#17 Ridhwana Khan, Kasi Maths: 3 Ways to Teach Tech Skills Holistically

Published: Jan. 22, 2020, 8:16 a.m.

Ridhwana Khan, Senior Software Engineer at Smile Identity, co-founded Kasi Maths in response to something she noticed: South Africa’s education system doesn’t set learners up well to access and thrive in tech and STEM-related careers. This is especially true for learners from underserved communities who don’t have much exposure to tech and experience language barriers in learning. This is why Ridhwana believes skilled professionals/developers have the ability and responsibility to help where they can.

We spoke to Ridhwana about how her non profit, Kasi Maths, works to address these issues by solidifying basic digital skills and knowledge, using a holistic learning environment that exposes students to STEM in the real world, and visual teaching that bridges language barriers.

Read the blog post here! (http://bit.ly/2TMucSE)