CNEAT Research Project

The CNEAT project began as a research project in 2015. The researchers realized that physically differently abled students are always neglected when it comes to education. This gap elicited the desire to patch this gap with a technology that would help this group of learners. The project received funding from NRF in 2017 as Meru was chosen to be the incubation center for the initiative.

The entrepreneurship and innovation center provides a space where the researchers of the CNEAT project carry out training of trainers. The Trainers are train tutors and caregivers, creating studying manuals, disseminating assistive technology skills and knowledge through exhibitions, conferences, seminars, workshops and social media platforms. This has proven to be successful with differently abled students gaining interest in technology and increasing participation within the schools.

So far, this technology has been piloted in three learning centers with a desirability from both the learners and the tutors. A link to what the researchers, innovators, learners and tutors had to say about this project is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10vNGpioOL4 .

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