Attributions & data sources

Kiswahili vocabulary and dictionary data used in ALE is sourced from the following open datasets. The Kaikki.org attribution is legally required under CC-BY-SA 4.0.

Kamusi (MIT, Jordan Kalebu) + Kaikki.org (CC-BY-SA 4.0, from Wiktionary). Kamusi Project — © Jordan Kalebu, MIT License. github.com/Kalebu/kamusi

Kaikki.org — CC-BY-SA 4.0, extracted from Wiktionary. kaikki.org

K–5 micro-topics, prerequisite graph, and curriculum-standard mappings are derived from the Marble open taxonomy.

Marble Skill Taxonomy (v1) · © Generative Spark, Inc. (Marble) · withmarble.com · licensed under ODbL 1.0 (database) and CC BY-SA 4.0 (content).

Source repository: withmarbleapp/os-taxonomy.

English Language Arts and Mathematics standards used for topic alignment.

© Copyright 2010 National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. Used under the CCSS Public License.

Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 primary curriculum standards published by the UK Department for Education.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NGSS K–5 and Middle School standard codes are referenced; verbatim standard text is not redistributed.

NGSS is a registered trademark of WestEd. Neither WestEd nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of this product, and do not endorse it.

ALE aligns its curriculum coverage to the syllabi and standards published by the national curriculum and examinations bodies of the East African countries we serve. Standard codes and syllabus outlines are referenced for alignment. Official standard text, examinable questions, and past-paper items remain the intellectual property of their respective bodies and are not redistributed.

• Kenya — Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD, Competency-Based Curriculum Grade 1–9) and Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC, KCPE / KCSE syllabi).
• Uganda — National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC, Lower- and Upper-Secondary curriculum) and Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB, PLE / UCE / UACE syllabi).
• Rwanda — Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB, Competency-Based Curriculum) and the National Examinations and School Inspection Authority (NESA, primary and O-level / A-level national exams).
• Tanzania — Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE, primary and secondary curricula) and the National Examinations Council of Tanzania (NECTA, PSLE / CSEE / ACSEE syllabi).
• Ethiopia — Ministry of Education General Education Curriculum Framework and the Ethiopian Educational Assessment and Examinations Service (EAES, Grade 8 and Grade 12 national exams).

KICD, KNEC, NCDC, UNEB, REB, NESA, TIE, NECTA, the Ethiopian Ministry of Education, and EAES publications remain the intellectual property of their respective bodies. ALE is not endorsed by any of them.

IGCSE subject alignment references syllabus codes and topic outlines published by Cambridge Assessment International Education. Cambridge does not endorse this product.

Standard codes only (verbatim text not redistributed): C3 Framework for Social Studies (© National Council for the Social Studies) and IB PYP Personal, Social & Physical Education Scope & Sequence (© International Baccalaureate Organization).

History and cultural images are sourced from Wikimedia Commons under their respective Creative Commons licences; individual image credits appear on the concept pages that use them. Scientific diagrams are original or CC-BY-licensed from open-education repositories.

ALE is built on Next.js, React, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis, Apache AGE, and dozens of other open-source projects. We publish an updated NOTICE file with the full package-level attribution list; contact us for the current version.