60 Decibels
What 208 Kenyan teachers told 60 Decibels about Kurasa
Phone interviews, March 2024: quality of life, teaching practice, time, learners, parents — and an NPS that is good, not the benchmark.
Category: 60 Decibels
Teacher-reported findings from the 60 Decibels Lean Data Study of Kurasa in Kenya (phone interviews, March 2024; report April 2024).
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86% of teachers spent less time on admin. Here is where the hours went.
Of the teachers who gained time, 42% spent it on paced learners, 37% on personalised learning, 29% on classroom materials.
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CBC lesson planning is why most teachers open Kurasa
94% create digital lesson plans. 70% signed up to ease workload. Training: 71% said lesson planning was the single most important piece.
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Teachers say classroom participation and academics moved
90% reported more classroom participation; 87% reported improved academics. Teachers who saw gains had NPS 51; those who saw none sat at…
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71% of teachers saw parents engage more. The request that remains.
71% reported improved parent engagement. 55% already send weekly or monthly guardian reports. Teachers still asked for one parent view of several…
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Quality of life, in teachers’ words: time, literacy, less paper
94% said quality of life improved; 73% said very much — a top-20% result in the 60 Decibels education benchmark.
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Female teachers reported deeper impact. The numbers, without a slogan.
61% of the sample were women. Quality of life “very much” 78% vs 67%. NPS 45 vs 34. Inclusivity ratio 0.46 —…
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Digital confidence and CBC delivery, reported by the same 208 teachers
94% said confidence increased (83% very much). 98% said ability to use digital tools increased. Most highlighted a significant increase in ability…
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Five days a week: how often teachers actually open Kurasa
72% use it five days a week. Those teachers report stronger quality of life, practices, time, confidence, participation and academics than 1–4…
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NPS 40, and the 40% who hit a snag. What teachers asked us to fix.
NPS 40 is good and below the education benchmark of 51. 40% reported a challenge. NPS 15 with a challenge, 57 without.
