Schoola Launches Curri SRC, Empowering Nigerian Schools to Improve Learning Outcomes

In 2020, Abdullahi Muhammad Bature, Nasiru Mustapha, and Abdulalim Ladan launched a mission to improve student performance in Nigeria. They saw how outdated teaching methods and time-consuming tasks like lesson planning made it hard for teachers to focus on students, so they decided to make a change.

Their solution, Schoola, is an edtech company revolutionising K12 education with gamified learning and AI. One of the company’s groundbreaking features, Curri AI, enables teachers to create lesson plans and educational content in seconds, freeing them to focus on teaching. The results speak for themselves: schools using Schoola reported a 70% boost in student engagement and a 30% improvement in academic performance.

Schoola has now taken a major step forward with the launch of Curri SRC, a platform that gives schools full control over teacher-generated content, ensuring quality and consistency in all materials created with Curri AI.

“We’ve changed B2B education in Africa forever,” says Bature. “Curri SRC is a key milestone for African education, empowering schools to manage and control the content delivered to students, with a focus on quality, security, and accessibility,” he adds.

This isn’t just bold talk – within 24 hours of launch, 15 schools had already signed up. The platform’s success lies in its simplicity. School owners can set up a secure resource management system in just one minute and invite their entire teaching staff in five.

This allows schools to quickly create a digital hub where teachers can develop and share high-quality, curriculum-aligned materials. School administrators can then easily access and ensure that all resources meet educational standards, are age-appropriate, and cater to the specific learning needs of students.

Curri SRC delivers this through three key features. The Teacher-Generated Content Library allows teachers to upload and collaborate on teaching materials. School administrators can then use the Secure School-Controlled Dashboard to manage and ensure all content meets curriculum standards before it reaches students. Finally, the Data-Driven Insights feature provides schools with valuable information on how resources are being used, helping them track impact and identify the most effective materials.

As global literacy rates decline, with 70 per cent of 10-year-olds in learning poverty unable to read and understand basic texts, Curri SRC represents a major step forward in Nigeria and Africa’s fight against this challenge. With Curri AI, every piece of content created by teachers is reviewed and approved before reaching students, building a trusted library of locally relevant educational materials that can help close the learning gap.

Starting with just two pilot schools during COVID-19 – Intercontinental School in Kano and Command Secondary School in Kaduna – Schoola has now expanded to over 300 schools across several Nigerian states, including Lagos and Abuja, reflecting the growing adoption of digital tools by Nigerian educators.

In recognition of their impact, Schoola has been named to HolonIQ’s Africa EdTech 50 list for 2024. This annual recognition highlights the most promising educational technology startups in Africa, specifically those demonstrating innovation and meaningful impact in learning and teaching. Schoola’s inclusion in this list particularly highlighted their use of AI and analytics to enhance lesson delivery efficiency, and further validates their vision for transforming African education.

Looking ahead, Schoola plans to introduce features that will allow direct student access to Curri SRC, potentially making these curated resources available to thousands of learners across the continent. “The possibilities are endless for teachers,” says Bature, emphasising the platform’s potential for growth.

As African education continues its digital transformation, Schoola’s journey shows how local solutions can effectively tackle local challenges. With Curri SRC, they’re not just helping teachers create better content – they’re building a future where African schools have full ownership of their digital learning resources, one classroom at a time.