Kortext announced today that it is working with HP to help children around the world study smarter. Any child using an HP Windows Education Edition device will now have access to a free library of selected digital textbooks through the Kortext app, providing one-touch access to core textbooks available online and offline for an instant, on-the-go learning. The core textbooks will be from renowned publishers Oxford University Press (OUP) and Routledge, with other publishers looking to add to the collection in due course. In addition, the collection is incorporating key Open Education Resource (OER) textbooks from OpenStax. Studying with smart tools such as highlighting, notes and read aloud will enable children to have an intuitive, accessible, and more engaging, personalised learning experience. Enabling and empowering children to use smart technology and learning tools that prepare them for a knowledge-based digital economy and society, is essential in education today. UNESCO cites a lack of access for 600m+ school-aged children who are not achieving minimum proficiency levels, of which 80% are from low and lower-middle-income countries. The World Bank also stated that increasing knowledge through free access to world-class content could lead to increases in GDP by over 30%, whilst also nurturing vital life skills, particularly around key STEM subjects, and positively impacting their ability to lead productive adult lives. The Kortext app will be pre-installed on all HP Windows Education Edition devices distributed globally with content made available through a single-touch download for both online or offline use. The content library comprises a selection of textbooks covering a range of subjects, as well as some key introductory level texts and textbooks that will help English learners find their reading level. Other content will be available for purchase via the Kortext store. Ultimately, detailed content usage analytics will be provided for teachers to better support children through their learning experiences.
Transforming children’s lives, especially the disadvantaged, through the provision of quality learning opportunities, lies at the heart of Kortext’s mission and culture,
Furthermore, this sustainable initiative to extend these opportunities to potentially millions of children globally through collaborations such as this makes me justifiably proud.
HP is committed to supporting students and teachers all over the world,
Our collaboration with Kortext with its vast content library, learning tools and the provision of its analytics tools to our education solutions, deepens our commitment to improve learning outcomes for all students, anytime and anywhere.
We believe that access to quality digital educational resources can fundamentally change children’s lives. We are proud to be associated with this initiative and to help support children’s education around the world.
