Education Freedom Day is on March 21 every year. While most of us take learning and education for granted, it’s a privilege many around the world can’t afford, for various reasons: geography, money, personal setbacks, or disabilities.
Solutions lie in the unlikeliest spaces, and technology has been that disruptive force over the years. On Education Freedom Day, the world recommits to the purpose of making learning accessible for everyone through free software and educational resources.
Education Freedom Day is a global celebration with one mission – ensuring access to free, open-source education resources through technology. The day was founded by the Digital Freedom Foundation (D.F.F.), a non-profit organization that educates the general public on the benefits of free software and open-source educational resources. The organization is also the architect behind several other international days such as Hardware Freedom Day, Software Freedom Day, and Document Freedom Day.
Technology is an incredible enabler, especially when the dream is quality education for all. Nothing can function without technology in today’s world. So, it’s time to leverage it instead of fighting it. Education Freedom Day envisions a world where everyone can learn on a playing field level, regardless of who or where we are in the world.
Education and the desire for it cut across age groups, too. Learning is a lifelong process — from children with special needs, adults looking to upskill, to anyone else curious and eager to learn. Education through technology serves every person’s needs.
The D.F.F. provides computers with free content, curriculum, and software that cater to all learners. What’s great is that content is freely available, with solutions that anyone, anywhere in the world can adapt to their own needs.
Through Education Freedom Day and its other international days, the D.F.F. hopes to spread the movement’s message around the world. On this day, local communities encourage children or adults to utilize the benefits of free software and resources.
