60 Decibels
CBC lesson planning is why most teachers open Kurasa
Ask why a teacher signed up, and the study’s largest answer is workload. Ask what they actually do in the product, and the largest answer is the plan.
60 Decibels Lean Data Study, Kurasa Kenya, April 2024. Phone interviews with 208 teachers in Kenya, March 2024, in English and Kiswahili. Client population 991; response rate 52%; 95% confidence; margin of error ±5%. Sponsored by Acumen. Findings are teacher-reported and describe this sample and period.
94% create digital lesson plans on Kurasa
Ninety-four percent of the 208 teachers create digital lesson plans. Ninety percent run CBC assessments. Seventy percent said they signed up to ease workload. Those three numbers describe the same weekday: get a competent plan on the page, then teach from it.
Of the 95% who said teaching practices improved, 94% named better lesson planning. Next came identifying weak areas of knowledge (79%) and more time with students (78%). Training matched that ranking: 89% found it very useful, and 71% said lesson planning was the single most important piece.
A later documentary line from 2023 — “the game is won in the planning” — is a headteacher’s phrase, not a 60 Decibels finding. It happens to rhyme with what these teachers reported a year later.
In their words
I gained digital skills through interacting with the platform, I am now able to prepare my documents professionally.
Female, 39 — 60 Decibels, March 2024
Topics 60 Decibels · Teacher resources
Tags CBC Kenya · Kenya teachers · Lesson planning
Before first period
Start the week from a plan you can teach.
Lesson planning in Workspace is the habit 60 Decibels heard most often.
