Start with Q-Learn
Standards 1–7. Build confidence through practice, feedback and opportunities to try again.
African-first education gaming technology
Gamifying Mathematics forLearners in Botswana
Vorqela is a South African EdTech company redefining how African learners relate to and understand Mathematics. We combine gamification, game-based design, personalisation and diagnostics through Q-Learn for Standards 1–7 and V-Learn for Junior Secondary Forms 1–3; Senior Secondary Forms 4–5.
Botswana
Mathematics learning for Botswana
Q-Learn and V-Learn bring game-based Mathematics practice to families, schools and partners in Botswana.
Continue with V-Learn
Junior Secondary Forms 1–3; Senior Secondary Forms 4–5. Explore Mathematics problems and practise the steps behind an answer.
Use the school-stage labels for Botswana when choosing a product. Grade numbers are not interchangeable between countries.
Talk to Vorqela
We are still asking digital children
to learn like the chalkboard generation
390.84
46.86%
Not confident in Maths
Students reporting that they were not confident in Mathematics.
TIMSS · 2015
View Maths source9.69%
Less engaging Maths lessons
Students describing their Mathematics lessons as less than engaging.
TIMSS · 2015
View Maths sourceQ-Learn
Our Maths response
Build Maths foundations
Standards 1–7
Game-based Maths practice with feedback and opportunities to try again.
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Our Maths response
Practise Maths problem solving
Junior Secondary Forms 1–3; Senior Secondary Forms 4–5
Explore Maths problems and practise the steps behind an answer.
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Our Maths response
Find the Maths learning gap
Use learner activity to identify missing micro-skills and guide the next practice task.
Explore Our ProductsHistorical Form 2 Mathematics assessment; not a current pass rate.
Assessments, years and benchmarks differ. These figures describe the Maths challenge; they do not measure Vorqela product outcomes.
Mathematics Is Not Only a Marks Problem
Many learners experience Mathematics as intimidating, abstract, repetitive, and disconnected from their everyday lives. When learners lose confidence, they practise less. When they practise less, learning gaps grow. These gaps affect classroom participation, subject choices, STEM readiness, and future opportunities.
Intimidation
Mathematics often feels like a high-stakes exam rather than a subject to explore.
Practice Gap
Traditional worksheets fail to provide the feedback and retry cycles needed for mastery.
Future Opps
Without confidence, learners avoid STEM subjects and limit their long-term career paths.
Vorqela addresses this by making Mathematics more engaging, more relatable, and easier to practise through different learning formats.
Inside the learning gap
Your child understands Maths in class.So why can't they do it alone?
More lessons don't always solve the problem, because sometimes nobody knows exactly where the learning gap is.
So what's actually going wrong?
“But I explained this.”
“We covered this in tutoring.”
“I understood it yesterday…”
The hidden difference
The same result. Two very different explanations.
1 What the report shows
Mathematics reportAlgebra42%× Struggling
“The learner needs more Algebra practice.”
2 What Vorqela traces
- Algebra
- Solving Equations
- Inverse Operations✓
- Negative Numbers✓
- Fraction Operations×
- Common Denominators!
3 Vorqela finds the gap
Root micro-skill gapCommon denominators
This weakens fraction operations and later appears as difficulty with linear equations.
V-Teacher
Teachers shouldn't have to guess either.
Turn learner activity into clear next steps—who needs help, which micro-skill is missing, and where that gap is affecting the curriculum.
Teachers & Tutors Join FreeBuilt differently
No. We didn't put ChatGPT behind a Maths game.
Vorqela's learning intelligence comes from our proprietary curriculum model, skill relationships and learner interaction data.
Learner answers question↓
System sends prompt to ChatGPT↓
ChatGPT interprets the answer↓
ChatGPT generates feedback↓
Platform calls it "personalised learning"
Learner interaction↓
Question micro-skill↓
Skill dependency model↓
Misconception tracking↓
Learning insight
Measured, not hallucinated.
Built for the Whole Learning Ecosystem
Vorqela is designed to serve every stakeholder in the education landscape in Botswana.
Learners
Helping learners experience Mathematics as something they can attempt, practise, retry, and improve.
Schools
Offering curriculum-aligned learning products for classrooms, maths clubs, and learner support.
Teachers
Providing tools that support practice, revision, remediation, and learner engagement.
Partners
Creating opportunities to support Mathematics confidence, STEM readiness, and scalable learning innovation.
Parents
Helping parents support Maths confidence and visible learning progress at home.
Government & Funders
Supporting education priorities around Mathematics improvement, foundational numeracy, and measurable progress.
Let's Build Better Mathematics Learning Together
Whether you are a parent, school, partner, funder, investor, or education stakeholder, Vorqela invites you to help make Mathematics learning more engaging, relatable, and confidence-building for learners in Botswana.