Better Minds Education

FLIPPED CLASSROOM; KENYA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Flipped classroom. 

Learn more about the Flipped Classroom Challenge and why new education models, like flipping the classroom or deskilling a class curriculum, offer a solution to the vast teacher shortages in the developing world.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Better Minds Education is dedicated to improving student learning outcomes throughout rural Africa through a scalable digital tutoring model.

Better Minds distributes proven digital tutoring content to high-need students in rural Africa. The pilot digital learning center in Kakamega, Kenya leverages low-cost tablets and self-paced learning software to teach students at their right level of learning through school-based partnerships and holiday learning camps.

Better Minds was founded in 2019 by Siler Bryan, with Grace Waweru as the first Digital Learning Center Manager.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Provide tutoring to 500 students within 3 months

• Launch partnerships with 6 schools and hold 1 holiday camp to reach 500 students in 3 months

• Raise $50,000 from new donors within 3 months

• Scale to serve 2,000 students by end of year 1 and 10,000 by year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Siler Bryan - Director

Edkasa

FLIPPED CLASSROOM CHALLENGE; PAKISTAN

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

The Edupreneur program which will make top quality teachers available across the country. 

Learn more about the Flipped Classroom Challenge and why new education models, like flipping the classroom or deskilling a class curriculum, offer a solution to the vast teacher shortages in the developing world.

 

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Teachers will deliver live lessons at EDKASA's central facility in Lahore which will then be streamed to a network of low-cost centers that will be operated by Edupreneurs. These Edupreneurs will screen the live teaching web-streams at their physical locations, providing access to students in their communities for a low monthly cost. 

The Edupreneur program strategy is based on providing three core elements: 

1. Provide top quality teachers, live. Live, interactive learning is critical for success in the after-school education sphere in Pakistan. 

2. Reach students from low income households. The target user for the Edupreneur program is a secondary student from a low-income household. EDKASA first goal is to achieve a price point of $10 per month per student for after-school secondary education with the aim to reduce it to $5 once the programs scale up. 

3. Be financially sustainable. EDKASA wants to provide a solution that is financially sustainable for everyone involved. 

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Work with 10 entrepreneurs during the pilot phase
• Reach 200 students during the pilot phase 
• Work with 250 Edupreneurs and reach 5,000 students by the end of year 1 
• Work with 500 Edupreneurs and reach 20,000 students by the end of year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Fahad Tanveer - Director

Sohail Ali - Strategy Lead

Annum Sadiq - Education Lead

Bakhtawar Ali - Marketing Lead 

Muneeb Ali - Tech Lead