EdTech for Good Framework
The EdTech for Good Framework, developed by UNICEF, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Finland, ARM, ADB and transdisciplinary partners across the EdTech industry, enables the evaluation and curation of safe, impactful and scalable EdTech tools. It prioritizes evidence, data security and adaptability, advocating for an EdTech industry where innovations enhance learning and meet diverse needs.
Five Assessment Pillars
The EdTech for Good Framework is designed around 5 essential pillars.
Safety First
This section explores the product's approach to achieving impact and the supporting evidence, highlighting the importance of understanding the product's impact strategy. It is important to collect evidence of the product's impact on learning outcomes to demonstrate its effectiveness and make informed decisions about its development and use.
Impact on Learning
This section on Data Protection and Privacy ensures that the product has clear data sharing protocols, fostering transparency and enabling collaboration. It is important to outline data protection considerations for solutions that utilize AI models, emphasizing the significance of safeguarding user privacy and data security.
Designed for Children
This section analyzes user data to gain insights into your users' demographics, behaviors, and engagement patterns, helping you make informed product decisions. It is important to understand your users' needs and preferences to continuously improve your product.
Ready to Scale
This section analyzes user data to gain insights into your users' demographics, behaviors, and engagement patterns, helping you make informed product decisions. It is important to understand your users' needs and preferences to continuously improve your product.
Leave No One Behind
Local Adaptability, This section explores the product's adaptability to different contexts, including low-cost devices, ensuring accessibility and inclusivity. It's important as it allows the product to be used in diverse environments with varying resource availability.
Ensuring Excellence in Learning Cabinet Tools
We are on a journey to transform learning for every child. To ensure rigorousness, each tool in the Learning Cabinet has been reviewed by our team comprised of experts in pedagogy, business, technology and specialists from other disciplines
Assessment
EdTech innovators submit comprehensive assessment to be reviewed by experts.
Expert Review
Thorough review of the submitted EdTech tools is conducted.
Learning Cabinet
Tools passing the review are featured in the Learning Cabinet.
Become an EdTech for Good
If your EdTech tool has proven evidence of delivering impact to children and young people, is ready to make a difference, and can ignite a spark in every learner, submit it for review. The application process takes about an hour, and you can save your progress to resume later. Join us in solving the learning crisis.
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the Learning Cabinet
What is the Learning Cabinet?
The Learning Cabinet provides a range of benefits to listed EdTech providers:
Independent quality assessment: You will receive a structured, transparent review aligned with internationally recognised principles for safe and effective EdTech — moving beyond marketing claims toward trusted evidence and credibility.
Actionable feedback at no cost: For those advancing to full application, UNICEF internal and external independent experts in pedagogy, technology, and impact will evaluate your tool and provide feedback, regardless of the outcome.
Badge of recognition: Upon passing, you will receive a Learning Cabinet listing badge to strengthen your visibility, outreach, and credibility.
Global visibility: Your solution will be visible to UNICEF teams, governments, donors, and implementing partners working across multiple regions — who actively use the Learning Cabinet when selecting tools, particularly in in low- and middle-income countries.
Country matching opportunities: Being listed enables your solution to be considered for national pilots, deployments, and large-scale programmes, especially in Cohort One countries as listed in UNICEF Digital Education Strategy and Learning Pioneers Programme
Access to networks: Listed tools gain priority access to a network of relevant stakeholders, events and programmes across both Learning Cabinet and EdTech for Good Initiative levels.
Pre-qualification for further programmes: A listing also pre-qualifies you to apply for the UNICEF Blue Unicorn Portfolio — which offers funding and opportunities to pilot your tool UNICEF matched country contexts.
Why should I apply for the Learning Cabinet?
The Learning Cabinet provides a range of benefits to listed EdTech providers:
Independent quality assessment: You will receive a structured, transparent review aligned with internationally recognised principles for safe and effective EdTech — moving beyond marketing claims toward trusted evidence and credibility.
Actionable feedback at no cost: For those advancing to full application, UNICEF internal and external independent experts in pedagogy, technology, and impact will evaluate your tool and provide feedback, regardless of the outcome.
Badge of recognition: Upon passing, you will receive a Learning Cabinet listing badge to strengthen your visibility, outreach, and credibility.
Global visibility: Your solution will be visible to UNICEF teams, governments, donors, and implementing partners working across multiple regions — who actively use the Learning Cabinet when selecting tools, particularly in in low- and middle-income countries.
Country matching opportunities: Being listed enables your solution to be considered for national pilots, deployments, and large-scale programmes, especially in Cohort One countries as listed in UNICEF Digital Education Strategy and Learning Pioneers Programme
Access to networks: Listed tools gain priority access to a network of relevant stakeholders, events and programmes across both Learning Cabinet and EdTech for Good Initiative levels.
Pre-qualification for further programmes: A listing also pre-qualifies you to apply for the UNICEF Blue Unicorn Portfolio — which offers funding and opportunities to pilot your tool UNICEF matched country contexts.
Eligibility
Who is eligible to apply?
Typically, early-stage companies and solutions with little or no evidence of impact are not eligible for the full application. The Learning Cabinet requires a minimum of Level 3 evidence of impact, as defined below:
Level 1 — No evidence yet: No documented theory of change; no testing related to impact.
Level 2 — Early internal evidence: Documented theory of change and internal testing.
Level 3 — Early external indications: Small pilot or expert review with documented outcomes. (Minimum required)
Level 4 — Independent validation: External evaluation with transparent methods.
Level 5 — Strong, multi-context evidence: Evidence from multiple contexts or longitudinal studies.
We also consider the overall maturity of the solution, including years of operation and the size of its user base, relative to the type of solution.
For further guidance, refer to: What Counts as Evidence in EdTech?
You may also browse already-listed tools for inspiration and reference: Search EdTech Tools.
What types of tools and solutions are prioritised?
Typically, early-stage companies and solutions with little or no evidence of impact are not eligible for the full application. The Learning Cabinet requires a minimum of Level 3 evidence of impact, as defined below:
Level 1 — No evidence yet: No documented theory of change; no testing related to impact.
Level 2 — Early internal evidence: Documented theory of change and internal testing.
Level 3 — Early external indications: Small pilot or expert review with documented outcomes. (Minimum required)
Level 4 — Independent validation: External evaluation with transparent methods.
Level 5 — Strong, multi-context evidence: Evidence from multiple contexts or longitudinal studies.
We also consider the overall maturity of the solution, including years of operation and the size of its user base, relative to the type of solution.
For further guidance, refer to: What Counts as Evidence in EdTech?
You may also browse already-listed tools for inspiration and reference: Search EdTech Tools.
Are there any types of tools that are NOT eligible?
Typically, early-stage companies and solutions with little or no evidence of impact are not eligible for the full application. The Learning Cabinet requires a minimum of Level 3 evidence of impact, as defined below:
Level 1 — No evidence yet: No documented theory of change; no testing related to impact.
Level 2 — Early internal evidence: Documented theory of change and internal testing.
Level 3 — Early external indications: Small pilot or expert review with documented outcomes. (Minimum required)
Level 4 — Independent validation: External evaluation with transparent methods.
Level 5 — Strong, multi-context evidence: Evidence from multiple contexts or longitudinal studies.
We also consider the overall maturity of the solution, including years of operation and the size of its user base, relative to the type of solution.
For further guidance, refer to: What Counts as Evidence in EdTech?
You may also browse already-listed tools for inspiration and reference: Search EdTech Tools.