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Follow learners from enrollment through assessment to work, with one record of learners, courses, outcomes and skills that schools, training providers and employers can use.
01How the work happens today
Education systems hold learner information in many places. Schools keep registers and report cards, often on paper. Ministries collect enrollment and exam results through annual surveys and national exam bodies. Universities run student information systems and learning platforms. Private training providers, bootcamps and employers run their own records. Skills programs funded by donors collect yet another set of data. Connectivity and devices vary widely, and many learners use shared or borrowed phones.
Learners move between schools, districts and programs, but their records do not follow them. Dropout risk is seen when the child has already left. Teachers lack timely data on what a class understands. Training providers cannot show employers what a graduate can actually do. Ministries cannot link spending to learning outcomes. AI tutors and assistants raise a further problem: children's data needs special care, and tools must be age appropriate, multilingual and fair.
02A starting model for the sector
13 core things
The nouns of the sector. Each object has an identity, properties and a history, and maps to records in the source systems.
8 core relationships
How the objects connect. Links turn separate tables into a graph that people and agents can walk.
6 governed actions
What people and approved agents may do. Each action has rules, an approver where needed and a log entry.
03What changes on the ground
Situation
A district sees pupils drop out around transition years. Teachers notice absence but have no shared view of attendance, fees and results.
What it does
Attendance, results and household signals, where permitted, build an at risk list per school. The system suggests actions such as a home visit or fee support and tracks follow-up.
Human decides
Head teachers and social workers decide interventions. Families are treated with care, and lists are not shared outside the school team.
04Sources to connect
We read from your existing systems first and write back only through approved actions. Every source has a named owner. Where connectivity is weak or records are on paper, we plan for queued sync and OCR with human review.
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05Laws that shape the design
| Country | Law | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | NDPA 2023 | Children's data may need parental consent and extra safeguards. |
| Kenya | Data Protection Act 2019 | Rules for processing children's data and the requirement for a lawful basis apply to schools and ed-tech. |
| South Africa | POPIA | Special conditions apply to children's personal information, including consent from a competent person. |
| Ghana | Data Protection Act 2012 | Principles on consent, purpose and security apply to learner records. |
| Rwanda | Law on Personal Data Protection 2021 | Rules on minors' data and storage may influence hosting. |
Education ministries and exam bodies add their own rules on records, assessment and child protection. These are examples, not legal advice. Confirm with counsel and the relevant authority. Examples only, not legal advice. Confirm with counsel.
06How each product serves this sector
Model plane
Models learners, schools, courses, assessments and skills, and powers school, district and program dashboards.
Trust plane
Gives teachers, guardians, administrators and learners scoped access, with extra controls on minors' data and delegated consent.
Control plane
Keeps assistants within approved curriculum content and age appropriate behavior, with limits on what learner data they can see.
Runtime plane
Hosts learner data privately and runs lightweight models close to schools, with offline-friendly sync.
Observation plane
Records which data and content a tutoring assistant used, so schools can review outputs and fix problems.
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Experience you can lean on
Immersed in technology and across many different verticals, so the people on your project have done this before.
Education and skills
Tell us the problem. An engineer, not a salesperson, answers.
Follow learners from enrollment through assessment to work, with one record of learners, courses, outcomes and skills that schools, training providers and employers can use.
