Paideia is a digital platform designed to simplify teachers’ daily administrative tasks by transforming fragmented manual registers into a unified system that reduces workload & restores focus to teaching.
Paideia
Problem Statement
Objective
Administrative Overload
Work-Life Imbalance
Institutional Challenges
Teachers in Indian schools face administrative workload due to fragmented manual documentation, repetitive record-keeping, limited digital integration, and systemic inefficiencies, creating the need for a solution that fits seamlessly into existing school structures without adding cognitive or technical burden.
To design a simple digital system that reduces teachers’ administrative burden while integrating seamlessly into existing school workflows.
Process
Secondary Research
Primary Research
Field Observation
Affinity Mapping
User Persona
Empathy Mapping
Information Architecture
UI Design
Project timeline
Research & Problem Understanding
Prototyping, Testing & Refinement
Analysis & Design Planning
Interaction Design
November 2025
February 2026
127+
Students in class 11
138+
Students in class 12
22
Teachers for Senior classes
Administrative Burden
Lack of digital tools creating a technology gap
Institutional Inefficiency
Teachers juggle household and school duties leading to exhaustion
Institutional Inefficiency
Daily attendance registers
Says
“Documentation takes so much time.”
“Hard to give students individual attention.”
“I wish we had better technology.”
“How can I manage registers more efficiently?”
“I want engaging classes but lack resources.”
“Can digital tools really reduce workload?”
Fills attendance registers daily.
Prepares lessons manually.
Stays late for meetings and corrections.
Overwhelmed by admin load.
Motivated by student success.
Frustrated by systemic inefficiency.
Thinks
Does
Feels
Household duties before school
Policy compliance pressure
Institutional Inefficiency
Logbook & Activity journals
Extended working hours
Fragmented data reporting
Institutional Inefficiency
Exam planning & correction
Stress & burnout
Parent & board expectations
Institutional Inefficiency
Manual data duplication
Emotional labour unacknowledged
Limited IT infrastructure
Excessive manual record keeping
Overlapping policies and fragmented processes
Secondary Research
Field Observation
Key Insights
Affinity Mapping
User Persona
Empathy Mapping
Primary Research
Primary research involved:
School visits
Classroom observations
Teacher and student interviews
Insights Identified:
Teachers spend personal time maintaining registers.
Documentation systems are fragmented and redundant.
Digital systems are often disconnected from real classroom needs.
Students perceive teacher stress, impacting engagement.
Adoption resistance stems from complexity and lack of training.
Primary research emphasized the need for simplicity, familiarity, and offline functionality.
Schools adopting digital tools often lack structured implementation.
Schools adopting digital tools often lack structured implementation.
Day 1
Environment: Classrooms + Staff Rooms + Playground
Observed 6 classes (Sci/Com/Hum, Yr 11 & 12). Conducted unstructured interviews with 6 students aged 15–18. Heavy workload, exam stress, and lack of practical exposure observed.
Schools adopting digital tools often lack structured implementation.
Teacher burnout correlates with repetitive non-instructional tasks.
Poor system integration leads to underutilized technology.
Administrative overload significantly reduces teaching efficiency.
Day 2
Environment: Senior Classrooms + Staff Rooms
Focused on teacher observations & interviews. Connected with teachers from multiple Dehradun schools. All highlighted daily manual data-filling as a persistent burden.
Sheena Gupta
The Overworked Educator
Rohit Kumar
The Head Co-ordinator
Goals
Reduce paper-based tasks
Give more time to students
Maintain work-life balance
Improve class engagement
Pain Points
Manual registers take 40+ min/day
Multiple deadlines clash
Physical & mental exhaustion
Motivations
Student success stories
Peer recognition
Pride in teaching excellence
Pain Points
Manual Staff Tracking
Administrative Overload
Data Silos
Goals
Streamline Communication
Boost School’s persformance
Maintain work-life balance
Resource Optimization
Motivations
Institutional Legacy
Teacher Empowerment
Recognition for work
Information Architecture
UI Design
Desktop
Thank You!!
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