Bahrain: Award nominations for the use of AI in education opened

  • Date: 27-Sep-2020
  • Source: Gulf Insider
  • Sector:Education
  • Country:Bahrain
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Bahrain: Award nominations for the use of AI in education opened

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has called for nominations for the UNESCO King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Prize for the use of ICT in Education.The theme for the 2020 award will be “The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance the continuity and quality of learning,” UNESCO said.The 2020 prize will recognize initiatives that use artificial intelligence (AI) to provide quality learning opportunities for marginalized learners or learners with physical or cognitive disabilities.It will also recognize initiative to accurately analyze difficulties faced by students studying in a language other than their mother tongue as well as initiatives to support teachers with a better diagnosis of learning problems and personally adaptive feedback to improve pedagogical responses.According to the selection criteria, the project should be relevant to