How could we increase the level of education in a remote town (like a village)?
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How could we increase the level of education in a remote town?
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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
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