UNICEF Announces Eduten as the Winner of the UNICEF EdTech Award

Press release — Turku, Finland. 23rd of May, 2022

Eduten proudly receives the UNICEF EdTech Award in the Extreme Tech Challenge, 2022.

“In a bid to disrupt the global education crisis, UNICEF Office of Innovation and the world’s largest start-up competition, The Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) through the UNICEF EdTech Awards tasked the global tech sector to develop solutions to improve or enhance the learning outcomes and experiences of 100 million children. This search for problem-solving ‘Blue Unicorns’, led to the submission of more than 124 education tech solutions from start-up companies in over 40 countries.”

UNICEF.org

Eduten, Finland’s most popular classroom learning platform was shortlisted, alongside 9 other excellent startups, with the potential to improve learning outcomes for 100 million children globally. The judges were impressed with Eduten’s evidence-based method and scalability potential.

“Our diverse judging panel deliberated for a long time, debating the various merits of each of the companies and ultimately chose you as the winner of this award.”

— UNICEF Learning Innovation Hub

“We are over the moon about this recognition by UNICEF on our journey to help 100 million children learn faster using pedagogical excellence from Finland. This award is an honour and a source of pride for our startup. We’re dedicated to continuing to create positive learning experiences for all students everywhere.”

Henri Muurimaa

CEO of Eduten

— Henri Muurimaa

About Eduten

Eduten is a spin-off from University of Turku that provides Finland’s most popular digital learning platform Eduten to educational institutions around the world. Eduten has proved its worth as a scientifically validated mathematics platform since 2011 by more than 860,000 users in Finland and 50+ other countries, including e.g. Qatar, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Australia, United States, United Arab Emirates, Chile, India, Japan and Mexico. Take a look at this short video to find out more about Eduten.

For more information, please contact:

Henri Muurimaa

CEO of Eduten

Henri Muurimaa

henri@eduten.com

+358 400 474 778

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