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Article: HUGHES Distance Learning Project in Amazon Wins WISE Award.(Company overview)
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- Education Letter
- Article date:
- November 11, 2009
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Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, announced that its Brazilian operating unit, Hughes do Brasil, will receive the WISE (World Innovation Summit for Education) Award for the distance learning project developed for the Education Department of the State of Amazonas (SEDUC-AM). The WISE Award, granted by the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, recognizes the best initiatives globally in the area of education.
The Brazilian project provides interactive distance learning over satellite to more than 20,000 students in 700 classrooms across 300 schools in the State of ...