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Solution Overview

Solution Name:

eduvidNG Skills

One-line solution summary:

A massive offline course that comes in a preloaded & encrypted USB/SD Card compatible with smart devices that can be used in offgrid places

Pitch your solution.

The Covid-19 pandemic saw over 165 million students out of school and over 26 million jobs lost in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region. Also women, informal workers, youth, lower-skilled workers, people with disabilities, and indigenous peoples in LAC still lack online access because of the high cost of internet data, lack of internet coverage, unstable internet connection, high cost of device which makes elearning difficult for these ones making the offline populace not to benefit since unequal access to education via digital platforms means unequal access to economic opportunities.

eduvidNG Skills is an offline internet idea to bridge the digital divide by enabling women, informal workers, youth, lower-skilled workers, people with disabilities, and indigenous peoples in Latin America and Caribbean region access relevant ICT skills from their SD cards/dongles connected unto a smartphone, laptop or computer offline with instructional content and be certified with microcredentials upon completion.

What specific problem are you solving?

eduvidNG solves the problem of access to relevant digital instructional ICT skills for women, informal workers, youth, lower-skilled workers, people with disabilities, and indigenous peoples in Latin America and Caribbean region

eduvidNG solves the problem of access to relevant digital instructional ICT skills for women, informal workers, youth, lower-skilled workers, people with disabilities, and indigenous peoples Latin America and Caribbean region without internet data

Those whose education has been disrupted like the 165 million students who were out of school.

eduvidNG solves the problem of personalized and adaptive learning

eduvidNG certifies enrollees with microcredentials upon completion of the ICT skills training

What is your solution?

eduvidNG Skills is a massive offline course that comes in SD Cards or USBs compatible with laptops, smartphones or tablets that enables quality ICT skills educational content available offline at all times anywhere in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and certifies enrollees with microcredentials upon completion of the training.

eduvidNG Skills will host Artificial Intelligence courses like: AI Programming with Python, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Deep Reinforcement Learning, Intro to Machine Learning with PyTorch, Intro to Machine Learning with TensorFlow, Machine Learning Engineering and Natural Language Processing.

eduvidNG Skills will host Data Science courses like: Business Analytics, Data Analysis, Data Engineering, Data Science, Data Streaming, Data Visualization, Predictive Analytics For Business, Programming for Data Science with Python, Programming for Data Science with R, SQL.

eduvidNG Skills will host Programming & Development courses like: Agile Software Development, Android Basics, Android Development, Blockchain Development , C++, Data Engineering, Data Structures and Algorithms, Front End Web Development, Full Stack Web Development, Intermediate JavaScript, Introduction to Cybersecurity, Introduction to Programming, iOS Developer, Java Development, React

eduvidNG uses machine learning to enable adaptive learning and also provides learner data through iOT (learning engagement, performance, self-regulated learning, retention, demographics etc).

Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?

eduvidNG Skills serves interested learners in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region who cannot afford to be online or in offgrid regions, to this end eduvidNG skills serves and certifies the following targeted enrollees with microcredentials upon completion of the ICT skills training:

Youth in Latin America and Caribbean offgrid regions

Women in Latin America and Caribbean offgrid regions

Informal workers in Latin America and Caribbean offgrid regions

Out-of-school children in Latin America and Caribbean offgrid regions

Secondary school students in Latin America and Caribbean offgrid regions

Tertiary students in Latin America and Caribbean offgrid regions

Lower-skilled workers in Latin America and Caribbean offgrid regions

People with disabilities in Latin America and Caribbean offgrid regions

Indigenous peoples in Latin America and Caribbean offgrid regions

Which dimension of the TPrize Challenge does your solution most closely address?

Promote the assessment and recognition of skills developed outside the formal educational system

Explain how the problem you are addressing, the solution you have designed, and the population you are serving align with the TPrize Challenge.

Problem: The Covid-19 pandemic saw over 165 million students out of school and over 26 million jobs were lost in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region. Covid-19 also amplified LAC’s existing inequities by disproportionately affecting women, informal workers, youth, lower-skilled workers, people with disabilities, and Indigenous peoples.

Solution: A massive offline course that comes preloaded and encrypted in SD Cards or USBs compatible with smartphones, tablets and laptops that can be used by offline learners in Latin America and Caribbean wherever, whenever without internet connection and certifies the enrollees with microcredentials upon completion of training.

In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?

Calabar, Nigeria

What is your solution’s stage of development?

Concept: An idea being explored for its feasibility to build a product, service, or business model based on that idea.

Explain why you selected this stage of development for your solution.

eduvidNG Skills is a concept that will work easily in offgrid regions even though it has not yet been realized. The barriers to internet adoption in low resource environments makes its essence very expedient especially for enhancing personalised remote skills learning in Latin America and Caribbean.

Who is the Team Lead for your solution?

Paul Ingiona Adie