ITWORX Education Launches Mavericks, a One-of-a-kind Blended Learning School in Cairo
In the structure of understanding its overarching mission to empower knowledge-based economies around the world, non-traditional educational efforts forerunner ITWORX Education, a Cairo-based ITWORX division backed by the EuroMena Fund, in collaboration with other entities has actually just recently released "Mavericks"; a new blended learning school in Cairo, aimed at offering inexpensive world-class education.
Through the mixed learning model, ITWORX Education is leveraging innovation to tackle numerous challenges simultaneously: high rates of quality education, inconsistency of curriculums and academic standards, minimal access and accessibility to learning, and employability, amongst lots of others, and wishes to see it scale to other markets dealing with these and comparable difficulties.
As such, the design sits on a four-fold value proposal: adaptability of content delivery types and direction modes-- online, digital and in person-- constant evaluation using data analytics and files; customized, self-paced learning utilizing sophisticated software application; and multi-location learning access-- in class, from house and off campus.
Talking about the launch, Mr. Hatem Sallam, CEO of ITWORX Education, stated:
"In our quest to provide underserved areas the world over with cost effective technology-centered world-class education, the blended knowing model is the best step forward, and is a natural extension of our vision and objective to transform education through technology. Under its strategic objective of producing virtual schools, ITWORX Education is proud to provide its newest task, the new blended knowing school 'Mavericks' in Cairo".
Sallam included: "With the launch of this ingenious school, we are breaking obstacles of access, connection and facilities in addition to producing a wealth of opportunities that when scaled and cross-leveraged on a worldwide level, can truly take full advantage of the possible and impact of knowledge-based economies".
Having actually topped the year 2015 with a multitude of groundbreaking options, programs and effective efforts, ITWORX Education has actually pledged to bring more transformative changes in the education landscape through technology in 2016 and well into the future.
Mavericks is arranged to open in the 2016-2017 academic year and is accepting students from KG to year 4.
"While ITWORX Education's tasks are multi-faceted in scale, scope and section, they fall under a wider vision to supply equal chance to quality education for students across the world. With this task, we're breaking cost and income disparity barriers to education with the sheer power of technology and development.
Throughout the 2016 edition of BETT, EMEA's leading Ed-tech exhibition and conference, kept in London from January 20-23, ITWORX Education highlighted making use of the combined knowing model in its most recent Cairo-based task in a session titled "World Class Education Made Affordable"; a deep dive discussion into how non-traditional knowing designs can break down the obstacles of conventional schooling and extend the reach of education to those who require it.
The panel discussion featured Mavericks COO Seif Abozaid, and Ahmed Saeed, ITWORX Education Business Development Director, who spoke about the company's recent deal with Syrian refugees and the power of assembling digital technology with disruptive innovation in the education space. During the panel discussion, Marc Chabaan, MS MEA Education Lead, also discussed ITWORX Education's Global Alliance with Microsoft which offers EduShare, ITWORX Education's content management system, for free to education districts on Microsoft Office 365.
