How could we increase the level of education in a remote town?

Hi,

It's a very common McKinsey case. 

Start by clarifying the objective:

• How do we define education (undergrad, grad, skills, etc)
• How do we measure the level of education (Literacy rate? Test results? etc.)
• What is the current level and what is the desired level

Supposing the criteria is the result of the school tests I will use the following structure:

Developing the skills

• Content (quality, structure, homework, etc)
• Tools (Computers, books, etc)
• Teachers (Education, quality, local / non-local etc)

Motivation

• Culture in the village and in school (Museums, theaters, exchanges, cultural  and exchange trips to the bigger city, etc)
• Further education - graduate education opportunities
• Career opportunities in the town / outside the town
• Extracurricular activities

Infrastructure & funding

• School assets (Building, classrooms, sports grounds, IT, etc)
• Transportation across the village
• Funding (Federal / state / local funding, Private Sponsors, Non-profits / mentor council, Funding abroad, Private - Parents)

Performance & monitoring

• Our initiatives
• KPIs
• How do we track the performance of kids / teachers / etc

Best