diff --git a/src/app/child-dev-project/children/educational-material/educational-material-component/educational-material.component.html b/src/app/child-dev-project/children/educational-material/educational-material-component/educational-material.component.html
index 289052eca4..abfd833c5c 100644
--- a/src/app/child-dev-project/children/educational-material/educational-material-component/educational-material.component.html
+++ b/src/app/child-dev-project/children/educational-material/educational-material-component/educational-material.component.html
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 >
 </app-entity-subrecord>
 
-<div
-  class="margin-top-large"
-  i18n="Total amount|Total amount of education material including a summary"
->
-  Total: {{ summary }}
+<div class="margin-top-large">
+  <ng-container *ngIf="summary">
+    <strong i18n>Total:</strong> {{ summary }} <br>
+  </ng-container>
+  <ng-container *ngIf="avgSummary">
+    <strong i18n>Average:</strong> {{ avgSummary }} <br>
+  </ng-container>
 </div>
diff --git a/src/app/child-dev-project/children/educational-material/educational-material-component/educational-material.component.spec.ts b/src/app/child-dev-project/children/educational-material/educational-material-component/educational-material.component.spec.ts
index 2e8e639b56..9068e33c8e 100644
--- a/src/app/child-dev-project/children/educational-material/educational-material-component/educational-material.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/child-dev-project/children/educational-material/educational-material-component/educational-material.component.spec.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ describe("EducationalMaterialComponent", () => {
     fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EducationalMaterialComponent);
     component = fixture.componentInstance;
     component.entity = child;
+    component.summaries = {total: true, average: true};
     fixture.detectChanges();
   });
 
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ describe("EducationalMaterialComponent", () => {
     component.records = [];
     component.updateSummary();
     expect(component.summary).toHaveSize(0);
+    expect(component.avgSummary).toHaveSize(0);
   });
 
   function setRecordsAndGenerateSummary(
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ describe("EducationalMaterialComponent", () => {
   it("produces a singleton summary when there is a single record", () => {
     setRecordsAndGenerateSummary({ materialType: PENCIL, materialAmount: 1 });
     expect(component.summary).toEqual(`${PENCIL.label}: 1`);
+    expect(component.avgSummary).toEqual(`${PENCIL.label}: 1`);
   });
 
   it("produces a summary of all records when they are all different", () => {
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ describe("EducationalMaterialComponent", () => {
       { materialType: RULER, materialAmount: 1 },
     );
     expect(component.summary).toEqual(`${PENCIL.label}: 2, ${RULER.label}: 1`);
+    expect(component.avgSummary).toEqual(`${PENCIL.label}: 2, ${RULER.label}: 1`);
   });
 
   it("produces a summary of all records when there are duplicates", () => {
@@ -74,7 +78,57 @@ describe("EducationalMaterialComponent", () => {
       { materialType: RULER, materialAmount: 1 },
       { materialType: PENCIL, materialAmount: 3 },
     );
+
+    expect(component.summary).toEqual(`${PENCIL.label}: 4, ${RULER.label}: 1`);
+    expect(component.avgSummary).toEqual(`${PENCIL.label}: 2, ${RULER.label}: 1`);
+  });
+
+  it("produces summary of all records when average is false and total is true", () => {
+    component.summaries =  { total: true, average: false }
+    setRecordsAndGenerateSummary(
+      { materialType: PENCIL, materialAmount: 1 },
+      { materialType: RULER, materialAmount: 1 },
+      { materialType: PENCIL, materialAmount: 3 },
+    );
+
+    expect(component.summary).toEqual(`${PENCIL.label}: 4, ${RULER.label}: 1`);
+    expect(component.avgSummary).toEqual(``);
+  });
+
+  it("produces summary of all records when average is true and total is false", () => {
+    component.summaries = { total: false, average: true };
+    setRecordsAndGenerateSummary(
+      { materialType: PENCIL, materialAmount: 1 },
+      { materialType: RULER, materialAmount: 1 },
+      { materialType: PENCIL, materialAmount: 3 },
+    );
+
+    expect(component.summary).toEqual(``);
+    expect(component.avgSummary).toEqual(`${PENCIL.label}: 2, ${RULER.label}: 1`);
+  });
+
+  it("does not produces summary of all records when both average and total are false", () => {
+    component.summaries = { total: false, average: false };
+    setRecordsAndGenerateSummary(
+      { materialType: PENCIL, materialAmount: 1 },
+      { materialType: RULER, materialAmount: 1 },
+      { materialType: PENCIL, materialAmount: 3 },
+    );
+    
+    expect(component.summary).toEqual(``);
+    expect(component.avgSummary).toEqual(``);
+  });
+
+  it("produces summary of all records when both average and total are true", () => {
+    component.summaries = { total: true, average: true };
+    setRecordsAndGenerateSummary(
+      { materialType: PENCIL, materialAmount: 1 },
+      { materialType: RULER, materialAmount: 1 },
+      { materialType: PENCIL, materialAmount: 3 },
+    );
+
     expect(component.summary).toEqual(`${PENCIL.label}: 4, ${RULER.label}: 1`);
+    expect(component.avgSummary).toEqual(`${PENCIL.label}: 2, ${RULER.label}: 1`);
   });
 
