JAKARTA, Indonesia — May 9, 2023 — CoLearn, an Indonesia-based education platform combining AI-aided homework help with cohort-based live classes, today hosted a delegation of executives from Innova Schools and Intercorp, both operating primarily in Peru and across South America, as part of IDEO’s annual executive immersion program. The visit gave CoLearn’s guests a close look at how the platform has approached one of the central challenges in education innovation: delivering quality learning at scale.
The Innova Schools and Intercorp leaders were in Jakarta as part of a broader search for innovative approaches to education delivery that could inform their own work across Peru and the wider region. CoLearn’s session walked the visiting executives through its perspective on the underlying drivers of low education performance in Indonesia, and the combination of solutions the company built in response: AI-aided homework help paired with cohort-based, teacher-led live classes designed to sustain long-term student motivation.
Beyond the strategic overview, the session also gave visiting leaders a behind-the-scenes look at the operational work underpinning CoLearn’s growth to millions of monthly active users, including a peak of 4.3 million in November 2022 — offering a practical, ground-level complement to the higher-level discussion of strategy and product design.
CoLearn thanked IDEO for organizing the exchange as part of its executive immersion program, and described the visit as a valuable opportunity to compare notes with education leaders working on similar problems in a different regional context.
About Innova Schools
Innova Schools is a network of private K-12 schools serving Peru’s emerging middle class, built around an affordable, internationally-benchmarked education model. Founded in 2010, the school system was designed in partnership with global design firm IDEO, combining small-group, teacher-led instruction with self-directed digital learning tools and centrally developed lesson plans. Innova Schools has since grown into one of the largest private school networks in Peru and the broader Latin American region.
About Intercorp
Intercorp is one of Peru’s largest business conglomerates, chaired by Carlos Rodríguez-Pastor. Founded in 1994 out of the acquisition of a state-owned bank, the group has since expanded across banking and financial services, retail, real estate, healthcare, and education — including Innova Schools — with a stated focus on serving Peru’s growing middle class.
About IDEO
IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy, founded in Palo Alto, California in 1991, known for popularizing human-centered “design thinking” across sectors including healthcare, consumer products, and education. IDEO organizes an annual executive immersion program that brings business leaders to visit organizations working on relevant innovation challenges around the world, and has worked directly with Innova Schools and Intercorp on the design of Innova’s school model.
