Title of Innovation: KELASI

Year of implementation: 2019

Website: https://eagle-sight.net/

Implemented by: EAGLE SIGHT Sarl

Country/Countries where the Innovation is being implemented: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Problem being solved

We have observed an ineffective communication between the actors of child-rearing.  This has a negative impact on the child's performance at school, because the tutor has almost no physical time to devote to this follow-up.

Description of innovation

KELASI consists of setting up a web portal allowing schools to publish students' school activities as well as important news releases to tutors. Once this information is available on the platform, it will receive it immediately via an SMS notification or mobile app.

The KELASI platform consists of a web portal giving access to a database of data containing all of the student's school information, allowing it to be transmitted to the tutor.

To use the online app, schools must have an Internet connection and a web browser like Microsoft Internet Explorer. Parents must carry a simple mobile phone to receive SMS notifications and resubscribe through the USSD menu using electronic currency.

Information provided to the tutor includes school grades, absences and delays in classes, disciplinary breaches, child health releases and important school activities.

In our education system, this platform is in line with innovation, there are no competitors offering exactly the same services as ours.

Outcomes and Impact

The KELASI platform actively contributes to job creation in partner schools and EAGLE SIGHT. It also allows schools to generate additional revenue.

KELASI also contributes to increasing the efficiency of Dr Congo's education system by making it easy to access information related to the child's follow-up in his or her educational environment in order to promote real communication between the actors involved in his or her education for better supervision.

Its beneficiaries do not need the proven computer skills to take advantage of the Kelasi service.

Potential to be scaled and replicated

We want to expand this service to a number of African countries in order to improve the education of young people on the continent.

The platform is designed to be easily replicated or extended to other countries.

The only setup is to configure the telecommunications companies in the platform. Because the core of the platform is hosted in the cloud.