Cognitive Kids
Pioneers in Early Age Education Technology
Building the worlds' 1st exclusively digital, distance-learning, pre-primary school
The Cognitive Kids Objective
Less than 30% of All Children have access to Early Childhood Education
Nearly 200 million children in the 16 largest developing countries globally do not receive basic ‘Early Age Education’ due to the significant cost & accessibility barriers.
The average pre-primary school cost for providing the required 'School Readiness Skills' in developing countries is
USD125 p/month and well beyond reach of those living below or close to the poverty line.
The Cognitive Kids Nursery School can provide the same level School Readiness skills, and often superior, specific to cognitive development at between 1-5% of existing costs p/month.
Astronomical Cost to Governments, Non-Profits or Private Sector
More than “USD 4 trillion” of funding is required to provide ‘Pre-School’ education to the those 200 million children under the current 'class-room based' system.
According to the latest UNICEF report, Pre-Primary Education provides the highest Return on Investment of all Education sectors.
Yet,
- Less than 1% of international aid goes towards early age education globally
and
- Less than 3% of international aid goes towards early age education in low-income countries.
In 2015, the United Nations set 17 goals to achieve Sustainable Development Globally:
- 'Equal Education' is 4th on the United Nations-Sustainable Development list -
Unfortunately according to UNICEF, the majority of middle and low-income countries will not reach those educational goals.
Realistically this is virtually impossible to achieve & the majority of those 200 million children will never receive Early Age Education if we do not provide them with a high quality alternative that they can afford and access.
Currently technological innovation is happening & EdTech investment is booming in every stage of eductation except in perhaps the most important area...
"Pre-Primary School Education"
Availability & Accessibility
Less than 25% of Government grants in developing and low-income countries for Early Childhood Development are being accessed and used.
This is hardly surprising because:
1. It covers on average just 20% of the cost,
and
2. It does not account for accessibility challenges faced by a significant amount of children from developing and low-income countries who still reside in rural locations.
Sad Reality
DESPITE:
- Research studies increasingly proving the significant impact that Early Childhood Education has all future levels of education and success,
- The boom in EdTech investment & innovation in all other sectors of education,
- The substantial growth & market penetration rates in mobile devices observed in developing countries, and
- The significantly market size with extremely limited competition.
Verry little innovation, focus or effort has been provided in helping children obtain the necessary "Early Age Educational" skills in Developing and Low-Income Countries.
Why Digital, Distance Learning is the only true alternative?
Accessible to All
Superior Quality & Expertise
Accessible to All
Due the significant mobile growth and market penetration observed in developing countries, the Cognitive Kids digital solution can provide the same quality Cognitive & Educational aspects of School Readiness being currently provided by the traditional class-room based system, regardless of the childs geographical location or their home language.
Affordable to All
Superior Quality & Expertise
Accessible to All
Cognitive Kids will match or and most likely exceed the quality of Cognidive Educational skills related to School Readiness provided in the current class room based at a price of up to 99% more affordable in most areas.
Superior Quality & Expertise
Superior Quality & Expertise
Superior Quality & Expertise
The full Cognitive Kids team originated from developing countries like Kenya and South Africa.
Our Education Early Age Education methods have been developed by
COMBINDING 4 CRITICAL ELEMENTS REQUIRED TO REALISTICALLY ADDRESS THE EARLY YEARS EDUCATIONAL PROBLEM IN DEVELOPING AND LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES AT SCALE:
1) Knowledge & experience of qualified early education heads with more than 25 years of experience in providing early education to children from developing countries in the team,
2) World leading technology experts with a deep understanding of technological capabilities & advanaces (including artificial inteligence)
3) Extensive consultation with leading experts globally including parents, neuroscientists, neurobiologists, numerous early year educator, experienced child psychologists and leaders in technological innovation in other sectors of education.
and
4) Business leaders, successful startup founders, top-tier legal minds and government repreentatives.
Educational Innovation specifically focussed on making education a reality for those most in need
Cognitive Kids is the core mobile application employed by our Digital Pre-Primary School that has been developed specifically to address the Early Childhood Education problem faced by Developing and Low-Income countries by providing high quality distance learning, ‘School Readiness’ & ‘Cognitive Development ‘skills to the majority of children from these countries in an Affordable and Accessible manner.
The application includes innovative capabilities, such as:
1) The ‘Extensive Language Capabilities’ with the ability to use it in any language globally,
2) Its ‘Enhanced Personalisation Approach’ that enables users to tailor virtually every aspect of the numerous neuroscience based educational games to: a) Obtain the interest of each child individually; b) Sustain attention it for longer periods of time & c) Allow the child to guide their preferred learning style - ultimately leading to more engaged and effective learning, and
3) The ability to “Grow Organically” alongside the child as they increase their knowledge & skills which in turn decreases the costs to both User and Business radically as a result.
References
We do not reference research material, studies or publications that are older than 5 years or fron non-credible sources
The below includes just some of the information on Early Age / Pre-Primary School Education but it simply represents a fraction of recent research and findings that has been published on this subject.
We will be more than happy to provide you with any additional reference material along with credible research, studies & findings on the safeness and quality of using screens for education along with the statistics & resource material on mobile device growth and market penetration rates by region etc upon request.
UNICEF - Early childhood education (2018)
United Nations - Gobal Sustainability Goals for 2030
South African Child Gauge - Children’s access to education (2020)
South African Early Childhood Review (2019)
Amnesty International Report - Broken and unequal education perpetuating poverty and inequality (2020)
UNESCO Early Childhood Education & Care Report (2021)
Various reports on the importance and impact of Early Childhood Education by Harvard, Rasmussen University, UNICEF and the National University (2021)
Cognitive Kids is proud to be a certified member of Early Years Alliance, the largest 'early years' learning & education charity in the United Kingdom, providing educational & learning support to over 800,000 families every year.
Cognitive Kids is a proud member of ECDAN, the Early Childhood Development Network with the Vision that every young child is safe, well nourished, healthy, happy, and learning.