The Latest XPRIZE May Be The Most Important Yet

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The $15M Global Learning XPRIZE is a competition that challenges teams from around the world to develop open source and scalable software that will enable children in developing countries to teach themselves basic reading, writing and arithmetic.

The just-announced $15 Million dollar Global Learning XPRIZE is an approximately five-year competition challenging teams around the world to develop open source and scalable software that will enable children in developing countries to teach themselves basic reading, writing and arithmetic.

Founder of the XPRIXE, Peter Diamandis has said this is, "The most important launch we have ever done."

"This is the most important launch we have ever done."

For those who don’t know about XPRIZE, they strive to make the impossible possible and have tackled some of the world’s grandest challenges. This includes private spaceflight, 100 MPGe cars, oil-cleanup technology and most recently, competitions to go back to the Moon, address ocean acidification, and revolutionize healthcare.

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The Global Learning XPRIZE aims to create Open Source software that will teach a child to read, write, and perform basic  numeracy within 18 months without the aid of a teacher. This is not designed to replace teachers, but to provide an educational solution where little or none exists.

According to UNESCO figures, 250 million kids in the world today lack basic literacy skills. At these rates, it is estimated that two to three million teachers would be required to educate these children.

As you can imagine, this XPRIZE could have a profound impact on these kids and bringing nations out of poverty. You can find out more at http://learning.xprize.org.

An important part of this XPRIZE is a crowdfunding campaign that they are running to raise an additional $500,000 that will go towards furthering the impact and success of the prize. This money will go towards additional testing of the finalist’s technologies with more kids in more villages and towns, building infrastructure to help teams collaborative effectively, growing a global community of developers, designers, advocates and more, and investing in an open technology platform for society that will live on long past the awards from this prize have been handed out.

At 33rd Square, we believe this is a tremendously valuable XPRIZE, and would encourage our readers to go and contribute what you can at http://igg.me/at/learningxprize - there are a range of perks that might capture your interest too!

SOURCE  XPRIZE Foundation

By 33rd Square

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