World Summit Youth Award c/o ICNM – International Center for New Media Leopoldskronstraße 30 | 5020 Salzburg | Austria +43-660-6304086 | [email protected] youthaward.org PRESS RELEASE United Nations Goals turned into High-tech Festival: iScuela from India shortlisted for prestigious Youth Award Hundreds of digital projects compete for the annual World Summit Youth Award. iScuela from India is one of the projects selected out of 422 projects that are in the race for the three-days Winners’ Event in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Salzburg, August 22, 2013 iScuela from India met the high demands of the online jury and enters the next round of the World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) 2013 in the category “Education For All”. This global contest is dedicated to young developers who employ digital technologies to turn the United Nations Millennium Development Goals into action. In “Education for all category”, iScuela is the only project from India and now competes against 13 other innovative youth projects. If it withstands critical inspection by an jury of internationally renowned ICT-experts, an invitation to Colombo, Sri Lanka, awaits the producer. iScuela+ is the world’s first educative platform which has extensive topics with highly rich multimedia content, on the latest Android operating system. This content is not only 3D but extensively interactive as well. The idea behind this product is to give an avenue to the kids to learn in a way that they want to. We have innovated new methods to deliver the content, all these methods need the child’s involvement which helps in keeping in-check their attention and focus levels. If the project succeeds, its creator will win a trip to Colombo for the WSYA Winners’ Event 2013, October 24-26. This price offers more than just an opportunity to explore the biggest city of the tropical island with its aquamarine waters and pristine shores. At one of the globally most important events for young ICT-developers, the next generation of IT- pioneers will have the chance to present their project in front of a high-level audience, including business leaders from the multimedia sector and creative industry, representatives of politics and NGOs and many more. Besides unique network opportunities, the event-agenda features workshops, seminars and keynote sessions dealing with the most important topics of the future. The absolute highlight of the event is the Award Ceremony and Gala at which the WSYA winners will be honored. The six categories of the World Summit Youth Award: Fight Poverty, Hunger and Disease! Education for All! Power 2 Women! Create your Culture! Go Green! Pursue Truth! iScuela is nominated in Education for All. About the World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) The WSYA is an annual award and a network for young people, under 30 years of age, using the Internet, mobile phones or other digital media to put the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) into action. The MDGs were set in 2000 by the UN to prompt member states and civil society to fight poverty, hunger and disease, inequalities, lack of education and environmental degradation. Find more information: youthaward.org facebook/youthaward twitter/youthaward Media Contact World Summit Youth Award: Angel Chacon Project Assistant, World Summit Youth Award [email protected] 0043-660-630408-6
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