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Saral (SB Saral)
Sunbird Saral has been conceptualized to enable users to create structured digital information from a physical form. Saral works as a solution that can phygitize data on physical printed sheets and upload the data onto a back end in a structured format via a scan.

Owner
EkStep Foundation
Type
mobile
Licence
MIT
Last evaluated
29.04.2024
Origin country
India
contact
info@sunbird.orgRelease date
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DPG since
29.04.2024
The following repositories were submitted by the solution and included in our evaluation. Any repositories, add-ons, features not included in here were not reviewed by us.
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English
The State Government of Uttar Pradesh, India.
* This information is self-reported and updated annually

Saral can be used across domains for applications that require quick and seamless digitization of data - i.e. capture of physical data in a digital, structured format. This results in significant savings in terms of time and effort that would otherwise be required to capture the physical data in a digital format. Sunbird Saral has been successfully used by the state government of the largest state in India (Uttar Pradesh) to conduct state-wide assessments tests for about 17 million students from grade 1 to grade 8 - in order to garner a grassroots-level understanding of the learning gaps, as well as the needs and challenges faced by the students. The state had a strong desire to gain a deeper understanding of student performance in order to effectively cater to various programs and student learning needs, which aim to achieve universal foundational literacy and numeracy in primary schools by 2025. However, traditional assessment methods bring forth several challenges - these methods were not at scale or student level, making it difficult to obtain reliable data for the state to make informed decisions. Additionally, the time it took for data to reach the central department from traditional assessment methods was too long, as the process involved physical question paper preparation, exam conduction, answer sheet evaluation, result generation and then manually digitizing results, leading to a delay of up to three to four months. The Saral solution replaces the old answer sheets with OMR-based answer sheets and allows teachers to scan the answer sheet using the Saral App. This process instantly digitizes data and allows the state to receive digitized data on the very same day of the assessments. Quick and detailed information provided by Saral Assessments has empowered decision-makers to make data-driven choices and take prompt action to enhance educational outcomes in the state. The state is now also planning for a pilot program to explore the use of Saral for other teacher-led activities such as new student admissions to schools. The app can be used to quickly scan admission forms of students and transfer the data to the state back end systems, resulting in significant saving of time for the teachers.
No mandatory proprietary dependencies
Yes
Community Engagement, Code Review
PII data is NOT collected NOT stored and NOT distributed.
Content is NOT collected NOT stored and NOT distributed.
Yes
Contribution guidelines - https://github.com/orgs/Sunbird-Saral/discussions/89
2025-10-30 11:32:41
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) submitted their review of Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-30 11:32:41
System remove tag Late from Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-30 11:32:31
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed Scale of Solution for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-30 11:32:26
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) failed 9C. Protection from Harassment for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-30 11:29:50
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-30 11:16:56
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) failed 9A. Data Privacy & Security for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-30 11:09:21
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed 8. Standards & Best Practices for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-30 09:35:31
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-30 09:35:07
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed 6. Mechanism for Extracting Data for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-30 09:35:05
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) edited 6. Mechanism for Extracting Data for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-30 08:54:30
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed 5. Documentation for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-30 08:54:28
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) edited 5. Documentation for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-30 08:53:04
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) edited a note on 4. Platform Independence for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-30 08:52:56
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) edited a note on 4. Platform Independence for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-30 08:50:37
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) edited a note on General Information for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-30 08:49:29
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) edited a note on General Information for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-30 08:47:18
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) failed 4. Platform Independence for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-27 22:00:03
System add new tag Late to Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-27 13:03:27
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed 3. Clear Ownership for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-27 13:03:08
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed 2. Open Licensing for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-27 13:03:05
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) edited 2. Open Licensing for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-27 13:02:28
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed 1. SDG Relevance for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-27 13:02:06
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed General Information for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-10-27 13:01:44
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) pulled Sunbird Saral (12392) under review
2025-03-14 09:42:13
Deepika Mogilishetty (Applicant) submitted application for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-02-28 01:30:04
System created an autofill refresher application for Sunbird Saral (12392)
2025-02-28 01:30:04
System created a refresher application for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-04-29 04:20:54
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) submitted their review of Sunbird Saral (1051) and found it to be a DPG
2024-04-29 04:20:52
System unmarked Sunbird Saral (11208) as a nominee
2024-04-29 04:20:13
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 4. Platform Independence for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-04-29 04:20:05
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) edited a note on 4. Platform Independence for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-04-29 03:56:59
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) pulled Sunbird Saral (11208) under review
2024-04-25 12:22:39
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) submitted their review of Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-04-25 12:22:39
System remove tag Late from Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-04-25 12:22:11
