StudyBox 2.0 has allowed learners in this community to catch up with their education and prepare for their secondary school exit examinations. School infrastructure in this community was destroyed in successive cyclones, Idai and Kenneth in 2019, and given the communitys lack of access to internet, learners in the community went for nearly 2 years without any form of formal education due to COVID-19 induced disruptions to education delivery. StudyBox 2.0 has to date benefitted over 3,000 learners in Chikukwa Village in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe. StudyBox 2.0 uses these technologies to close the divide and prepares learners who have traditionally been left behind for higher education and employment opportunities in contemporary work roles. Single-board computer technology, Virtual Realty headsets and Augmented Reality devices have mainly been used online and they have contributed towards widening the digital divide between learners in rural and urban areas. This increases users familiarity with contemporary and emerging digital technologies, and develops users digital literacy skills, making them better able to integrate into digitalised societies and tap into economic opportunities which are consistent with the 4th industrial revolution. With StudyBox 2.0, users who previously did not have access education are able to get a quality education and develop their digital skills. StudyBox 2.0 bridges the digital divide between learners in rural and urban areas. Impact of your enterprise on sustainable development StudyBox 2.0 kits are sold to schools and community-based institutions through which teachers and learners access the resources: delivering an instant lifeline to entire schools at a fraction of the cost of conventional approaches. StudyBox 2.0 makes curriculum-aligned digital courseware accessible at a fraction of the cost of textbooks and is ideal for instructor led classroom-based learning, and self-paced student-led learning. The high cost of internet access makes it impossible for many learners to use internet-based resources for learning and so StudyBox 2.0 is ideal to solve the challenge of lack of access to educational resources for the millions of learners facing this challenge. The same challenge is experienced in other countries, making StudyBox 2.0 a fitting solution to a global problem. In Zimbabwe, 68% of learners are in rural areas and have limited access to textbooks, qualified experienced teachers, classrooms, and laboratories. StudyBox 2.0 makes education accessible to learners offline and off-the-grid, serving mostly low-resource communities. The Augmented Reality devices overlay educational content on wearable technology, giving learners 3-dimentional visual appreciation of what they are learning. The curriculum-aligned Virtual Reality experiences simulate experiments and other kinaesthetic learning experiences, providing learners the opportunity to have near-real experiences of experiments in the absence of laboratories. The courseware is developed with the input of qualified, experienced teachers and the Ministry of Education to ensure that it accurately maps to the curriculum. The devices, which are preloaded with digital courseware which is aligned to the local curriculum, make digital content accessible to learners offline and off-the-grid to support primary and secondary school education. StudyBox 2.0 kits are digital technology sets which contain a StudyBox top set, which is a digital courseware server which has been developed by Learning Factory, 2 Virtual Reality headsets and 5 augmented reality devices.
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