A pool of 1,100 applicants was whittled down by the judges of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) challenge. Tahereh Pazouki’s Magrid--which she developed as part of her PhD thesis at the University of Luxembourg--was selected as category. It was also the only start-up from Luxembourg that made it to the finals. Those selected in the MIT Solver class of 2022, which includes Magrid, will receive funding and are eligible to apply for the Solve Innovation Future venture fund. This latest achievement comes after Magrid .
Standing out from the crowd
As Pazouki points out in her application for MIT Solve, there is a mountain of edtech apps out there but very few are tested or scientifically validated, which is the case for Magrid. In addition to a currently ongoing study in the University of Carolina, Magrid is also going to be tested in Turkey and Portugal. The aim is to replicate the results of the studies conducted in Luxembourg and to add to the learning solution’s scientific backing.
“We have (an agreement with) a university in Turkey and also a university Portugal that is going to do research studies. In Portugal the idea is to focus on children who have dyslexia and the study actually starts in mid-September,” Pazouki told Delano.
Magrid’s next step
Currently, Magrid is focusing on the market in Portugal where it will aim to reach 100,000 children after which it will set its sights firmly on the US. LetzMath, the company which Pazouki created to run the programme has clients in Luxembourg, Portugal, Belgium and the US. The learning solution is specifically tailored to assist children with special education needs such as those on the autism spectrum, those with a migratory background and those with hearing difficulties or suspected to have dyslexia.
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