English tutoring by video for the districts, at a price a family can pay, with a test at the end

A first step

Run a free 4-week English conversation course by video for 10 students in one district, recruited through a school teacher, and give a simple test at the start and end. Show the results to their parents and ask what they would pay monthly for the next course. Parents who pay after seeing the score change are the proof.

Who pays first

A parent in a district town who knows English decides jobs and cannot find a tutor nearby, and pays monthly for a measurable result.

What leaves today

Students outside the cities lose jobs and places for lack of English, so their ability is never converted into earnings.

The idea and the mechanism are from the book. The first step was written for this site as a suggestion; if you know a better one, say so.

The test

Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?

The only test any idea on this site has to pass. The four rules that go with it are here.

In the book

• Ch. OneThe Letter That Says Yes and Means No
  177,588 qualified, 45,000 placed

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