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Shared language for education work
A guide to curriculum terms, Kurasa products and the language used in lesson planning and assessment.
Use shared terms in planning conversations
Words such as assessment, implementation and evidence can mean different things across school and programme teams. Agree the working meaning before preparing a report or choosing a workflow. Use the definitions here as a starting point, then connect each term to your local curriculum, responsibilities and intended use.
Follow the term into practice
Explore Workspace assessment for classroom evidence, Academy for professional learning and the monitoring pages for programme reporting. The AI resources explain how drafts, permissions and review fit into school work. If a procurement or implementation term affects scope, confirm its meaning with the people responsible before relying on it.
aiDE
Kurasa's AI work layer for teachers and school leaders.
CBC
Competency-Based Curriculum, the curriculum used in Kenya's schools.
CBE
Competency-based education, the approach behind CBC, where learners show what they can do.
Formative assessment
Checks during learning that show what a learner can do now and what to teach next.
KEPSHA
The Kenya Primary School Heads Association.
KICD
The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, which develops Kenya's curriculum.
KISEL
Kurasa's school licensing and regulatory platform, built for Ghana's NaSIA.
KJSEA
The Kenya Junior School Education Assessment, taken at the end of junior school.
KPSEA
The Kenya Primary School Education Assessment, taken at the end of primary school.
Learning area
A subject grouping in the curriculum, such as Mathematics.
NaSIA
The National Schools Inspectorate Authority in Ghana.
PSL
Problem Solvers League: termly assessments, school rankings and the annual Mathematics Contest.
Scheme of work
A teacher's plan for what will be taught across a term.
Strand and sub-strand
The parts a learning area is divided into in the curriculum.
Summative assessment
A judgement of learning at the end of a period, such as a term.
Workspace
Kurasa's digital school, where teachers plan and assess and leaders see the whole school.
Emerging, meeting, exceeding
The words Kurasa uses for a competency. Not A–F letter grades.
TLAP
The Ghana classroom pilot with ESDEV Foundation Africa and Ghana Education Service. Fourteen schools, launched 30 April 2025. Not a national dashboard.
Daily Challenge
Five practice questions after school, on a family account. It sits beside the school week. It does not replace the school’s assessment.
Kurasa Home
What a parent is allowed to see of the school record. Fees, the bus and the clinic are designed and not part of the live app.
Academy
Teacher learning inside Kurasa. A public teacher profile and teacher leagues are in development.
Chanzo, Hakika, Imara
The three Kenya school plans. The termly prices are on the school plans page.
ESDEV
ESDEV Foundation Africa, the named delivery partner for the Ghana pilot.
GES
Ghana Education Service, the public partner on the TLAP pilot.
