The current panorama of education worldwide represents great challenges that must be assumed by parents, teachers and public institutions. And it is not only about the adoption of new technologies or the transformation of teaching processes, but also about how we develop methodologies for social and emotional learning (SEL) for children and young people. Something necessary after recent events will leave countless young people with problems of anxiety, depression, stress, fear of failure, drugs, violenceamong other things, that they are also promoting the increase in cases of bullying.
#These factors were a relevant topic in the most recent evaluation of HollonIQ, the global impact intelligence platform for innovative educational technology companies, which every year makes its list of the 100 most promising EdTech in Latin America and the Caribbean, and which For this occasion, it decided to select two companies that work on ‘Wellness’ or wellness issues, and among them the Colombian Coschool is the only one in the region’s market that bets on socio-emotional training.
Coschool, is an organization that has been working from Colombia on different programs to promote social and emotional learning in Latin America, and seeing the needs around digital transformation, it was that they developed edumocion.co, an educational platform where you can find learning spaces and practices for educators to learn about topics as diverse as well-being, mental health, coexistence, educational innovation, socio-emotional developmentgender equity, among other things, with the sole objective of turning them into tools to apply it in the day to day of their classes or as part of programs in their institutions.
This is how this organization already has more than 50 pre-recorded contents, constantly holds virtual conferences and classes, debate spaces and has more than 11,000 registered users on its platform, which earned it a name on the HollonIQ list along with the most recognized LATAM EdTech such as Platzi, Crehana, HackU, UBITS, Digital House, among other.
Henry May, CEO of this organization, points out that they were selected under a criteria of growth, impact, income and position in the LATAM ecosystem. A very important fact, since it reflects that their work is something that is seen by different actors in the industry and that it generates positive results in the educational sector.
“Additionally, this news is very important for us because it helps us bet on a new round of investment for two million dollars that will be used to promote Edumocion in the coming months. The idea is that this recognition allows us to connect with investors for expansion, the creation of more niches and the opportunity to improve technology to reach more than 100 thousand users in the next year”, highlighted May.
This is also a recognition that the country receives, since according to HollonIQ, Colombia, with 13% of the EdTech in the region, is positioning itself as one of the great leaders in the ecosystem of startups that are creating technologies to improve learning. , above countries like Argentina (11%); Peru (7%) and Chile (5%). And only below industry giants such as Brazil (39%) and Mexico (19%).
Proof of the potential that this sector has had in LATAM is the growth in venture capital investment, which almost quintupled between 2017 and 2021, after going from 4.4 billion dollars in 2017 to 20 billion dollars last year.
Although it is interesting to see how these platforms are gaining more and more ground in the market, it is also very important to see how they are adapting themselves in favor of the needs to improve the educational system. And among the pending challenges, the psychosocial situations that affect millions of children and young people around the world are of vital priority, which is why it will be necessary to implement SEL programs supported by all the organizations in the sector.