   it("loads all education data associated with a child and updates the summary", async () => {
diff --git a/src/app/child-dev-project/children/educational-material/educational-material-component/educational-material.component.ts b/src/app/child-dev-project/children/educational-material/educational-material-component/educational-material.component.ts
index feba170e3e..5a065632c3 100644
--- a/src/app/child-dev-project/children/educational-material/educational-material-component/educational-material.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/child-dev-project/children/educational-material/educational-material-component/educational-material.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Component, Input, OnInit } from "@angular/core";
+import { NgFor, NgIf } from "@angular/common";
 import { EducationalMaterial } from "../model/educational-material";
 import { Child } from "../../model/child";
 import { FormFieldConfig } from "../../../../core/common-components/entity-form/entity-form/FormConfig";
@@ -18,13 +19,19 @@ import { EntitySubrecordComponent } from "../../../../core/common-components/ent
 @Component({
   selector: "app-educational-material",
   templateUrl: "./educational-material.component.html",
-  imports: [EntitySubrecordComponent],
+  imports: [
+    EntitySubrecordComponent,
+    NgIf,
+    NgFor
+  ],
   standalone: true,
 })
 export class EducationalMaterialComponent implements OnInit {
   @Input() entity: Child;
+  @Input() summaries: { total?: boolean; average?: boolean } = { total: true };
   records: EducationalMaterial[] = [];
   summary = "";
+  avgSummary = "";
 
   @Input() config: { columns: FormFieldConfig[] } = {
     columns: [
@@ -83,15 +90,32 @@ export class EducationalMaterialComponent implements OnInit {
    * human-readable format
    */
   updateSummary() {
-    const summary = new Map<string, number>();
+    const summary = new Map<string, { count: number; sum: number }>();
+    const average = new Map<string, number>();
+
     this.records.forEach((m) => {
-      const previousValue = summary.has(m.materialType.label)
-        ? summary.get(m.materialType.label)
-        : 0;
-      summary.set(m.materialType.label, previousValue + m.materialAmount);
+      const { materialType, materialAmount } = m;
+      const label = materialType?.label;
+
+      if (label) {
+        summary.set(label, (summary.get(label) || { count: 0, sum: 0 }));
+        summary.get(label)!.count++;
+        summary.get(label)!.sum += materialAmount;
+      }
     });
-    this.summary = [...summary]
-      .map(([key, value]) => key + ": " + value)
-      .join(", ");
+    
+    if(this.summaries.total) {
+      const summaryArray = Array.from(summary.entries(), ([label, { sum }]) => `${label}: ${sum}`);
+      this.summary = summaryArray.join(", ");
+    }
+   
+    if(this.summaries.average) {
+      const avgSummaryArray = Array.from(summary.entries(), ([label, { count, sum }]) => {
+        const avg = parseFloat((sum / count).toFixed(2));
+        average.set(label, avg);
+        return `${label}: ${avg}`;
+      });
+      this.avgSummary = avgSummaryArray.join(", ");
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/config/config-fix.ts b/src/app/core/config/config-fix.ts
index b179821a6d..afdb7f9881 100644
--- a/src/app/core/config/config-fix.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/config/config-fix.ts
@@ -712,8 +712,14 @@ export const defaultJsonConfig = {
           "components": [
             {
               "title": "",
-              "component": "EducationalMaterial"
-            }
+              "component": "EducationalMaterial",
+              "config": {
+               "summaries": {
+                  total: true,
+                  average: true,
+                }
+              }
+            }    
           ]
         },
         {