A school management software that helps to reduce absenteeism and cut administrative work by 50 per cent has been introduced in Ghana.
Called ‘eKool School Management Software’, the platform helps simplify or minimise the manual and cumbersome administrative processes.
Aside from aiding effective learning and teaching experience to achieve quality education in the era of virtual activities, it is a critical tool for school administrators to digitise processes and provides a 360-degree function.
Commenting on the software, the Chief Executive Officer of eKool, TanelKeres, said the system improved the productivity of stakeholders, including teachers, staff, students and parents.
“The software makes the lives of pupils and parents simple and convenient. For parents, assessing all the important information of their pupils just got easier. They can simply track and monitor if their child is in class or not, their assignments and scores,” he said.
Mr Keres said the system provided better learning results for pupils whose schools sign onto the platform because it gave the pupil the chance to do advanced preparation anywhere at any time based on teacher’s notes and comments.
“Imagine, you’re driving through the long hours in traffic? All these hours, your child can productively make good use of the time by communicating with their colleagues on assignments and also may opt for group discussions on topics treated at school. How convenient,” he said.
Mr Keres said teachers could report activities instantly on the eKool software which helps to enhance communication and makes it easier for teachers to share scores of their pupils with their parents without having to wait till the end of term or an Open Day.
“This system incorporates student performance analytics and information on grades. With this, parents can access their performance and know their strengths and weaknesses and be able to take any actions if need be,” he added.
Mr Keres said the system had a well-structured teaching, learning and other class management activities that gives way for teachers to save on the average 45 minutes a day, resulting in more teacher-pupil contact hours a month to teach.
“This is achieved by inputting the students’ data into the system only once – no duplication of work and reports are generated automatically.
“For the school’s management and leadership team, eKool serves as a platform to give you the ability to monitor all the school’s activities and reporting functions such as teachers’ activities, staff records, pupils profile and their parents, admission tracking among other key elements,” he said.
BY TIMES REPORTER
