At uLesson, our mission has always been to make high-quality learning accessible to students across Africa. We understand that education is the cornerstone of progress, and we are committed to providing the best tools and resources to support our students’ academic journeys.

Today, I am excited to announce a significant step forward in our commitment: the integration of an AI-powered homework help feature into our learner app.

Why We Discontinued the Previous Homework Help Feature

In the ever-evolving landscape of educational technology, it’s crucial to continually assess and refine our offerings. Our previous homework help feature, while beneficial, faced several limitations. Primarily, it relied heavily on manual input and lacked the scalability required to meet the diverse and growing needs of our students. We recognised that to truly provide an exceptional and consistent experience, we needed a more robust, efficient, and scalable solution.

Leveraging AI: A New Dawn with Chat GPT-4o

The latest advancement in artificial intelligence from OpenAI provides us with important leverage.  By integrating this powerful AI into our homework help feature, we can provide students with instant, accurate, and personalised assistance. Chat GPT-4’s natural language processing capabilities allow it to understand and respond to a wide range of queries, offering explanations, solutions, and guidance in a way that is both intuitive and effective.

This AI-powered homework help feature will enable us to:

• Offer Real-Time Assistance: Students can receive immediate help with their homework, eliminating delays and ensuring they can progress without interruption.
• Provide Personalised Learning: The AI can tailor responses to the individual needs of each student, taking into account their learning style and pace.
• Ensure Consistent Quality: With AI, we can maintain a high standard of assistance across all subjects and topics, ensuring every student receives the support they need.

Tailoring AI for Nigerian and African K12 Users

We recognise that the educational needs of Nigerian and African students are unique. That’s why we have taken specific steps to ensure our AI is suitable for this demographic:

• Curriculum Alignment: The AI’s responses are tailored to the specific curriculum requirements of primary and secondary education levels in Africa, ensuring that students receive support that directly aligns with their coursework.
• Profanity Block: We have implemented filters to block the use of profanity, ensuring that all interactions are appropriate and conducive to a positive learning environment.
• Contextual Prompt Engineering: Our team has engaged in prompt engineering to ensure that the questions and prompts used by the AI are contextual and relevant to the African educational landscape.

The Launch and Success of Ask by uLesson

About a year ago, we launched the Ask by uLesson app, a dedicated platform for students to seek help with their academic queries. This app has been a game-changer, providing students with a reliable resource for their learning needs. Since its launch, we have seen remarkable traction and positive feedback from our users.

Given this traction, we have decided to integrate the Ask by uLesson app into the main uLesson app. This migration aims to streamline our services, providing a unified and seamless experience for our users. By consolidating our offerings into a single platform, we can better leverage our resources and continue to enhance the educational support we provide to students across Africa.

Why uLesson is Best Positioned to Lead in Education AI

No one is better prepared to implement AI in education than uLesson. Our extensive range of learning materials, including video tutorials, quizzes, and interactive lessons, are meticulously tailored to meet the curriculum needs of students. Covering various subjects and focusing on primary and secondary education levels, our platform has consistently demonstrated our deep understanding of the educational requirements of African students.

Embracing AI: The Future of Education

The integration of AI into our services is not just a technological upgrade; it is a strategic move to future-proof education. AI has the potential to transform how we learn, making education more personalised, efficient, and inclusive. At uLesson, we believe that embracing AI is essential to staying ahead in the rapidly changing educational landscape.

The Beginning of a New Journey

This is just the beginning of our foray into educational AI. We are uniquely positioned to lead this transformation, leveraging the extensive content and data we have gathered over the years. Our deep understanding of the African education system and the needs of our students gives us a significant advantage in developing AI-powered products that are truly impactful.

In conclusion, the integration of AI into our homework help feature is a testament to our commitment to innovation and excellence. We are excited about the future and look forward to continuing our journey of making high-quality education accessible to all students across Africa.

Stay tuned for more updates as we harness the power of AI to revolutionise learning.

AyoOluwa Nihinlola,
CEO, uLesson K12