Our school operations are currently funded by our scholarships from individuals, groups, and foundations. At a small scale, like our pilot schools, donor funding can be a form of sustainability, particularly in the case of an endowment or a platform with predictable donor revenue. However at a large scale, the sustainability burden on even the largest donor organizations becomes too great.

There are many developing countries which utilize tuition-funded private schools. Unfortunately, even at $3/month these are out of the price range of the poorest families and are affordable by less than 20% of the population. We currently ask communities for a $2 per student annual contribution. As poor economies continue to grow, the potential reach of the eSchool 360 as a private school model will expand.

Starting a business and starting a school are both difficult challenges. Trying to do both at once is herculean, which is why you don't see it in developed countries. That being said, there are many NGO's that are looking at various methods of income generation and continue to explore and remain open-minded about the possibilities. Indeed, we recently opened a solar shop in a nearby town.

Ultimately public education at scale is a government service. In countries like Zambia, providing Universal Quality Education is difficult because the tax base is very low (most people are subsistence farmers). The eSchool 360 operates at 1/3 of the current government costs per student and will make these scarce tax revenues go much further. We are in very preliminary discussions with the Ministry of Education and other partners to take the model to national scale.