Caspar Groeneveld
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We hit 50,000 users with our AI-powered chatbot tutor, Lalah! From sci-fi to reality 🚀 Lalah was inspired by the robot on Sciencestan – our space-based edutainment adventure show. #Afghanistan #EdTech #AIinEducation #EducationInEmergencies #LearningEverywhere
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Important recognition for our education work in Afghanistan. Through SENF TV, digital learning and our AI chatbot in Dari & Pashto, digital and offline delivery are now core infrastructure where schools are closed. #Afghanistan #EducationInCrisis #EdTech #DohaForum2025
The Doha Forum has presented its annual award to Alex Thier and Saad Mohseni this year for their “transformative” work in challenging environments such as Palestine and Afghanistan to provide proper education for children. 🟠 LIVE updates: https://t.co/l9wcCeaiUg
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Honored to have Lapis’ work recognized! Thank you @DohaForum
This year, @DohaForum has awarded Saad Mohseni and Alex Thier for their strides in supporting children's education in #Palestine and #Afghanistan. Qatar's Amir Sheikh @TamimBinHamad Al Thani presented the winners their awards, congratulating them during the opening ceremony of
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This year, @DohaForum has awarded Saad Mohseni and Alex Thier for their strides in supporting children's education in #Palestine and #Afghanistan. Qatar's Amir Sheikh @TamimBinHamad Al Thani presented the winners their awards, congratulating them during the opening ceremony of
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5/ 🎓 Try Lalah now: 👉 https://t.co/Bq1rtpYcYH And read more about how we built it, with our amazing partners: 🔗
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🚸 How do you reach girls who can’t go to school? In Afghanistan, this is not a theoretical question but daily reality. So we built a solution that meets girls where they are. With our partners,...
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4/ Lalah is named after the female robot in our “Sciencestan” series. Like her namesake, she helps Afghan girls learn safely, quietly, and persistently. Even in the hardest places.
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3/ Why Lalah matters: 🧠 Step-by-step learning, no shortcuts 📚 15M+ words of aligned content via RAG 🗣️ Native Dari & Pashto ➗ STEM-ready with rendered LaTeX formulas 🔐 Privacy by design: no personal data, no politics 💬 On WhatsApp 🆓 Free to use
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2/ With our partners, we had already created: 📡 Educational TV & radio 📱 On-demand video & YouTube 💻 Digital learning platforms Lalah is the next step: A free, private, curriculum-aligned chatbot that meets girls where they are.
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🧵 1/ 🚸 In Afghanistan, girls are banned from school. So we built Lalah (لاله): a safe, AI-powered WhatsApp tutor that helps out-of-school learners study in Dari and Pashto. Here’s how it works 👇
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Do you know of digital learning resources about Foundational #Literacy and #Numeracy (FLN)? @LearnEQ is interested! Learn how you can help their team gather insights on the FLN landscape in just 10 minutes:
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Learning Equality is seeking support to scope the FLN digital resource landscape to identify what can be used in low-connectivity contexts
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Rachel Hinton at @FCDOGovUK’s @GEEAP_ report launch finds there’s currently no evidence that radio instruction is effective (but research is limited). With tongue in cheek: of all the #EdTech that doesn’t work, at least it’s least expensive per learner
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In 2021 @UNICEF ESARO @UNESCO @UNHCR_Education @INEEtweets collaborated with @GlobalEdTechHub 2 develop a Regional Learning Hub. Pleased 2 share recommendations & lessons from the journey. More ~🔗 https://t.co/Oni5n4iVQ2 RT @UNICEFAfrica @WBG_Education @cgroenev
#evidence4edtech
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@GlobalEdTechHub in Tanzania is looking for a co-lead. The person will be key in co-leading the design & implementation of country strategy in #Tanzania. #jobsearch #opportunity APPLY!🔗 https://t.co/5uBdypsjGD
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The status of education in #Kenya in @usawaagenda's new "Are All Our Children Learning 2021" report. Real gains in #Kenya's learning outcomes are threatened by school closures for #COVID. All hands on deck for #remediallearning as children #returntoschool.
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🗓️Event Alert: Join us 22 Feb for an EdTech Hub workshop on "Using ‘Building Blocks’ to develop digital education platforms cheaper and faster." Register here: https://t.co/zjsi4X1YdZ
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Rebecca Crook from @MetisCollective: "We need proximate leaders in education. Those close to the problem are the key to the solution!" I wonder, how can we best support such a grassroots approach? #ReimaginED
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Q&A during 8th session after a presented by @VollanOchieng, Caspar and Kabay, and @mngware chairing the session presenting evidence on #EdTech #EE4A @aphrc @atiabu @thiongo391 @DrJohnMuchira @nelson_gichuhi @EE4A_Kenya during the 4th Biennial EE4A conference
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Can you help us find specific, openly licensed content for the sub-Saharan context? Or do you know people who might? https://t.co/2maeAbA2sC via @LinkedIn
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Can you help us find specific, openly licensed content for different modalities and purposes? We are specifically looking, and only looking, for two content modules: Grade 2 or early grades language...
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.@ciksmbugua presenting our overview of research of #edtech in #Kenya at the #EE4A2021. Teacher Professional Development in #edtech has the largest evidence base; personalised learning needs more #research. #EdTechHub Report available at
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An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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At the #EE4A2021, @benlpiper presenting the Cost-Effective Approaches to Improve Global Learning report. Personalised learning can be very cost-effective--but only if implemented well. Report is at https://t.co/hcvgfH4xVp
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#equity #inclusion #technology #girlsandtech
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