Leading young individuals to identify pathways to abundance in an environment commonly defined by scarcity.

The world is in the middle of the biggest education disruption in a century. Schools built for the industrial age taught kids to memorize facts, pass exams, follow instructions and find a job. That world is over. Artificial intelligence is moving faster than anyone expected. Millions of jobs are disappearing. The old system can’t keep up.

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At SXLA, we didn’t wait for this shift to hit us. Since 2020, we’ve been building the response. Spectrum Secondary School in Kyangwali isn’t a traditional school. It’s a living lab, a prototype for the future of education.

Here’s how we’re managing the shift:

• We put STEM and AI tools directly in students’ hands so they learn by creating, not memorizing.

• We turn classrooms into launchpads, where learners design real solutions for food, water, energy, and mobility challenges.

• We train curiosity, adaptability, and problem-solving as the core skills for survival in the AI era.

• We see students not as exam takers, but as future founders, innovators, and leaders.

We’re running the experiment the world needs: how to prepare young people not for the jobs that are disappearing, but for the opportunities that don’t exist yet.

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From a refugee settlement in Uganda, we are proving what’s possible. If it works here, it can work anywhere.