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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.
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