Karnataka
Learning
Partnership

Karnataka has over 46,000 public primary schools and 64,000 public pre-primary schools that, together, serve over 8 million children. Over 98% of children attend a primary school and 85% attend a preschool. However, learning outcomes of our children are poor and a cause of concern. Faced with this huge challenge, we recognized that no single organisation can begin to impact a complex eco-system like early education. What is needed is a collective effort.

The Karnataka Learning Partnership (KLP) was set up by Akshara in 2006 as a partnership for channeling change through collective action of multiple stakeholders addressing the public education space in Karnataka. It is a unique framework that uses contemporary technologies like web-based data analysis and visualisation, mobile applications, interactive voice response systems, and legacy paper-based data to help create a transparent and accountable public education sector in Karnataka. It is creating a new, collective, model of impact between multiple agencies – public, private and governmental – to solve complex challenges in public education.

KLP provides insights to multiple stakeholders that improve decision making. All of the KLP work is accessible under open licenses – both code: https://github.com/klpdotorg/ and data, to the extent that privacy laws allow us to share. KLP works with large data sets to create simple and informative data visualisations that help decision makers.

Below is an example of how data is used to track the implementation and progress of GKA on KLP.

Karnataka Learning Partnership (KLP) is a unique framework that uses multiple contemporary technologies like web-based data analysis and visualisation, mobile applications, interactive voice response systems, and legacy paper-based data to help create a transparent and accountable public pre-school and primary education sector in Karnataka. KLP is creating a new, collective, model of impact between multiple agencies – public, private and governmental – to solve complex challenges in public education.

KLP uses technology to track inputs and outcomes as well as provide a data basis for policy, advocacy and interventions. It allows for setting of common agendas, creating shared measurement systems, reinforcing the work each organisation does and creating new pathways for impact, coordination and communication between partner organisations and the larger ecosystem.

KLP provides insights to multiple stakeholders that improve decision making. All of the KLP work is accessible under open licenses – both code: https://github.com/klpdotorg/ and data, to the extent that privacy laws allow us to share.

KLP works with large data sets to create simple and informative data visualisations that help decision makers.
Some examples:

Data

KLP provides insights to multiple stakeholders that improve decision-making. All of the KLP work is accessible under open licenses – both code and data, to the extent that privacy laws allow us to share.

Reports

Here is an example of reports that our elected representatives get. Similar reports are sent to education department officials for their constituencies.

Application

Here is an application developed for NUEPA using the well compiled DISE data.

Real Time

Here you can see almost real-time school and pre-school reporting systems are in use.