Sector(s)
Since 2013, the Queen Rania Foundation (QRF) has been committed to the belief that quality education is the cornerstone of economic, political and social development worldwide.
QRFâs focus is perhaps best exemplified through the launch of Edraak.org an online education platform that localized open source technology developed by Harvard and MIT to reach over a million learners across the Arab world with free high-quality educational material in less than 3 years.
In a bid to maintain the momentum of achievements and progress made; Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan launched an initiative that intends to foster a vibrant ecosystem of education entrepreneurs, one that collectively pushes the wheel of education reform.
Queen Rania Award for Education Entrepreneurship
As a result, the Queen Rania Award for Education Entrepreneurship in the Arab World competition was created to recognize the achievements and potential of the âhome-grownâ education businesses in the Arab World who combine social impact with sustainable business models. The winners will be announced by Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan.
Take a look at some of our educational industry related projects here.
About the project
Goals & Requirements
The Queen Rania Foundation team was short on time and needed a quality platform that combined simplicity and ability to scale. Vardot was recommended and we delivered a fully functional platform in record time.
The Worldâs most advanced Webforms System
The competition will be receiving submissions from all over the Arab World over a duration of 2 months; traffic size and its impact on performance was a critical factor.
To that end, their platform enjoys the full power of our very own Varbase platform builder which enabled us to easily create a secure and simple dynamic application process optimized across all devices.
In short, applicants had a straightforward application process and the platform admins have a much easier job sorting and managing applications received.
An SEO ready multilingual Site
The platform would be search engine optimized for both Arabic and English languages as their target audience is the entire education and academic entrepreneurs of the Arab World.
Out of the Box Blog
QRF was short on time and we recommended Varbase's capability to provide an âOut of the Boxâ Blog feature. Highly flexible in terms of content development and management in addition to being quite simple to use.
Mobile First
Every website we develop at Vardot has to be mobile first and this platform was no different. Accessibility on-the-go is a must and to provide a smooth user experience across all devices.
Seamless Media Integration
Varbaseâs Media module enabled the platform to optimize the user experience with regards to video content browsing.
Back to topWhy Drupal was chosen
Drupal was chosen for the following needs:
- Time to market
- Flexibility and possibility for future expansion
Technical Specifications
Drupal version:
Key modules/theme/distribution used:
Varbase
Varbase is a website builder base distribution that combines powerful editorial features, mobile, lead-generation, SEO, social media integration, and beautiful bespoke designs. Varbase is packed with adaptive functionalities and essential modules.
Varbase was built to reduce the amount of time it takes any Drupal developer to build a high-quality website, it includes over 160 checklists item to implement best practices SEO, performance tuning, security considerations, and best practices in Drupal development.
Varbase is also built utilizing Bootstrap theme, and takes advantage of several Bootstrap-ready modules, all packaged with the base distribution.
Bootstrap
The Bootstrap theme is HTML & CSS, JavaScript framework that is used to create responsive website themes and outlooks. Bootstrap aims to make mobile-first web interfaces.
