Freewillin Launches Uganda Education Support Project With Schoolflat Math Workbooks

AI-based education solutions company Freewillin has launched a global education support project by providing math textbooks to primary schools in northern Uganda.

Freewillin, led by CEO Kwon Gi-seong, said it delivered 497 Schoolflat math textbooks it produced to two schools in the Gulu area: Awach Central Primary School and Omoti Hill Primary School. The project will serve 477 fourth- and fifth-grade students.

The materials include Schoolflat student workbooks and teachers’ guides. Freewillin said it developed separate student and teacher materials for grades 4 and 5, reflecting grade-level learning needs and local classroom conditions.

The company said the effort is designed as a cooperative support model tailored to local realities, rather than a one-time donation. While Freewillin handled content development at its headquarters, printing and binding were done in Uganda. The company said the approach supports schools while also creating a production structure in partnership with local print shops.
 
Uganda has expanded access to primary education under its universal primary education policy, but challenges remain in education quality, including shortages of textbooks and learning materials and limited systems to support teachers, the company said. Freewillin said its local assessment found teachers hand-making class materials because textbooks and worksheets were scarce, leaving students with too few opportunities to practice problem-solving.

Given those conditions, Freewillin said it chose an offline approach centered on paper materials and teacher guides, rather than directly transferring its digital solution. The goal, it said, is to make learning resources usable even where electricity and internet access are not stable.

The project is being run with HOIE (Hope is Education), an NGO specializing in education development cooperation. HOIE has supported teacher capacity-building and improvements in primary education quality in public primary schools in northern Uganda since 2015 by operating school learning communities.

HOIE plans to visit the pilot schools every two to three weeks for class observations, teacher coaching and advice on how to use the materials. Freewillin said it will use that feedback to review teaching and learning methods that can work in local classrooms and to further refine the textbooks.

Local education officials, including the superintendent and supervisors from the Gulu area education office, attended the textbook handover ceremony. Freewillin said it prepared the project starting in the second half of 2025 and funded it with its own resources, without outside support.

“Starting with Uganda, we plan to expand educational opportunities to more regions,” Kwon said. “As the company grows, we will continue to increase investment in education support.”

Schoolflat is Freewillin’s school-tailored AI math courseware service. In South Korea, it has been used to reduce teachers’ lesson-preparation burden and support math learning matched to each student’s level. The Uganda project is the company’s first global education support case, rebuilding its existing AI content and math learning know-how to fit local infrastructure.



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