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60 Decibels

Digital confidence and CBC delivery, reported by the same 208 teachers

The confidence questions sat next to digital-tool questions on purpose. Teachers were not asked if they “liked EdTech.” They were asked whether their ability to do the job had changed.

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.

An adult teacher’s hands on a worn Android tablet.
An adult teacher’s hands on a worn Android tablet.

98% said their ability to use digital tools for teaching increased

94% Confidence in themselves and their abilities increased (83% very much)
CBC Most highlighted a significant increase in ability to teach the CBC curriculum

Ninety-four percent said confidence in themselves and their abilities had increased; 83% said very much. Ninety-eight percent said their ability to use digital tools that benefit teaching had increased. When 60 Decibels asked about understanding and ability more broadly, most highlighted a significant increase in ability to teach the CBC curriculum.

In the human-story interview, a P1 teacher remembered a Form 4 slogan — “IT is here to stay” — and computer classes she had been too scared to practise. Daily work on the platform, she said, is what made the slogan true. Her name in the report is already changed. We do not name her school.

Printed CBC materials and a tablet on a teacher’s desk.
Printed CBC materials and a tablet on a teacher’s desk.
Daily contact with a device, not a one-off computer class. That is how teachers in the study described the change.

In their words

Through Kurasa allowing me to interact with devices daily, my digital literacy has greatly improved. I am happy to pronounce the slogan now because I am confident in the way I work on digital devices.

P1 teacher, interviewed for the 60 Decibels human story — name changed

CBC on the page

Plans and assessments in the language of the curriculum.

Workspace holds lesson planning, formative work and the CBC record in one weekday.