Siyavula is an education technology company with a mission to revolutionise education through the use of adaptive technology and openness.
Siyavula is a social enterprise working at the forefront of adaptive technology and open education to make quality education accessible to teachers and learners across South Africa, and beyond.
Siyavula has developed innovative software that enables learners to practice maths and science. The software adapts to every learner's individual needs, providing targeted feedback so that they can master the necessary concepts and skills. The practice service currently covers Grade 8-12 mathematics and Grade 10-12 physical sciences. Accessed over the web and mobile, subscriptions to the service are either individually to parents and learners or to schools as a classroom tool for teachers.
Siyavula also works with publishers and educational institutions to license the content and algorithms for intelligent, personalised adaptivity when practicing.
Siyavula has also developed openly-licensed, curriculum-aligned textbooks for maths and science. The open textbooks were developed in collaboration with a wide community of volunteers. This content is freely-accessible to read and download online, over mobile, as ePUBs and on Mxit. The Department of Basic Education has printed and distributed about 10 million copies of these textbooks to public schools in South Africa across Grade 4-12. For many schools, where access to the Internet or other necessary technology is limited or non-existent, the printed textbook fulfils a crucial role in access to educational resources.