Looking for Development Partner: Inclusive Assistive Technology Platform for ECCDE

Brandex is developing a proposal for an Inclusive Assistive Technology for Early Childhood Care, Development and Education (ECCDE) system targeting children with disabilities in early learning centres.

We are looking for a technology partner who can help design and develop an AI-enabled, offline-first assistive learning platform for young children, teachers and caregivers.

The system should support children with visual, hearing, speech, mobility, cognitive, developmental and neurodiverse learning needs.

Core features required:

Child learning app

Interactive ECCDE learning activities
Text-to-speech and audio instructions
Picture/symbol-based communication support
High-contrast and large-button interface
Basic sign-language supported video content
Adaptive learning levels for different abilities
Offline use on low-cost tablets

Teacher dashboard

Learner profiles
Attendance and participation tracking
Progress monitoring by developmental milestone
Ability to assign or adjust activities
Simple reports for UNICEF/MoET monitoring

Assistive communication tools

Picture communication boards
Voice output for selected words/phrases
Customisable child-specific vocabulary
Support for children who are nonspeaking or minimally speaking

Content management

Ability to upload ECCDE stories, songs, numeracy, literacy and life-skills activities
Support for English and SiSwati content
Audio, images, videos and printable resources

Accessibility and safeguarding

Child-safe interface
Minimal data collection
Secure teacher login
Parental consent features if child-level data is stored
Compliance with accessibility best practice such as WCAG principles

We would like you to submit a short technical proposal covering:

Recommended technology approach
Whether you can build this as a web app, Android tablet app, or hybrid platform
Offline functionality approach
AI features you recommend, and which features should remain human-controlled
Estimated development timeline
Estimated cost for MVP and full pilot version
Similar projects or demos you have built
Ongoing support, hosting, maintenance and training costs

The first phase would likely be an MVP/demo prototype that can show our funding partner how the system would work before full national pilot development.

Kindly advise if your team has experience in assistive technology, education technology, AI learning tools, AAC communication tools, inclusive education, child-centred design, or accessibility-focused software.

Regards,

Lindo

“We are not looking for a generic learning app. We need an inclusive ECCDE assistive technology system that combines accessibility, adaptive learning, teacher monitoring, local language content and child safeguarding.”

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Looking for Development Partner: Inclusive Assistive Technology Platform for ECCDE