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Remote Digital Education Impact K-12

Team Leader
Bronwyn Covill
Solution Overview
Solution Name:
Remote Digital Education Impact K-12
One-line solution summary:
Enrise improve education and life outcomes for Indigenous, remote and disadvantaged children and youth through digital technologies.
Pitch your solution.

Around the world (and in a COVID world) Indigenous, remote and disadvantaged school-aged youth do not meet minimum education levels as compared with students from metropolitan areas. 

Since 2018 we have been providing a personal online qualified tutor to all our school aged remote students covering whatever discipline they require alongside a donated digital device plus data if required. 

By providing a dedicated tutor over the course of 12 months (or more) we have seen Literacy and Numeracy levels increase, attendance at school improves and our students are completing year 12 in greater numbers.

We currently work throughout Australia and Cambodia via our proprietary platform. 

Our project works with parents, schools, NGO's and charities.


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What specific problem are you solving?

As evidenced by the Governments around the world there are approximately 72 million disadvantaged school-aged youth do not meet minimum education levels or remain unschooled. Inequity in resourcing, qualified support and sheer isolation means this cohort remain below national standards in all areas but in particular literacy and numeracy.

Our award winning program has been proven to provide digital inclusion and equality directly impacting the diverse disadvantage experienced by these children.

By integrating our proprietary technology, we help students access  Interventional online tutoring across the vast land of Australia and in one of the poorest provinces of Cambodia (Prey Veng) 

Our program also donates a digital device (if required) proving to improve student capabilities (by 1-2 years), attend school more often and improve graduation of year 12 students. 

Education is the biggest factor in improving economic, employment and life outcomes for all children and youth and through this challenge we can significantly impact more recipients around the world and prove transformational in their future trajectory.

What is your solution?

Since 2018 Need a Tutor has been finding, matching and connecting qualified tutors and teachers from around Australia to remote, disadvantaged and Indigenous children. We then host ongoing, individual live sessions between the two, via our proprietary platform. Need a Tutor also donate preloved computers to our recipients should they not have the digital capacity to be tutored online. 

As the platform was bootstrapped and developed from scratch we have upgraded the technology and capability over time and intend to continue. 

We integrate AI for efficiencies and increasing capacity. our platform allows us to span the geographic divide and expose world class teachers and tutors to children in need.

Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?

Our target population falls into a number of categories:

1. Children in remote locations

2. Children Indigenous to their country 

3. Disadvantaged children (low SES, migrants, refugees etc.)

4. Children who have established, diagnosed learning difficulties.

This represents approximately 72 million children / youth around the world.

As many areas around the world have internet provision and many the access to a digital device (laptop or desktop) we can access and connect these children with a suitable tutor and conduct ongoing, regular interventional tutoring.

In Australia (our pilot country) we saw a 300% increase in demand for our tutoring services and digital device donations in 2021. This was as a result of an existing gap in educational standards and in response to school lockdowns as seen with COVID in 2020.

Which dimension of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?
  • Increase the engagement of learners in remote, hybrid, and physical environments, including strategies and tools for parental support, peer interaction, and guided independent work.
Explain how the problem you are addressing, the solution you have designed, and the population you are serving align with the Challenge.

"Increase the engagement of learners in remote, hybrid, and physical environments, including strategies and tools for parental support, peer interaction, and guided independent work".

We engage parents, carers, teachers and charities to select and oversee our program. As they all live in geographically challenged environments, there is chronic under resourcing and unavailability of skilled talent for tutoring. We provide a practical, grassroots strategy to connect and allow access to these children where and when they need. 

In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?
Melbourne VIC, Australia
What is your solution’s stage of development?
  • Growth: An organization with an established product, service, or business model rolled out in one or, ideally, several communities, which is poised for further growth.
Explain why you selected this stage of development for your solution.

We have been successfully tutoring since 2018. During this time, we have provided tutoring to over 175 Indigenous and disadvantaged students, many of whom have completed school with our assistance or are still continuing with us to this day. We have held over 5000 successful sessions.

Our digital device donations commenced in January 2021 in response to the COVID impact last year and we have given over 45 preloved, refurbished devices contributing to a reduction in e-waste and a comittment to the circular economy.

Since 2019 we expanded to Prey Veng, Cambodia, offering our tutoring to at risk girls partnering with a local NGO to identify most in need.

We intend to utilise our current model to intensify and expand our impact.

Who is the Team Lead for your solution?
Bronwyn Covill - Founder / CEO
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Solution Team:
Bronwyn Covill
Bronwyn Covill
Founder / CEO