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CampusWhiz, May 10, 2021

Why should schools outsource their software development.

Leave it to the experts.

The core principle of a school or an educational institute is to impart learning.
The key focus areas are then centred around learning and how does learning
improve the kids as they grow into responsible citizens of the country....

To that effect, the entire energy and time of the school management is directed in identifying innovative areas of learning, new methods of pedagogy that can enrich a student’s learning cycle.

The two fundamental parameters are the quality of staff and the quality of academics.

Quality Staff by any measure are the difference between how a student grasps any subject in a manner that is easy to understand.

In today’s competitive world, attracting talented staff and retaining them is a very big challenge for the school management and a great amount of time and effort goes in fulfilling the talent needs of the institute.

As far as academics are concerned, many standardised methods of learning content and curriculum are already in use and the management’s job is pretty much easy in choosing one that fits with the institute’s goals.

Apart from these, there are various other issues right from government liaison, regulatory compliances, finances, administrative, logistics, transport etc.

That leaves the management very little scope for focusing on anything which doesn’t really affect their core learning.

Any software be it a project or a product or a solution is an enabler of a school’s business functions and it helps the management greatly in doing their daily job in a comfortable manner.

Software development is not the core focus of a school and it shouldn’t be as well. Many schools try to employ a professional who is well versed in computer operations and a little bit of technology, and try to use him or her to build small solutions or programs to help them in their operations.

These kind of solutions and projects do help schools to an extent, but to realise the complete value of a software and unleash its full potential it always better to let the experts do the job. There are some very good software products built exclusively for schools in a customised manner that have been helping schools in running their operations seamlessly.

It is advisable for schools/educational institute’s to identify their budget and zero in on a software product that can help them in running the school efficiently and effectively.

Outsourcing a school’s software needs is economical, beneficial and advisable in the long run and enables the management to focus on the core needs of the school.