assessment workshop that integrates artificial intelligence and human intervention.
More than 65,000 students from the 26 Brazilian states have been using the programme since its launch in 2017.
The Spanish company, Change Dyslexia, conceived Dytective, an app to detect dyslexia within 15 minutes among Spanish-speakers.
It has so far benefited 270,000 children from 43 countries, who underwent free introductory diagnosis of dyslexia.
The award, initiated by His Majesty King Hamad, aims to promote the use of information and communication technology in education and encourage initiatives that provide and guarantee the right to education for all.
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