The DRC's Ministry of National Education replaced its ageing Data Scan software with Snote Manager, an AI-assisted system for correcting State Examination papers across six regional centres, cutting the wait for results from 45 days to a matter of days.
45 days to a few days
Results turnaround time
10-15x
Scanning speed improvement
6
Scanning centres deployed
Details
Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
Ministry of National Education and New Citizenship (Ministère de l'Enseignement National et Nouvelle Citoyenneté) — General Inspectorate of Education
Period
installed April 2025
Keywords
education administration, public sector digitalisation
Context
The DRC's State Examination (EXETAT) results historically took ~45 days to publish, as answer sheets were manually scanned and graded nationwide.
Activities
On 10 April 2025, the Ministry of National Education installed Snote Manager, replacing Data Scan software, embedding AI-assisted correction across six decentralised scanning centres (Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Mbuji-Mayi, Kisangani, Gemena, Butembo).
Results
The ministry reports the system scans 10-15x faster than before, and results are now published within a few days rather than 45.
Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Short (< 1 year)
Staffing & skills
General Inspectorate of Education experts, decentralised scanning-centre operators
Conditions for success
continued General Inspectorate supervision of AI-assisted correction to control grader-fatigue/subjectivity errors
Commonly funded by
National / regional programmes
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