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10 Minute School
FoundedMay 2015; 9 years ago (2015-05)
FounderAyman Sadiq [1]
TypeEducation Technology Company
Location
ServicesE-learning, Education
Official languages
Bengali, English
OwnerAyman Sadiq
(founder and Executive Director)
Key people
Ayman Sadiq (CEO)
Employees
57 (January 22, 2017)
Website10minuteschool.com

10 Minute School is a non-profit educational organization created in 2015 by educator Ayman Sadiq[3] and supported by Robi[4][5][6] with a goal of creating an accessible place for people to be educated.[7] The organization produces short lectures in the form of YouTube and Facebook live videos.[8] Its website also includes supplementary practice exercises and tools for educators.[9] All resources are available to users of the website. The website and its content are provided mainly in Bangali.

History

10 Minute School was founded by Ayman Sadiq in 2015.[10] At that time he was a student of IBA, University of Dhaka and was inspired by similar e-learning websites like Khan academy, TED, Coursera etc and he thought of creating a similar website where the courses would be taken in Bangla to help students in Bangladesh.[11] [12]

Services

10 Minute School provides:

  • Content on topics including math, science, history, and literature
  • Progress reports to help people track what they have learned and recommend what they can do next
  • A wide range of interactive videos to learn
  • Live classes to directly interact with the students
  • Quizzes and model tests to practice
  • Integrated platform to track progress of the learning experience
  • Blog with all sorts of educational information
  • Open Skill Development program for all

Awards

  • BRAC Manthan Digital Innovation Award.[13]
  • Prothom Alo feature
  • Daily Star feature
  • Swiss Embassy Award for Social Impact[14][15]

References

  1. ^ "Ayman Sadiq, founder of 10 Minute School speaks to the audience". The Daily Star.
  2. ^ "About". 10 Minute School.
  3. ^ "পোকেমন মাস্টার থেকে অনলাইন স্কুল মাস্টার". Priyo.com.
  4. ^ "ডিজিটাল শিক্ষার প্রসারে 'টেন মিনিট স্কুল' এর সাথে রবি". Official website of Robi.
  5. ^ "Robi-10 Minute School gains momentum". Financial Express Bangladesh.
  6. ^ "Mobile operator Robi launches digital education platform '10 Minute School'". Bangladesh News 24 hours.
  7. ^ "Deal signed to impart digital education". The Daily Star.
  8. ^ "আপনার কি ১০ মিনিট সময় হবে?". Prothom Alo.
  9. ^ "Learning in 10 Minutes". The Daily Star.
  10. ^ "১০ মিনিটের পাঠশালা". Kaler Kantho.
  11. ^ "একটি স্কুল যুক্ত সারা দেশ!". The Daily Ittefaq.
  12. ^ "১০ মিনিটের স্কুল". Samakal.
  13. ^ "10 Minute School wins BRAC Manthan Award". Dhaka Tribune.
  14. ^ "Field Buzz named champion of Seedstars Dhaka 2016". The Daily Star.
  15. ^ "10 Minute School wins Swiss Embassy Award". NTV Bangladesh.