The Dhaka Times Desk The Zuckerberg couple donated 246 crore rupees to research. They donated this to a study on improving the study skills of students at the primary level in the United States.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan donated $30 million to a study to improve the learning skills of elementary school students in the United States. Its amount in Bangladeshi currency stands at 246 crores. The money was donated to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.
According to a report of The Washington Post, this work of scientific research will be done through the program called 'The Rich Every Reader'. It will develop special software to understand the reading ability of students.
Raphael Reif, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, told the media that learning disabilities in childhood can have lifelong effects. Currently millions of children are suffering from such problems, which has become a major problem for the society.
According to Priscilla, this 5-year program is a great combination of modern technology education and neuroscience research.
Note that Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004 while studying at Harvard. However, due to various obstacles, he could not finish his studies at Harvard at that time. Later, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg graduated from an Ivy League school in 2007.
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