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60 Decibels

86% of teachers spent less time on admin. Here is where the hours went.

The study did not clock a stopwatch on Sunday marking. It asked whether hours on administrative tasks had changed because of Kurasa. Eighty-six percent said those hours had gone down.

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. Every figure on this page is teacher-reported. It is not the September 2026 homepage scale, and it is not the 2023 documentary snapshot.

A closed paper attendance register pushed aside beside a tablet.
A closed paper attendance register pushed aside beside a tablet.

86% of 208 teachers reported less time on administrative tasks

42% Used the time for paced learners
37% Used it for personalised learning (41% of women, 32% of men)
29% Used it to develop classroom materials

Among that group, 60 Decibels coded how the extra time was used. The largest share — 42% — talked about focused attention for paced learners. Thirty-seven percent named personalised learning. Twenty-nine percent named classroom material development. Female teachers were more likely than male teachers to name personalised learning (41% against 32%).

That is a different claim from a composite marketing number. This site does not attach a “three hours saved” figure to this study. What the 208 teachers reported is a direction: less admin, more of the work that is actually teaching.

Promoters in the same study named time efficiency first (75% of them). Reduced paperwork sat close behind. The hours story and the loyalty story are the same story, told twice.

A teacher crouched with a small group, tablet held low.
A teacher crouched with a small group, tablet held low.
Saved time went back into paced learners, personalised work and materials — not into a invented “three hours a week” figure.

In their words

I spend less time in lesson planning using Kurasa compared to when I was doing it manually, so I am left with ample time to prepare my content.

Female, 43 — 60 Decibels, March 2024

In the week

Put the register and the lesson on one page.

Workspace is where those hours are supposed to come back: plans, attendance, formative work.