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EduWatch: guides, playbooks and tools.
Everything we have written about the problems EduWatch solves, in one place.
Blog posts
- Give Teachers Time Back Before Asking for DataSchool monitoring depends on data from teachers who already spend much of the day on paperwork. We argue a rollout should give time back first, with voice attendance, automatic filing and no pilot penalties, because data produced while doing the job is more accurate.
- Children’s Data Comes Before the DashboardSchool monitoring builds a state-wide record of children, including faces and dropout risk. We argue safeguards must be architecture, not promises: data in India, consent, on-site face matching, logged access, tokenised names, government ownership and human sign-off on decisions about a child.
Guides
- School Monitoring System for Education DepartmentsA school monitoring system brings attendance, teacher presence, mid-day meals, complaints, inspections and scheme progress for every school into one shared record, with a different view for each role, from state leadership to parents, role-based access and safeguards for children’s data.
- How to Prioritise School Inspection VisitsPrioritise school inspection visits by risk, not by rota. Combine learner attendance, teacher absence, mid-day meal issues, open complaints and data gaps into one ranking, route officers to the highest-risk schools first, record findings on the phone with GPS pin and photos, and track how many visits find a real issue.
- Mid-day Meal Monitoring: A Daily ChecklistA mid-day meal checklist covers kitchen and cook hygiene before cooking, ingredients weighed against expected children, safe water, portion size, tasting before serving and the number served. Record checks as they happen with photographs, score each school daily and escalate failures the same day.
Playbooks
- School Dropout Early Warning: A PlaybookA dropout early warning playbook captures daily attendance, tells parents the same day a child is absent, flags learners at risk each morning from attendance and learning signals, assigns a named adult to follow up, records what was done and reviews weekly who came back. Flags prompt support, never penalties.
Comparisons
- Paper vs Digital School Inspection: ComparedPaper school inspections rely on rota visits, officers’ notes and data typed up weeks later. A digital field app ranks schools by risk, records a checklist with GPS pin and photographs, syncs the same day and tracks issues to closure. It must work offline and should be rolled out in phases.
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