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. Findings are teacher-reported and describe this sample and period.
86% of 208 teachers reported less time on administrative tasks
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%).
Teachers described spending less time on administration and more time on teaching tasks. Read these responses as their accounts of how the classroom routine changed.
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.
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
Topics 60 Decibels · Teacher resources
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.