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 4. Platform Independence for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-04-25 12:22:05
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited a note on 4. Platform Independence for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-04-25 12:19:46
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) pulled Sunbird Saral (11208) under review
2024-04-25 10:29:08
Application clarifications submitted, Application move to L1 for review again
2024-04-16 12:52:41
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) requested clarifications for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-04-16 12:52:39
System marked Sunbird Saral (11208) as a nominee
2024-04-16 12:52:18
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) require clarification on 4. Platform Independence for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-04-16 12:00:02
System add new tag Late to Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-04-16 09:18:20
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) moved Sunbird Saral (11208) to under review
2024-04-15 18:27:37
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) moved Sunbird Saral (11208) to under consultation
2024-04-15 12:56:35
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) moved Sunbird Saral (11208) to under review
2024-04-15 12:56:25
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) finished consultation on 4. Platform Independence for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-04-15 10:49:53
Ivan Perdomo (Expert) submitted their inputs on 4. Platform Independence for Sunbird Saral (11208) as “input”
2024-03-25 13:47:54
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) requested consultation on 4. Platform Independence for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-25 13:47:17
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) moved Sunbird Saral (11208) to under consultation
2024-03-25 13:39:03
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 9C. Protection from Harassment for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-25 13:37:37
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) pulled Sunbird Saral (11208) under review
2024-03-25 13:36:20
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) submitted their review of Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-25 13:36:06
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 9C. Protection from Harassment for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-25 13:36:04
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited 9C. Protection from Harassment for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-25 13:34:59
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) failed 4. Platform Independence for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-25 13:32:39
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) pulled Sunbird Saral (11208) under review
2024-03-25 08:17:52
New tag (Clarifications) added to application
2024-03-25 08:17:52
Application clarifications submitted, Application move to L1 for review again
2024-03-24 15:00:35
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) requested clarifications for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-24 15:00:33
System marked Sunbird Saral (11208) as a nominee
2024-03-24 15:00:16
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) require clarification on 9C. Protection from Harassment for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-24 14:59:27
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) require clarification on 4. Platform Independence for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-24 14:52:49
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed Scale of Solution for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-24 14:48:43
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-24 14:48:26
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 9A. Data Privacy & Security for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-24 14:48:19
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 8. Open Standards & Best Practices for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-24 14:46:23
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-24 14:45:25
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-24 14:45:08
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 5. Documentation for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-24 14:33:14
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 3. Clear Ownership for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-24 14:32:57
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 2. Open Licensing for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-24 14:32:40
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 1. SDG Relevance for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-24 14:32:24
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed General Information for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-24 14:30:47
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) pulled Sunbird Saral (11208) under review
2024-03-22 02:08:49
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) submitted their review of Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-22 02:08:34
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed Scale of Solution for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-22 02:08:28
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) failed 9C. Protection from Harassment for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-22 02:08:10
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-22 02:03:44
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 9A. Data Privacy & Security for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-22 02:02:58
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 8. Open Standards & Best Practices for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-22 02:02:55
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited 8. Open Standards & Best Practices for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-22 02:01:10
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-22 02:00:11
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-22 01:58:40
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-22 01:54:38
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-22 01:49:37
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited 5. Documentation for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-22 01:46:53
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) failed 4. Platform Independence for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-22 01:46:42
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 5. Documentation for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-22 01:46:19
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) failed 5. Documentation for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-22 01:43:38
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 3. Clear Ownership for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-22 01:43:18
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 2. Open Licensing for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-22 01:42:02
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 1. SDG Relevance for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-22 01:42:00
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited 1. SDG Relevance for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-22 00:03:16
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed General Information for Sunbird Saral (11208)
2024-03-22 00:01:46
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) pulled Sunbird Saral (11208) under review
2024-01-09 16:13:56
Deepika Mogilishetty (Applicant) submitted application for Sunbird Saral (11208)
