Empowering Education Where Internet Can't Reach

📖 Our Story

Spark Mathics began as an online classroom experiment using artificial intelligence to create simple and interactive math lessons. Although the content was basic and imperfect, it sparked curiosity and deeper engagement among students. This success raised an important question: what if the same learning experience could be made available offline?

In many remote areas of Indonesia, students still lack access to the internet, and in some cases even electricity. These students are often left out of the digital learning movement not because they lack potential, but because the infrastructure simply does not exist.

To address this challenge, the lessons were redesigned to run completely offline using lightweight HTML that works on basic smartphones, tablets, or laptops. No applications, downloads, or internet connection are required. The result is a new kind of platform created specifically for disconnected regions.

This is how Spark Mathics was born. It is an offline, interactive, and culturally relevant learning platform designed to bring meaningful education to places the internet cannot reach. With strong support from local educators and communities, Spark Mathics is now preparing for its first pilot program in three rural villages in West Kalimantan. This is just the beginning.

🌟 What is Spark Mathics?

Spark Mathics is an offline interactive learning platform designed for students in disconnected regions. It is simple, scalable, and specifically built to run on low-resource devices without internet access.

🎯 Our Mission

Our mission is to close the digital learning gap for underserved communities by delivering AI-assisted, culturally relevant, and fully offline educational tools. We believe that quality education should never depend on internet access or expensive infrastructure. Through Spark Mathics, we aim to empower both students and teachers, especially in areas where digital learning feels out of reach.

📊 The Problem We're Solving

While Indonesia's internet penetration reached 74.6 percent in 2025 with over 212 million users, more than 27,650 schools across all education levels still operate without internet access. Many of these schools also lack electricity, making digital learning nearly impossible in these communities.

📌 Sources:

• Kompas.com – Thousands of Schools in Indonesia Still Lack Internet and Electricity
• Salma.net.id – Internet in Indonesia 2025: Rapid Progress but Uneven Access

This is not just an Indonesian challenge. Around the world, millions of children live in areas where digital learning remains out of reach. Spark Mathics offers a low-tech and high-impact solution to respond to these realities.

✅ What We've Built So Far

• ✓ An AI-assisted, human-curated content development workflow

• ✓ A working prototype of math lessons and educational games

   

   

• ✓ Field-tested modules that run on low-spec smartphones and tablet.   
  We have tested them on kid-friendly Android tablets that cost around 60 dollars. 
  These affordable devices can open the learning content  directly in a browser, without needing installation or internet access.  

  See the demo here: https://youtu.be/INiO51szX2c
   

📦 Why We're Raising Funds

We are seeking funding to launch our first pilot deployment in three rural villages. With your support, we will:

• Finalize the complete Grade 7 mathematics content
• Train local teachers to confidently use and adapt the platform
• Distribute at least 30 preloaded tablets along with solar-powered power banks
• Gather community feedback to improve and scale our model
• And ensure long-term impact for students with no internet access

This pilot will become a proof of concept, showing that even in places without connectivity, digital learning can thrive.

  📊   How We’ll Use the Funds

Here’s a simple breakdown of how the $150,000 funding will be allocated for our first pilot program:

We are committed to transparency and impact. Regardless of how much we raise, we will continue to update our supporters on the project’s progress, and adjust our implementation plan based on the actual funds received.

If we reach at least one-third of our goal ($50,000), we will carry out a pilot implementation in one village, including:

• Develop ~1/3 of planned modules and games

• 10 preloaded tablets with solar power

• Teacher training and local engagement

• On-site field testing and community feedback

If we raise less than that, we will still use the funds to move the project forward at a smaller scale, whether it’s finalizing more modules, testing on a few devices, or training educators remotely. Every dollar will be used purposefully and reported transparently.

🔭 Our Vision for the Future

Spark Mathics is built to scale. With early results and real-world feedback, we plan to:

• → Expand to more grade levels and subjects (science, literacy, etc.)
• → Reach additional remote schools across Indonesia and other countries
• → Build an open, offline-first library of AI-assisted educational tools
• → Empower teachers to become content creators, no tech background required

🙌 A Note to Our Supporters

To every supporter, thank you. Your belief in inclusive education helps us bring learning to places where it is needed most. With your help, students in even the most remote locations can gain access to meaningful and interactive lessons. You are not just funding a project, you are helping to drive a movement forward.

As a token of our gratitude, every backer will be acknowledged in the official documentary video of the Spark Mathics pilot. This video will be produced and published on our YouTube channel after the implementation phase, provided that we reach our full funding goal. We want your support to be seen, remembered, and celebrated.

Let us spark change together.

👩‍🏫 About the Founder

Sri Rahmadhanningsih is an educator, lecturer, and founder of Spark Mathics. She is committed to transforming how students learn in low-resource environments by combining teacher-led innovation with thoughtful technology. Her work focuses on building tools that are simple, scalable, and inclusive, starting with the communities that need them most.

Connect with Sri:      
🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/srirahmadhanningsih