Exam prep that works without a connection

The Ethiopian School Leaving Certificate decides what a student does next. Preparation material exists; reliable bandwidth to reach it does not, and the students furthest from good schools are the ones furthest from good connectivity.

The approach

Offline-first is an architecture, not a feature you add later. Content is stored locally and read locally; the network is treated as an occasional visitor rather than a precondition. A student downloads once — on school wifi, at a relative's house, wherever the connection happens — and then works through it on a bus with the data switched off.

The build

A Next.js progressive web app with a local content store, mathematics typeset properly rather than rendered as images, and a content and authoring foundation behind it. Monetisation is designed for the market it serves: a server-configurable pass price, discount codes, local payment through Telebirr or Chapa, shareable honour-roll cards that earn a free week when friends join, and affiliate codes that pay students, teachers and influencers per sale.

Where it stands

The web app and content foundation are built. Native iOS and Android delivery, and the public crawlable learning library, are specified as later phases.