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AI Tutor for Secondary Science in Kreol Seselwa — A Language-Access Pre-Pilot in Seychelles

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 56% 47/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

A University of Seychelles pre-pilot tested a GPT-4-based AI tutor that explains secondary science in Kreol Seselwa, the language most students learn in before an abrupt shift to English-medium teaching, evaluating it with four students and a science educator.

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Students in pre-pilot evaluation
AI Tutor for Secondary Science in Kreol Seselwa — A Language-Access Pre-Pilot in Seychelles

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
University of Seychelles
Period
2025 pre-pilot
Keywords
AI tutoring, science education, language access, secondary education

Context

Seychelles teaches early primary school in Kreol Seselwa before switching abruptly to English-medium instruction, leaving many students struggling with science content. Researchers at the University of Seychelles built a GPT-4-based AI tutoring chatbot to explain secondary science in Kreol Seselwa, drawing on Krashen's Input Hypothesis.

Activities

The pre-pilot tested language appropriateness with 2 of the paper's authors, 1 science educator and 4 secondary students, using structured evaluation and interviews rather than a graded outcome trial.

Results

The small sample means the study cannot demonstrate learning gains, but establishes a transparent, peer-reviewed baseline before wider deployment. The underlying platform is maintained as an open-source, curriculum-adaptable GitHub project, originally built for Geography and Mathematics.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Short (< 1 year)
Staffing & skills
University of Seychelles researchers, 1 science educator

Conditions for success

  • expanding beyond the 4-student pre-pilot to a graded outcome trial before wider classroom deployment

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