How could we increase the level of education in a remote town (like a village)?
How would you construct the problem?
Thanks.
Get Active in Our Amazing Community of Over 451,000 Peers!
Schedule mock interviews on the Meeting Board, join the latest community discussions in our Consulting Q&A and find like-minded Case Partners to connect and practice with!
How could we increase the level of education in a remote town?
Overview of answers
Upvotes
Best answer
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
Was this answer helpful?
McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School
429
Meetings
12,230
Q&A Upvotes
127
Awards
186 Reviews