Millee

Millee investigates how e-learning games on cellphones can be designed to extend literacy and second language learning among children in rural areas and the urban slums in the developing world. Millee’s goal is to standardize the education of English throughout India in a sustainable, feasible manner by pairing attainable mobile phones with relevant educational games. 5 years of impact analysis in India have shown the large delta in English literacy among children with whom Millee has been tested. Millee is currently scaling up this research project to conduct a controlled experiment involving 800 village children in 40 rural schools in India, with early replication underway in Kenya and China. Millee has received major sponsorship from the MacArthur Foundation, Microsoft, National Science Foundation, Nokia, Qualcomm and Verizon. It was featured in the press in India, ABC News and a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television documentary. Millee’s plan is to scale up to become a self sustainable NGO providing educational games to the masses through mobile phones.