Presentation from the SiS Catalyst and EUCU.NET Technucation conferernce at the University of Porto, 28th November to 1st December 2013. Workshop D - The Technology.
2. Education Crisis in Kenya
9 Million Registered in 32% move to
Primary school secondary school
EMIS Data 2011: Provided by the Kenyan Ministry of Education
3. What about rural areas?
< 15% of kids enroll in secondary school
< 5% of GIRLS enroll in secondary school
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Incentives
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12. MPrep’s Traction
7,000 students at over 350 schools
across Kenya
15 Paying school subscribers
Key partnerships with Safaricom + Kenya
Primary School Heads Association
MPrep students increase their marks
higher than the average
13. Potential
4 Million students at over 22,000 schools
across Kenya
A replicable model with local, relevant
content
Making education mobile for the world
He then receives a 5-question quiz aligned to this topic.When Daniel answers, he receives individualized feedback based on his answer choice.This makes things super interactive for the kdis.
Daniel then gets a mark and ranking at the end to see how he stacks up to his peers.Daniel is also encouraged by what we call uncertain incentives like this one to keep him. Trust me – it’s a teacher thing; it works.What does this all cost? 3Ksh for a student thanks to a fantastic partnership we have.And what do we do with all the data about students we collect? Well, Kago’s going to show you.
Points to note:Collaborative learningCareful deliberationRetention of materialImpact study found that students using MPrep 1. Studied more than their peers. 2. Increased their averages more than their peers
Thus, the potential for MPrep is ginormous. Millions of kids across Africa. We’re building a replicable model and with this simple technology, we’re building a movement to make education mobile for the world.