Besidesa significant setback to children’s learning, the ongoing pandemic has been ablow to the various other school management processes where functions across departments became a task. In the absence of a proper structure, schools are suffering and are causing significant disruption. To avoid school functions from getting hampered, schools at large deployed school management system. This system encompasses various modules to manage various functions such as timetables, admissions, fee collection, messages, reports, assessments, exams, records of students and teachers, etc. When a school deploys an ERP-based (Enterprise resource planning) managementsystem, the entire school functioning experiences a revamp.
Let’ssee in detail what are the other functions that are achieved by the managementsystem:
· It saves time for teachers and administrators and can focus on theirprime duties, increasing efficiency.
· It bridges the communication gap between teachers and parents duringonline learning, keeps the parents updated about their ward’s performance and helps teachers identify any learning gaps and fix them on time.
· The management system handles data in real-time and keeps the children'srecords from admission to the day they leave.
· Making timetables class wise has also become easier with ERP-basedmanagement systems where teachers can create plans using simple drag and drop functionality.
· With the assistance of a fee gateway, parents do not have to stand inlong queues to pay the fee, or schools do not have to send them constant reminders. Instead, automated messages are sent to parents whenever the fee is due, and they can pay it without any hassle.
· Teachers can obtain fast and accurate judgments with the help of anERP-enabled system and produce report cards efficiently.
· Student management systems are also an integral part of theERP-based management system that helps schools conduct seamless admissions and keep the record of every child, including the status of their fee payment.
· This system also allows the owner to run a school in hybrid modewhenever required, ensuring uninterrupted learning.
Earlier,where technology was a mere luxury in schools, now has become a necessity.School owners have released that schools won't survive without the intervention of technology. Even in the pre-pandemic times, technology was required at multiple levels, but school management kept ignoring that because “why fix it when it's not broken.” Now when the sector stands still gasping for breath, technology becomes an absolute necessity.
Online learning was implemented at the mass level when schools declared closures;however, the school management remained uncertain. As a result, chaos prevailed, and schools started experiencing dire financial losses. Amidst this chaos, ERP-based software proved to be a boon. This software helps in streamlining school functions and also helps students achieve quality learning. The upcoming time for the education industry will be an interesting one where schools’ ecosystems will witness a revolution. Slowly and steadily, technology is making inroads in the sector. Parents now prefer sending their kids to ERP and LMS-enabled schools, realising that technology can only help their children achieve a non-disrupted education. According to MarketsandMarkets, “The global education ERP market size is projected to grow from USD 12.7 billion in 2021 to USD 25.2 billion by 2026, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 14.7% during the forecast period.”
Facts and figures indicate that the future of the education industrywill be powered by technology. In such circumstances, it becomes indispensableto embrace technology to withstand any crisis of any magnitude, save students from irreversible learning losses, and save the management the trouble of running a seamless school.
