Match & Teach Me: Blockchain, Psychometrics To Help Teach Refugees

Match & Teach Me: Blockchain, Psychometrics To Help Teach Refugees

In 2015, more than a million refugees from the Middle East sought asylum in Europe, in particular those from Syria, with many landing in Greece. Resettlement of these new immigrants can prove challenging because of a difference in language, culture, and education. A new blockchain-based startup, Match & Teach Me (which recently won 1st prize in a competition for innovation at the National Technical University of Athens), aims to solve the education problem by psychometrically matching the learning and teaching styles of refugees and teachers for a more effective education process.....


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