Updated on June 10, 2024

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Created on October 8, 2018

EduTrac

Open-source

EduTrac is a mobile phone-based data collection system under pilot by UNICEF and Ugandan Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES).

Developed By
  1. RapidSMS
Tested By
  • MoES
  • UNICEF
Content Partners
Unknown

Author

Product Description

EduTrac helps districts improve their education planning and provides better and more timely supervision to schools based on system reports.

EduTrac collect real time data including  pupil attendance for P3 and P6 classes, violence cases recorded in schools, opinions on whether children are having regular meals at school,  teacher and head  teacher attendance, SMC meetings held, progress of literacy curriculum,  availability  of  water  and  soap  for  hand  washing  and  receipt  of  UPE  (Universal  Primary  Education) grants amongst other quality related factors.

EduTrac is an SMS based system; SMS messages are sent free of charge from any mobile network in country through short code 6200.

Video about the story behind EduTrac.

Target SDGs

SDG 4: Quality Education

SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities

Target Users (Target Impact Group)

Household

Distributors / Implementing Organizations

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

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.

mEducation application

Surveys and reporting.
Data Collection.

Languages available (list)

English.
Local languages.

Operating system and version

N/A

Literacy support (Yes/No)

Yes

Usage rate (%)

47.6%

Two way communication (Yes/No)

Yes

Permanent network connectivity required (Yes/No)

No

Additonal features required

None.

Device(s) required

Feature phone.

Level of coverage needed

N/A

Mobile service required

SMS, USSD

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

K. Mulloy, E. Pakkala, 2015, Edutrac In Uganda: Highlights from the Design, Development And Deployment Of a Mobile-Based Data Collection System

Janet Akao Abaneka, OLIVER CHRISTINE NAKYAZZE, edutrac Uganda, 2014, EduTrac Blog Magazine

Matthew Cummins and Barbara Huddleston, 2013, Real Time Monitoring for the Most Vulnerable: UNICEF’s Experience in Uganda

“EduTrac.” n.d. Causetech.Net. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://causetech.net/innovation-zone/unicef-innovation/edutrac

“Homepage.” 2015. Ministry of Education And Sports. October 30, 2015. https://www.education.go.ug/

“Competitive – Landscape Home.” 2021. TeacherKit. December 20, 2021. https://www.teacherkit.net/

Competitive – Landscape – Skooly. n.d. “Skooly.” Skooly Pte Ltd. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://www.getskooly.com/mpweb/#/

“Competitive – Landscape, EduAdmin – School Administration Software, Education Administration Software, School Admin Software.” n.d. Eduadmin.Com. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://www.eduadmin.com/

“Goal 4.” n.d. Sdgs.Un.Org. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal4

N.d. Unicef.Org. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/press-releases/media-EduTrac_Documentation_-_March_2013.pdf

Edtrac: Education Tracking System. n.d. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://github.com/unicefuganda/edtrac

“RapidSMS: About.” n.d. RapidSMS: A Free and Open Source SMS Framework. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://www.rapidsms.org/about/

Wikipedia contributors. n.d. “Licence BSD.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licence_BSD

“EduTrac.” n.d. RapidSMS: A Free and Open Source SMS Framework. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://www.rapidsms.org/projects/edutrac/

“Community.” n.d. RapidSMS: A Free and Open Source SMS Framework. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://www.rapidsms.org/community/

Compliance with regulations

N/A

Evaluation methods

Field Trials (check here Metrics/Evidence)

Other Information

None.

Comments from the Community

1 Comment

  1. senka.Hadzic says:

    Point out it’s deployed in Uganda

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