How ARES Works

What's inside an ARES server?

Khan Academy, Wikipedia, the full Kenyan curriculum, 11 years of KCSE exams and much more, all offline.

People often ask what's actually on an ARES server. The short answer: about 500 GB of carefully chosen, age-appropriate learning material, reachable from any browser on the school campus without an internet connection.

For students

SeaVuria CBE-aligned STEM lesson plans, presentations and quizzes
Khan Academy videos and exercises
Wikipedia for Schools, Wiktionary and world maps
PhET interactive science and maths simulations
TED-Ed and TED Talks
CK-12 textbooks and Project Gutenberg: tens of thousands of downloadable books
An English/Swahili dictionary
Vocational, agricultural and medical reference guides

For Kenyan classrooms

The Kenyan competency-based curriculum for all grades
11 years of KCSE past papers
A search tool that links content to curriculum topics

For teachers and administrators

A space for teachers to upload and share their own material
Class administration, student testing and progress tracking

Everything is filtered and safe: no viruses, no social media, no advertising. Want to look for yourself? Try the online ARES demo.

ARES Model Schools: moving digital learning from the lab into the classroom

Starting January 2027, five pilot schools will use ARES in every classroom, every day, with lesson plans, live quizzes and progress tracking built with SeaVuria.

How ARES teacher training and support work

Hardware is the easy part. Training, maintenance and follow-up are what make ARES succeed.

Partnering with SeaVuria

SeaVuria's STEM lesson plans and teacher programs are joining ARES, starting with the Model Schools pilot.

Why ARES works offline

Internet access is expensive, unreliable and unsafe for most rural schools, so ARES was designed to run without it.