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Yidan Prize Celebrates Language Innovation in Education

1/23/2026

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The Yidan Prize Award Ceremony highlighted collaboration across differences as essential to education.
Mamadou Amadou Ly, Executive Director of Associates in Research and Education for Development (ARED), described Senegal's language barriers hindering learning.
ARED's bilingual programs teach children in languages before transitioning to French, boosting literacy and numeracy.
The approach improves outcomes, restores dignity, strengthens identity, and offers a fair chance at a brighter future in West and Central Africa.

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Story summary

The Yidan Prize Award Ceremony highlighted collaboration across differences as essential to education.
Mamadou Amadou Ly, Executive Director of Associates in Research and Education for Development (ARED), described Senegal's language barriers hindering learning.
ARED's bilingual programs teach children in languages before transitioning to French, boosting literacy and numeracy.
The approach improves outcomes, restores dignity, strengthens identity, and offers a fair chance at a brighter future in West and Central Africa.