open schools kenya project update

Open Schools Kenya

Agenda

1. Project Goals2. Establishing Demand3. Data Interoperability4. Citizen Data Collection5. Interim Results6. Future Outlook

Our Goals:

Better, Accessible, and Interoperable Open Data

A site for all schools, citizen owned

Reduce duplication of research

(Gates Grand Challenges Exploration winner)

Open Schools Kenya website: Kibera Pilot

Data Sets

* Kenyan Open Data (KOD), Government schools data set* Kibera Citizen Data in OpenStreetMap

Intended:* Other NGO research (advocate for data release)* Citizen Feedback on schools* Examination Results, Attendance records

Data Sets

* Kenyan Open Data (KOD), Government schools data set* Kibera Citizen Data in OpenStreetMap

Intended/Wanted:* Other NGO and academic research (advocate for data release)* Citizen Feedback on schools (parent opinion)* Examination Results, Attendance records

OpenStreetMap:Like Wikipedia for Maps

Expected Outcomes

* Use of Data (and ownership) by parents, officials, and schools

-Teachers/School Leaders empowered- Local Officials have more complete view- Parents can make informed choices

* Informal Education Sector Inclusion

* Better Education Services

Project Activities to date and ongoing

* Inform* Survey and Interviews* Stakeholder Meetings* Data Collection, and Photos* Website Development* Citizen Feedback testing* Printed Map Distribution* Presentation of Results, and discussion of way forward

Demand

Established need for accessible schools data at all levels

Parents

Teachers / Administrators

Government

Donors / NGOs

Want a comprehensive school data picture

Data Interoperability

Matching OpenStreetMap and Kenya Open Data

Using open source tools

KOD issues: 7 years old, not always accurate

High confidence in community data

Bottom Up data exposes needs and gaps in government and civil society

information, and suggests way forward

Potential to guide donors

Other Data Sources Discovered

Schools examination resultsConcern Worldwide mapping (not

public)Bridge Schools

Schools funding

Citizen Data Collection

● 3 teams of 1 mapper, 1 photographer Local youth members of Map Kibera

● Location collected w/ GPS● More than 50 attributes surveyed on

each school, based on stakeholders● Photos of each school● Edited and uploaded into OpenStreetMap

Data Collected by Map Kibera (Based on stakeholder concerns)

* Name* Contact (email, phone)* Type (primary, secondary, vocational, nursery)* Operator, and type* Village Location* GeoLocation* # of pupils, male and female, age ranges* # of teachers, male and female, TSC employed, TSC accredited* Fees* Boarding or dayschool* Building material, roof material, # of floors* Vehicle Accessibility* Electricity availability, toilets* Programs (feeding, sports, etc)* Affiliated school for examination

Observations from data collection:

Data collection is opportunity to advocate, and bring schools into

process.

Some data is easier than others (fees, images)

Results

> 250 schools> 50K students> 2K teachers

Outputs

Lessons to date

Potential new paradigm emerging:

Local citizen data collection enriches and checks available information,

builds community ownership, increases data use

Future Outlook

● Scale up to county level and beyond● Work more closely with MoE● Feedback Mechanism for parent

opinion● Schools take ownership of page and

contribute info● Take approach to new sectors

What we’re looking for:

● Funding support to scale up● New data sets to include● Partners in implementation and

network building

Questions?

Contact Information:

contact@groundtruth.inwww.mapkibera.org