GjirafaThe client chose the 25. We taught, tracked and examined them.
Evidence from past work, not proof of the current product
This case applies to the engagement and period it describes. It does not prove outcomes of the microcourses, training, workshops, qualification or human evaluation that betaPlan offers today.
- Learners chosen by the client
- 25
- Sessions taught
- 32
- Certified
- 23
- Weeks, January to May 2021
- 17
Who decided what
The client selected; we taught.
Where SISAL asked us to filter, Gjirafa arrived with its own list. 25 learners chosen by the client entered a C# .NET cohort on 11 January 2021. We supplied the curriculum, the sessions, the attendance record and the certification exam. The client decided who sat in the room.
There is no applicant sheet for this cohort and no scoring sheet, because there was no selection stage. Gjirafa nominated 25 people and all 25 appear on the roster from session one. That is the difference from the SISAL cohort, where 80 applicants were narrowed to 15 before the course began.
Everything we supplied is documented. 8 Web Fundamentals sessions from 11 January, 14 C# sessions from 15 February, 10 Projects and Algorithms sessions from 22 April, attendance marked for each person at each session, a certification exam graded out of 10, and a certificate for each graduate in May 2021.
The course record
What happened to the 25.
With no preselection, attrition shows up inside the cohort instead of before it. The bars follow the same 25 people from the first session to the exam.
Entered the cohort
Selected by Gjirafa
Sat the certification exam
Scores 6.6 to 10, mean 9.3
Certified
15 of them at the highest grade
Certificates on file
Issued May 2021
The outcome
What it showed.
Attendance averaged 94% over the Web Fundamentals sessions, 98% over the C# sessions and 74% over the final Projects and Algorithms sessions. 23 of the 25 were certified and 23 certificates are on file. At the alumni follow-up, 18 of the 25 were recorded as employed.
Both models are documented. When the client selects, we take on the teaching and the measurement and report how the client’s choice turned out. When we select, our preselection comes first, and in the SISAL cohort that followed nobody failed. Either way, the numbers are kept.
Bring your own list, or use ours.
In this 2021 engagement, Gjirafa chose the learners and received the record of their work. It shows how one cohort model worked in the past; it is not an automatic commitment to a service today.