About Green Shoots

South African education is in a state of crisis. According to education academic, Nic Spaull, 61% of Grade 5 learners cannot add and subtract whole numbers, have no understanding of multiplication by one-digit numbers and cannot solve simple word problems, i.e. they cannot do basic mathematics.

Green Shoots Education started in 2012 with a mission to provide quality education for all. Green Shoots developed and supports maths exercises aligned to the South African Curriculum for Grade 3 to 7, as well as standardised assessments twice a term.

Our work

Data Dashboard Overview tab (demo data)

Data Dashboard Item Analysis tab (demo data)

Our real-time data analytics tool allows education officials and school management teams to analyse participation and performance metrics at a province; district; circuit; school; and class level. This tool allows all stakeholders to make data informed decisions about where to direct and prioritise resources.

“This new tool is just taking the data visualisation & analysis to a level that we did not think was possible. The excellence is clearly shown in the combination of the depth of the data available with the simplicity and innovation of the visualisations presented. The visualisations allow people who have no data analysis skills an easy entry into identifying key trends/issues; whilst the dynamic nature and variety of visualisations allow the most advanced user to explore at a granularity that was previously impossible.”

Jo Besford
Green Shoot Director

Full technology support

We also developed a data management console that allows the operations team at Green Shoots to administer:

• Learner enrollment and promotion
• The Learner Record Store (LRS)
• School/Grade/Class management
• User management

In addition we also manage:

• The online Learning Management System (LMS) that learners access exercises and assessments
• Server administration for all software tools