About elimu-mcp
An MCP server covering Kenya's education system, for users looking up education pathways and related services. Its five tools address school records, exam results, student loans, vocational programs, and literacy resources; the school list is described as template data.
Key features
- 01School registry lookup
- 02KCSE/KCPE results lookup
- 03HELB loan information
- 04TVET program information
- 05Literacy resources
Use cases
- 01Look up school registry entries
- 02Check Kenya exam results
- 03Explore HELB loan information
- 04Find TVET and literacy resources
MCP support
Provides five education-related tools for use by any MCP client, including school, exam, loan, TVET, and literacy information.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
Tools
5Saved tool list · updated 6d ago
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| level | any | No | |
| county | string | Yes | |
| school_type | any | No | Optional filter for school type. Pass None to return all results. |
Details
From the project READMEelimu-mcp
Install: pip install elimu-mcp · Use with any MCP client.
MCP server for Kenya education system — school registry, KCSE/KCPE results lookup, HELB loans, TVET programs, and literacy resources. 5 tools.
Part of the East Africa Coordination Stack
This MCP server is part of the Kenya coordination infrastructure.
Connect it to africa-coord-bus —
the coordination event bus that routes signals between domains automatically.
pip install africa-coord-bus
All servers: pypi.org/user/gmahia Live demo: coord-cascade-demo
IP & Collaboration
MIT licensed. Feedback via GitHub Issues only — pull requests are not accepted. Demo data is labeled DEMO and is not suitable for operational decisions. Full policy: docs/architecture/IP_POLICY.md. Security reports: see SECURITY.md.
Part of the East Africa coordination stack
- Install & run:
pip install reli-cli && reli list— the MCP servers on the official MCP Registry underio.github.gabrielmahia - Evaluate any model on Swahili agent tasks: kipimo · dataset · leaderboard
- Coordinate across servers: africa-coord-bus — offline-first event bus with a built-in Kenya routing table
- Datasets: huggingface.co/gmahia · Docs hub: nairobi-stack
Model-agnostic by design: closed APIs, open-weight models, and small distilled models are all first-class citizens.
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