Our Objective

Innovation Development works towards identifying persistent challenges in global education, designing and developing innovative solutions to make learning accessible to all, particularly to the hardest-to-reach children and youth in underserved communities.

Our Approach

Through its Ideas Lab, ID works with its partners to gather real-time intelligence and tailor-make solutions around student gaps, needs, resource accessibility, and community context, through fast, data-driven designs.

Our belief in empowering people and communities to innovate and problem-solve lays at the heart of our commitment to the IDD project.

We focus on projects that hold the potential to produce solutions that are tailor-made for our target communities, are cost-effective and implementable, are sustainable, and are in line with our values and work.

Our Impact

• ID has reached and enhanced the education of over 6.4 million children through direct programs and broader dissemination efforts. *
• Partners reported 100% overall satisfaction across ID-tested solutions. *
• ID has published six articles in various international journals and publications including OECD, Harvard, UNESCO, and INEE. *
• ID has been recognized by 4 global awards including the WISE Awards, mEducation Alliance Awards, HundrED Rapid Response Award, and QS-Wharton Reimagine Education Award. *

* As of November 2023

Our Solutions

• Internet Free Education Resource Bank (IFERB): A universally accessible collection of cost-free, technology-free, and low-resource requiring project-based learning resources, games, and activities for hands-on, exploratory, and student-led learning.
• IFERB Education in Emergencies: IFERB content that caters to the specific educational and socioemotional needs of refugees from specific contexts including Ukraine and Afghanistan.
• Digital School Program: A programme that supports out-of-school adolescents through flexible and adaptable hybrid learning towards a recognized pathway.
• Livelihoods Programme: Holistic education aimed to equip out-of-school children and youth with the skills needed to tackle livelihood-related challenges that are resulting from climate change.
• Evoke: An award-winning, multiplayer online educational experience.