Today, in low-income countries only 1 in 10 children can read by the age of 10, despite majority of them going to school. Solutions in the form of structured pedagogy, which combines teacher training and structured lesson plans, have been successfully implemented as one of the most effective ways to solve this problem. Low-cost digitization allows us to make the solutions scalable and impactful.
EIDU integrates structured pedagogy and digital learning into everyday classroom routines. Proven programmes such as Tayari—developed by RTI and the Kenyan government and shown to deliver learning gains of around 0.5 standard deviations—are fully digitised and embedded into the platform.
Teacher supervisors are trained first and then coach teachers through school visits, supported by EIDU’s digital tools. Classrooms are equipped with a minimal number of smartphones, used by teachers for daily lesson guidance and by students for short, play-based learning sessions featuring thousands of high-impact activities. Learner progress is assessed continuously, enabling governments and partners to monitor effectiveness and adjust instruction and policy based on real-time evidence.
EIDU began working in Kenya in 2016 and scaled through government partnerships following successful pilots, including collaboration with Mombasa County to digitise and roll out Tayari in public pre-primary schools. In 2022, all 47 Kenyan counties passed a resolution to include EIDU in their development plans, and the solution received approval from the Kenyan Institute of Curriculum Development.
EIDU now reaches over 750,000 learners through large-scale government implementation in Kenya and expansion in Nigeria, with pilots in Rwanda and Pakistan. Its scalability and system-readiness have been recognised globally, including selection by UNICEF’s Global Learning Innovation Hub as one of the first “Blue Unicorn” solutions to be fast-tracked for scale.
EIDU works in partnership with governments and system-level education actors. Interested partners can contact EIDU to explore alignment with national or regional education priorities, assess readiness for implementation, and co-design a pilot or scale-up pathway tailored to their context and infrastructure.