curiousChallenge Explorer
Educationintermediate~35 mins

Design a strategy to improve learning outcomes in schools with limited resources.

Under-resourced schools face large classes, few materials and stretched teachers.

Real-world context

Under-resourced schools face large classes, few materials and stretched teachers. Improving outcomes means doing more with very little — without burning out staff.

The challenge

Design a strategy to improve learning outcomes in schools with limited resources. Study who is affected, dig past the obvious symptoms to the real root causes, and design a solution that could actually work in the real world. There is no single correct answer — what matters is the quality of your thinking, the stakeholders you consider, and how clearly you justify your chosen direction.

Reflection prompts

  • Who is most affected by this problem, and how did you account for them?
  • What is the single biggest risk to your solution working?
  • Which assumption, if wrong, would break your whole idea?