Title of Innovation: Careers Master
Year of implementation: 2017
Implemented by: The Student Hub Limited
Country/Countries where the Innovation is being implemented: Uganda
Problem being solved
Our innovation is solving the problem of poor career guidance in schools largely attributed to the lack of up to date and relevant career information and labor market information to use to guide and prepare students to embark on fulfilling career paths. This leads to poor decision making among students and ultimately leads to unemployment and underemployment as students choose paths whose skills are not needed in the market place
Description of innovation
Our solution is implemented through a mobile app and web app at https://careersmaster.ug where a student creates an account and embarks on a journey of self discovery through online personal assessments on student interests, personality and abilities there by connecting the student to a myriad of career paths that match their results
Our solution is designed to be a trusted companion of the student along their academic journey as it connects what they learn in class to a myriad of career paths to enable them value where they are as they visualize were they are going as well as empowering the student with tools that allow them to set goals and journal as they move on their academic journey
Through the web and mobile application parents, mentors and teachers are connected to assist the students in making very informed career decisions at every step of the way. With parents understanding what career paths are of interest to their students.
Teachers on our platform get to understand what career paths are of interest to students hence plan better career guidance fairs as well as empowers teachers with information to connect what they teach to career fields.
Mentors on our platform share career experiences with students as well as keep students a braced with trends in the work place plus answering students related career questions
Outcomes and Impact
Our solution culminates into a life long learning platform that will walk with the student from primary school through secondary into adulthood with information relevant at every level
Our solution individualizes career guidance for students as it is tailor made to cater for individual student's interest and abilities
Our solution gives policy makers a sneak peak into the future landscape of a country's work force giving key statistics on dashboard showing career interests of students and their education requirements
Our solution bridges the huge gap between school and the work place through Mentor-ship from a school's alumni
Potential to be scaled and replicated
Our solution can be replicated in other countries in Africa as many countries and grappling with the fact that they need to prepare students in their right chosen fields to enhance the current labor force. So with customizing the content according a specific country, our application can scale across Africa
It is sustained in the following ways
- Access on a subscription basis for users who want access to this vital information.
- Advertisement from institutions of higher learning
- Monetized API to have access to the rich data and statistics on careers master
- 10% commission on every student we enroll in partners Institutions
