This archive report was first published on 30 August 2021.
On a mission to improve academic performance among disadvantaged students in informal settlements, Mabati Rolling Mills (MRM) has launched a life-changing project that leverages short messaging services.
Initially, the company has committed to linking up 40 students from Kibera Slums to Eneza Education, an interactive SMS-based platform that offers primary and secondary school learners access to lessons, assessments, and live chat with a teacher on various topics.
As part of the initiative, MRM handed a cheque of Ksh. 107,000 to support the annual subscription of 40 needy students into the platform, aiming to shape career aspirations for 300 disadvantaged learners in Kibera Slums.
“Through this sponsorship, 40 students from Kibera slums will be able to access free content on the platform for a year. The sponsorship is in line with MRM’s CSR pillar, Education,” said Manish Mehra, Business Head at MRM.
Eneza Education has successfully virtualized the modern classroom into a comprehensive digital space, educating over 3.8 million Kenyans via mobile. The platform boasts over 10,000 topics for Primary Schools and more than 8,000 for Secondary schools, covering the national school curriculum.
While receiving the donation, Irene Muithya, Business Development Associate at Eneza Education highlighted that all content in the platform has been aligned with the national syllabus, providing learners with bite-sized lessons and assessments with individualized feedback.
“Our learners score 22.7% higher than peers not on Eneza and our 97% of users mentioning improved scores,” said Muithya.
Since its inception, the platform has seen students exchange 400 million messages, answer 14 million quiz questions, and ask 350,000 questions to teachers.
