On 28 February 2023, Jiangxi KMAX Industrial Co., Ltd (hereinafter KMAX”) and International Centre for Higher Education Innovation under the auspices of UNESCO (hereinafter “UNESCO-ICHEI”) inked strategic cooperation agreement and the VR smart classroom cooperation agreement in Shenzhen China. Ming LI (Director of UNESCO-ICHEI), Wei HAN (Executive Deputy Director of UNESCO-ICHEI) , Shirley LAN (President of KMAX) , Yuefei WANG (Head of  KMAX Overseas Marketing Department) and others attended the signing ceremony.

At the signing ceremony,  Ming LI said "As KMAX becomes UNESCO-ICHEI industry strategic partner, it means to make up for the gap in VR/AR technology to promote the digital transformation of higher education in the world. I look forward to seeing the enhancement of technology application ability of teachers in the countries and regions that the projects are implemented. What’s more, VR & AR technology is a good approach to solve some issues in educational experiment and training. In the coming years, UNESCO-ICHEI will work together with KMAX to provide a digital transformation platform to empower higher education in Asian, African and Latin American countries. The Middle East and Europe will be covered in the future.”

Group photo of the signing ceremony

“ It’s a great honor to have reached a strategic cooperation with UNESCO-ICHEI.” Shirley LAN said. “ As a practitioner based on VR technology to promote the innovation and development of education digitization, KMAX strongly believes that the cooperation between two parties will make great contribution to promote the development and improvement of the global higher education digitization and the efficiency and quality of education. In the cooperation, KMAX will unite top-notch experts and industry practitioners to provide the solutions of innovative immersive teaching and vocational skills practice for colleges and universities. Meanwhile, we will provide the service of construction and upgrading of VR interactive teaching smart classroom, the curriculum and operation of International Network Classroom Academy, also the research and promotion of standards for VR education software and hardware.”

Experiencing KMAX products

The two parties agreed to carry out in-depth cooperation in the important areas, such as sharing of VR software and hardware resources, internationalization of virtual simulation training platforms, localization of VR courses and international business development. Relying on its leading advantages in the field of XR technology and with the cooperation with UNESCO-ICHEI, KMAX is willing to provide the comprehensive digital education solution, “self-developed advanced hardware + rich VR courses + comprehensive operation service”, for the Asian and African developing countries to empower the digital transformation of colleges and universities.

The smart classroom project  will be conducted in 34 UNESCO-ICHEI cooperative colleges and universities in Asia and African in stages. Relevant VR software of mechanics, electronics, smart transportation, intelligent manufacturing and life science will donated when the first batch is carried out in Pakistan, Malaysia, Egypt, Nigeria, and Uganda from 2023. The smart classroom will be named "KMAX VR Training Classroom at University In collaboration with International Center for Higher Education Innovation under the auspices of UNESCO and sponsored by Jiangxi KMAX Industrial Co., Ltd" .

In the afternoon, KMAX was invited to participate in the  “International Higher Education Digital Transformation Conference” that was co-hosted by UNESCO-ICHEI, Putra University Malaysia (IIOE2023 rotating chairman unit), UNESCO, Arab Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ALECSO) and Southern University of Science and Technology. All participants had a warm discussion on the theme “Future Prospects for Digital Transformation of Higher Education” and the development trend of digitization of global higher education and the future development direction of IIOE.

Group photo of the conference