# Education and skills > 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. Vertical ontology, workflows and compliance notes for education and skills in Africa. Canonical URL: https://www.boltcliq.com/industries/education-skills Part of: https://www.boltcliq.com/llms.txt 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. - Sector pack: Starting ontology for learners, courses, assessments and skills - SIS + LMS: Typical sources: student records, learning platforms, exams and job boards - Child data rules: Regulators in scope: education ministries and data protection - Low bandwidth: Channels: SMS, WhatsApp, shared devices and offline apps ### The challenge - 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. ### The ontology **Objects** - 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. - Learner - Guardian - School - Teacher - Class - Course - Assessment - Result - Skill - Credential - Training provider - Employer - Job opening **Links** - 8 core relationships - How the objects connect. Links turn separate tables into a graph that people and agents can walk. - Learner enrolls in School or Course - Teacher teaches Class - Learner sits Assessment and receives Result - Result evidences Skill - Credential certifies Skills - Training provider issues Credential - Employer posts Job opening requiring Skills - Guardian is linked to Learner **Actions** - 6 governed actions - What people and approved agents may do. Each action has rules, an approver where needed and a log entry. - Enroll or transfer a learner - Flag a learner at risk of dropping out - Assign targeted practice or support - Issue and verify a credential - Match a graduate to a job opening - Publish a school or program performance report ### Use cases - Dropout prevention - A district sees pupils drop out around transition years. Teachers notice absence but have no shared view of attendance, fees and results. - 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. - Head teachers and social workers decide interventions. Families are treated with care, and lists are not shared outside the school team. - Learning support - A teacher has fifty pupils with different levels. Marking takes evenings, and feedback to pupils comes weeks later. - Assessment results map to skills. A governed assistant drafts practice for each group and a short summary for the teacher, in the language of instruction, using approved curriculum content. - The teacher chooses what to assign and reviews content. Learners and guardians can ask for human help. - Skills to jobs - A training provider graduates hundreds of people a year. Employers say graduates lack skills, while graduates cannot find openings that fit. - Courses and assessments map to a skills framework. Credentials can be verified by employers. The system suggests openings for graduates and flags skill gaps back to the provider. - Graduates choose to share their record. Employers decide on hiring. Providers decide on curriculum changes. - Exam administration - An exam body registers candidates, prints papers, assigns centers and publishes results. Errors in names and centers cause appeals and delays. - Candidate, center and result records are reconciled. The system flags duplicates and mismatches early and tracks appeals through to resolution. - Examiners and registrars decide on corrections. Integrity decisions stay with the exam board. ### Data you already have - 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. - Student information systems and school registers - Learning management systems and content platforms - National exam and assessment records - Teacher payroll and posting records - School infrastructure and facilities data - Training provider and credential registries - Employer job postings and placement data - SMS and WhatsApp interactions with learners and guardians ### Compliance and residency - 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. ### Boltcliq products **Zeus** - Model plane - Models learners, schools, courses, assessments and skills, and powers school, district and program dashboards. **Odin** - Trust plane - Gives teachers, guardians, administrators and learners scoped access, with extra controls on minors' data and delegated consent. **Monolith** - Control plane - Keeps assistants within approved curriculum content and age appropriate behavior, with limits on what learner data they can see. **Argus** - Runtime plane - Hosts learner data privately and runs lightweight models close to schools, with offline-friendly sync. **Cyclopes** - Observation plane - Records which data and content a tutoring assistant used, so schools can review outputs and fix problems. ### Frequently asked questions - Is this a learning management system? - No. We connect to the systems you use and add a model and workflow layer, including skills and outcome tracking. - How do you protect children's data? - Through strict role based access, minimal data for assistants, parental or guardian consent flows where required, and full logging. Hosting can stay in country. - Will AI tutors replace teachers? - No. Assistants support teachers and learners with approved content. Teachers stay in charge of teaching and assessment. - Does it work with poor connectivity? - Offline-tolerant design is a requirement. SMS and WhatsApp provide fallback channels. - Can employers verify credentials? - The pack is designed so providers can issue verifiable credentials and employers can check them with learner consent.