Around the Table is a podcast dedicated to all those who have a passion to improve the standard of primary and secondary education in South Africa.

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In this episode David Fair addresses the success story of recurringly supporting 18000 learners in numeracy and literacy in rural situations with technology and with an innovative funding model.

00:00 Intro to David Fair and Edulution

10:32 The use of coaches instead of teachers

12:00 Power of tech needs human connection

13:50 Maths teachers may not be what we need

15:14 Model of success for coaches

18:45 Organisational culture and design of Edulution

20:00 AI supported content pathways

22:18 Unintended benefit in literacy

25:16 Human connection by design

27:00 Learner energy management tactics

32:38 Have you ever had to make a big pivot?

35:32 Edulution's partnerships

40:00 Edulution's free-market principles that support high-performance

41:50 Edulution outcome funded model

44:15 Ways to join forces or help Edulution

46:12 Dream to augment teachers, not replace them

47:57 Cause for grounded optimism