CERP Labs partnered with researchers in the CERP Education programme to create a marketplace connecting low-cost schools in Pakistan with Education Service Suppliers. Schools are often not exposed to several inputs that could be critical in improving education outcomes in their schools, such as loans, quality textbooks, and education innovations in the EdTech space. By creating a digital marketplace which school owners were comfortable browsing and ordering from, we helped create a sustainable system for bringing increased choice and awareness of these critical education inputs.
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When commercial activity was depressed because of forced school closures during the COVID crisis, Labs rapidly built a free distance learning solution for out of school children to watch educational lectures, curated and aligned to the Punjab curriculum by the CERP Education program. The rapid development of this feature has led to the merging of the MISchool and IlmExchange systems to better serve schools in Punjab as they emerge from this health crisis.