Technology for Improved Education in Comitancillo, Guatemala

The $100,000 grant from 60 million girls to Change for Children (CFCA) is designed to improve the quality of education in 35 indigenous communities of Guatemala’s western highlands through a multi-faceted strategy designed to promote long-term sustainable learning. The project has three main objectives: 1) Improve teacher capacity to provide quality education and implement a gender action plan with the use of mobile learning technology; 2) Develop high-quality, culturally-relevant educational resources, including resources on gender equality; 3) Pilot research on improving math learning with mobile learning technology. CFCA will construct two permanent technology classrooms that will be equipped with 60 million girls’ Mobile Learning Labs in two of the 35 communities. Eight additional Mobile Learning Labs will travel to the other 33 communities for use in local schools. This project will address two key barriers to indigenous girls’ education and learning in Guatemala: the lack of accessible, quality education due to deficits in teacher training and educational resources, and learning environments and curriculum that do not promote girls’ rights and gender equality.