EduTrac

Target SDGs

Target Users (Target Impact Group)

Household

Distributors / Implementing Organizations

UNICEF with support from the Ugandan Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES).

Countries

Afghanistan, Peru, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Manufacturing/Building Method

Software Development.

Intellectural Property Type

Open-source

User Provision Model

Available on GitHub.

Distributions to Date Status

EduTrac is currently deployed in 34 districts in Uganda. It has roughly 10,000 valid reporters and is in over 3,500 schools.

Design Specifications

Data Collection: EduTrac collects data from schools through a scheduled poll system to categorised reporters.
Data is sent into the system on a regular basis:
*Weekly for pupil attendance
*Monthly for reports on child abuse
*Termly for capitation grants made to the schools.
Other data that can be collected by the education monitoring system include:
*Data on teacher attendance
*Presense of amenities such as hygienic facilities at schools.

Product Schematics

Technical Support

Available RapidSMS community.

Replacement Components

N/A

Lifecycle

N/A

Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters

EduTrac will be fully managed by the MoES, and will be scaled to all districts in Uganda.
Reduce ignorance rates in Uganda by analyzing the data reported.

Vetted Performance Status

• 47.6% (1636) of all schools now use the platform to report on VAC.
• Uganda has reached 96% enrolment rate in primary education and the gender gap in primary schools has been closed.
• Approximately 8% of school going age children 6-12 years have never enrolled in primary (source: EMIS). The completion rate in 2013 was 69 % (69 %, 71 % boys) but the survival rate to primary seven is only 32%.

Safety

N/A

Complementary Technical Systems

None.

Academic Research and References

Compliance with regulations

N/A

Evaluation methods

Field Trials (check here Metrics/Evidence)

Other Information

None.