Award-winning EdTech enterprise SABAQ, and Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate for research and outreach purposes in order to contribute towards building a robust education ecosystem in Pakistan. The MoU was signed by Hassan Bin Rizwan, CEO & Co-founder of SABAQ, and Dr Mariam Chughtai, Associate Dean and Assistant Professor at the LUMS School of Education.
This agreement between SABAQ and LUMS School of Education (SOE) will provide a unique opportunity for the involved parties to research and study the strengths, challenges and best practices of SABAQ’s partner schools, in an effort to bring research-backed and evidence-based improvements in the education sector in Pakistan.
Speaking on the occasion, Hassan commented, “This partnership will prove as a major stepping stone in our collective efforts to create an environment of high-quality education. We expect the research to yield insightful information to further help us create a better learning atmosphere for students, improve their learning gains and create a more robust education scenario.”
Founded in 2015, SABAQ is an education technology initiative that has reached 100,000 children in low-cost and low resource environments till date. Its flagship application, Muse, has helped increase access to education technology in over 1,000 low-cost public and private schools in Pakistan.