ISLAMABAD: The Business Intelligence Group has recognised Jazz Smart Schools programme as the “Sustainability Initiative of the Year.” Jazz, Pakistan’s largest digital company has received other awards for this unique programme.

The group made the announcement in their annual Sustainability Awards programme. The sought-after award recognizes high-impact individuals, teams, and organisations that make sustainability an integral part of their business practices.

The Jazz Smart School Programme increased student-learning outcomes and the teaching methodology by adopting a digital learning solution for public schools. The content was based on existing national educational curriculum that was made more relevant and engaging for students. This programme was deployed through an online blended learning platform across 75 government schools for girls. The two-year pilot programme began in 2017 and has impacted over 26,000 middle-school girls and 900 women teachers and principals, says a press release issued here.

The architecture of the activities and indicators are in alignment with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030. Given the strong digital monitoring component via mobile applications, the federal government education department now makes informed policy and decisions about these schools.

“We understand that digital education is the future of learning. This is why we design initiatives that connect the right tools to create capacity development for not just students but also for the teachers,” said Aamir Ibrahim, CEO at Jazz.

The company believes in bridging the digital literacy gap for Pakistan so the country can live its full economic potential as it becomes a formidable emerging economy.

Mahboob Mahmood, Founder of Knowledge Platform, the educational solutions company, noted, “This is the first edtech project to have successfully scaled in Pakistan, and has been driven by a really strong public-private partnership among the Federal Directorate of Education, Jazz and Knowledge Platform.”—PR