DATA scientists have come up with an online platform consisting of the analyzed data for schools so that parents and budget planners could invest in accordance with real needs of the school.
The ‘Dropwall’ system developed by Eagle
Analytics Company is expected to address challenges facing the schools
and thus reduce the rate of school dropouts.
The company designed the system
available on the website www.eagleanalytics.co.tz/dlli’ after emerging
among winners of the DLI, or Data for Local Impact, project.
The DLI, which is funded by the
Millennium Challenge Corporation, is being implemented by the Dar
Teknohama Business Incubator (DTBi) at the Commission for Science and
Technology (COSTECH).
Introducing the new system at the
weekend, DTBi Monitoring and Evaluation Manager Dr Geofrey Chambua said
the DLI came up with the idea after realizing that there was “a public
thirst” for data.
“The Dropwall will facilitate the easy
and timely availability of school data … because it will be under a
single pool,” Dr Chambua noted.
Elaborating on the new system, Executive
Director of the Eagles Analytics, Ms Rose Funja, said it would help the
parents know the weaknesses of the school by using the data and thus
participate in finding solution to improve the learning environment.
For planners, likewise, the system would enable users to predict the impact of any investments made within a particular school.
She said the system holds an online page
indicating list of schools on which a viewer could click any school and
see data from the government regarding the teacher-student ratio,
student-pit latrine ratio, pupil-classroom ratio and other factors which
contribute to performance of the school and dropouts.
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