Awards & Recognition
World Bank - Wharton Business School
2020 Ideas for Action - Winner
This annual contest is supported by the World Bank and the Zicklin Center of the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania. It provides a unique platform for young entrepreneurs, fostering innovative ideas to solve the world’s most pressing development challenges. Teach the World's Enhancing Literacy and Numeracy (ELAN) program - which combines innovative technology with simple and cost-effective learning solutions for children - was selected as one of the 7 winners amongst 4000 submissions.
UNESCO - Harvard Publication
2021 Publication - Featured
Teach the World was featured in UNESCO's book, with joint publication by Harvard University, “Learning to Build Back Better Futures for Education: Lessons from educational innovation during the covid-19 pandemic" along with 20+ other leading innovators in education.
MIT Solve - Tiger IT
2019 - Challenge for Bangladesh - Finalist
The Tiger Challenge aims to find and support start-ups that will provide quality education, healthcare, and employment opportunities, and promote Bangladesh as a country that fosters innovation. We were on of the 12 finalists and our Founder and CEO Shafiq Khan physically went to Dhaka to present our solution Enhancing Literacy and Numeracy (ELAN) in Bangladesh.
ASU+GSV and Holon IQ
2021 EdTech Creator Challenge - Winner Top 25
Teach the World was one of the top 25 winners of this challenge, which is sponsored by Unity, Amazon Web Services, ASU+GSV Ventures and Holon-IQ. The EdTech Creator Challenge aims to empower creators to change the landscape of education and support all learners. The jury of the challenge is composed of 60 judges who went through 250 applications and picked us and 24 other digital education pioneers.
ASU-GSV
2020 Elite 200 - Featured
We were one of the Elite 200 organizations selected to present and showcase our work at the online ASU+GSV Conference (the largest digital learning conference in the world) held online in 2020.
Roddenberry Foundation Prize
2020 Prize - Semi-Finalist
This Prize is geared to highlight extraordinary organizations and support their efforts towards greater impact. Criteria for the Prize are innovativeness, potential for impact, vision, and track record. We were one of the semi-finalists that made it to Round 2 for the 2020 Roddenberry prize.
Zurich Innovation Challenge
2020 Challenge - Finalist
This Championship is a worldwide challenge for entrepreneurs. It aims to uncover the best new innovative solutions to meet the changing needs of customers. There are four categories in this Championship: Insurance Reimagined, Simplicity, Prevention & Mitigation, and Sustainability. The winners are selected by senior executives from the Zurich Insurance company. We were one of the finalists for their country round in the 2020 challenge.