Using technology to transform education in low resource settings
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Global education needs to dramatically improve
84% of children in sub-Saharan Africa
do not reach minimum proficiency levels in reading and math
6 out of 10 children and adolescents globally
do not reach minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics
Source: More Than One-Half of Children and Adolescents Are Not Learning Worldwide (UNESCO, 2017)
84%
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Successful solutions address the whole education system
Parents
Teachers
Students
Governments
Trainers
LEARNING
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A platform that rapidly improves learning outcomes in low-resource environments
The platform:
1. Engages all stakeholders
2. Integrates best content
3. Measures & rapidly improves learning outcomes
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A platform that rapidly improves learning outcomes in low-resource environments
The platform:
2. Integrates best content
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There are interventions that achieve sufficient impact
Tusome�
Structured Pedagogy programme for teachers
implemented �in all Kenya
Source: How to Improve Education Outcomes Most Efficiently? A Comparison of 150 Interventions Using the New Learning-Adjusted Years of Schooling Metric (World Bank, 2020)
World Bank assessment
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Digital learning resources are rapidly improving
onebillion content has proven impact
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We need many Tusome’s and onebillion’s to address global learning crisis
1 Intervention
Many interventions
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Integrating high impact programmes into 1 coherent system
Open platform for best content globally
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Current impact: external RCT midline shows 0.42 SD impact
Overall impact: 0.42 SD
0.8 years additional learning
Top 10% ever measured education interventions in LMIC
* https://edtechhub.org/2023/08/15/emerging-findings-from-a-randomised-controlled-trial-involving-pre-primary-learners-and-eidu/
Delivered for only $10 per child in the first year
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A platform that rapidly improves learning outcomes in low-resource environments
The platform:
1. Engages all stakeholders
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Students:
Daily activities
Example exercises
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Teachers:
Digital lesson plans
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Gov. Officials: training, tools & support
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A platform that rapidly improves learning outcomes in low-resource environments
The platform:
3. Measures & rapidly improves learning outcomes
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Continuous and automatic learning assessment of all students: Digital EGMA, EGRA, MELQO
More details on student content available in the Appendix
EIDU is collecting over 100.000 test scores per week
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Accurate impact measurement enables a Build-Measure-Learn cycle to rapidly improve learning outcomes
Build
Measure
Learn
Digital platforms have revolutionized entire industries. Education is next.
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Test and scale new approaches extremely fast & at no additional cost
In 2023, our colleagues from EdTech Hub are engaging in several learning A/B tests aimed at increasing the efficacy of the digital learning curriculum
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EIDU today - in Kenya
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Rolling out to all Kenyan pre-schools together with county governments
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47 counties by 2025
(2M learners)
Mombasa
Kiambu
Embu
Murang’a
6 counties today (200,000 learners)
Machakos
Makueni
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Next steps: Expand to primary grades, then go international
International expansion
Expand grade coverage
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All of Kenya
~10-300M students
~2-10M students
~1-2M students
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We invite every programme & content provider to get involved
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Thank you
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