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Origin

From Ziada School to Kurasa: a lockdown experiment that became a page

Kurasa began as a trust experiment: hire teachers, reach learners at home, and see whether an online school could hold. The software came after the holding.

Kurasa impact report and documentary, 2023. Year-three snapshot: 20,000 learners, 42 schools, 17 counties, a team of 13. These numbers describe that year — not the current figures on the home page.

An adult teaching from a kitchen table with books and a laptop.
An adult teaching from a kitchen table with books and a laptop.

From then to the name

  1. Lockdown

    Ziada School

    When physical doors closed, an online school was set up so teaching could still reach homes.

  2. The pivot

    More than one institution

    As it gained traction, the same tools looked useful beyond a single school. That work became Kurasa.

  3. The name

    A page

    Kurasa is a page: the lesson, the register and a child’s progress living together.

  4. 2023

    Year three

    The film and report record 20,000 learners, 42 schools, 17 counties, a team of 13 — a snapshot of that year.

The online school was called Ziada School. The lesson of that period was not “scale.” It was that planning, attendance and assessment still had to live somewhere when the building did not.

The product that followed is teacher-first on purpose. It helps teachers plan the week, keep professional documents, mark attendance and run formative assessments. Families get a record they can open. Governments and partners get a later conversation. The origin story does not skip the staffroom.

A handwritten exercise-book page with the word kurasa in ordinary handwriting.
A handwritten exercise-book page with the word kurasa in ordinary handwriting.
A kitchen table and a scheme. The lockdown school had to reach homes; the product that followed had to reach staffrooms.

Entreprise

The longer origin sits on Our Story.

About, partners and the 2023 film are one click from there.