He has developed a School Management System for government-run schools, a technology-based platform which promises considerable relief with a paperless mode of data collection.
At a time when discussions over the increasing burden of non-academic and administrative tasks on teachers of Zilla Parishad (ZP) schools in Maharashtra have led to major concerns, Sandeep Gund, a ZP teacher, has a digital solution to offer.
He has developed a School Management System for government-run schools, a technology-based platform which promises considerable relief with a paperless mode of data collection.
This school management system is aimed at simplifying a school’s administrative process. The multi-purpose approach of this system will help in automating daily operations on a single platform and provide insightful reports when required. With more than 100 modules in its customised features, the system is specially made for public schools in Maharashtra.
“There are nearly 150 registers in any ZP school to be maintained by a teacher, who also looks at administrative tasks. The types of registers vary from general registration having a student’s enrolment data, records of transfer or leaving certificates issued by the school, records of mid-day meal, accounts of schools providing details of expenses under different government grants, details of scholarships, Aadhaar cards of students, dead-stock register to maintain a log of items in school and the list goes on. And time-to-time, the government asks ZP schools to submit data in various formats,” said Gund, who along with some other techno-savvy teachers, runs DEEP (Digital Education Empowerment Programme) Foundation, which aims at enhancing public sector education through the intervention of technology and digital platforms.
