SolarPowered Floating Schools in Bangladesh

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The non-profit organization Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha introduced solar-powered floating schools in Bangladesh to ensure children's uninterrupted education even during the height of the monsoon season. In addition to 'Transforming Education', the initiative was judged to have best provided innovative financing of primary education. • From the outset, the guiding principle was that if children cannot come to school, then school should come to them. The floating school is a combination of school bus and schoolhouse. • The boats collect students from riverside villages, dock at a final destination and provide on-board small-group instruction. After class, the boats take students back to their homes and then go on to pick up other groups. Each boat school has a classroom for 30 students, an Internet-linked laptop, a library and electronic resources, and provides basic primary education up to grade IV. • 2012 WISE Awards Winner • SUBSCRIBE to get more videos from WISE: http://www.youtube.com/WISEQatar?sub_... • World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) is an international, multi-sectoral and action-oriented platform for innovation in education that connects innovators, nurtures new ideas, and recognizes and supports successful initiatives that are helping revitalize education. • For more information about WISE: http://www.wise-qatar.org • Follow WISE on Twitter: / wise_tweets • Like WISE on Facebook: / wiseqatar

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