Dalan
Dalanby AXON ENJIN

The Data

The reality of the skills gap.

66

Technology students surveyed directly from different Philippine state universities

2.79 / 5

Avg Syllabus Confidence

76.1%

Guessing Their Gaps

55.2%

Priced out of Bootcamps

94%

Ready to Commit Time

Survey Insights

What the data tells us.

2.79 / 5Syllabus Confidence

When asked how confident they are that their current university syllabus prepares them for the actual job market, the average response sits at a failing grade of 2.79 out of 5. Students know they are falling behind.

76.1%The Navigation Crisis

Over three-quarters of state university IT students admit they are largely guessing what extracurricular skills they should be learning, resulting in wasted effort on obsolete or misaligned courses.

55.2%The Cost Barrier

More than half of the students surveyed reported that paid tech bootcamps and premium alternative credentials are entirely out of their financial reach, effectively locking them out of the modern job market.

94.0%Willingness to Commit

Despite the overwhelming pedagogical and financial barriers, a massive 94% of students are highly willing to commit extra hours to upskilling, provided they are given a verified, mathematically grounded roadmap.

Our Impact

Real reach. Documented.

1,200+

Community members reached across all activations

4

Activation Events

50+

Industry Professionals

4

Partner Communities

Activations

Steps we are taking.

COSMOS 2026 Live Activation

March 24, 2026 | In-person eventGDG on Campus PUP

300+ live scans

Testing the Skills Delta in real-time. 300+ direct live scans where students uploaded syllabi and generated their verified gaps on the spot.

50+ industry professionals

Pitching directly to over 50 industry professionals and BPO leaders at the AIM Development Bank Institute to secure B2B buy-in for the talent pipeline.

5-Day Social Campaign

Ongoing | Facebook, Instagram, TikTok

250+ students reached

Targeted awareness sprint reaching 250+ state university students, focusing explicitly on the reality of RAG AI, responsible use, and combating regulatory lag.

Opportunities Feed Distribution

Ongoing | Community networks

600+ captive members

Seeding structural opportunities to 600+ captive members via our direct pipelines into GDG on Campus PUP, Seekers Guild, and AWS E:Novators.

AI & Community Literacy

What we are teaching students about AI and Community.

How does RAG work in plain language?

Instead of relying on unconstrained generative inference, RAG retrieves your verified skills delta and rigorously restricts the output to that proven dataset. The language model has no room to hallucinate because it operates exclusively on proven operational data.

What does responsible AI mean in EdTech?

Responsible AI in education means the system's outputs must be verifiable and grounded in real data, not probabilistic guesses. A career recommendation built on a hallucination can send a student down the wrong path for months. Dalan uses RAG to ensure every suggestion is mathematically grounded.

Why does hallucination-free AI matter for career decisions?

Generic artificial intelligence interfaces generate recommendations based on generalized training distributions rather than your specific curriculum deficit. This produces confident-sounding but probabilistically flawed advice. Dalan's architecture eliminates this structural risk by constraining the underlying model to output solely what is derived from the verified semantic delta between your syllabus and live job market requirements.

Why integrate community networks into an AI learning platform?

Technical proficiency alone cannot guarantee employment. Localized student communities, technical organizations, and industry networks provide the structural support required for career acceleration. Dalan mathematically maps these critical human networks directly into the student's verified learning pathway.

How does Dalan algorithmically close the network equity gap?

State university students traditionally lack the institutional alumni connections prevalent in premium universities. Dalan leverages market data to proactively surface accessible developer communities, targeted hackathons, and local meetups, explicitly matching those opportunities to the student's verified skills delta.

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