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Ministry of Education - e-Admin Programme Office

The Ministry of Education can now track the whereabouts of all New Zealand intermediate and secondary school students thanks to Fronde’s Enrolment Management System (ENROL).

“Fronde has listened to us and created an important tool that all schools will be using before the end of the year, revolutionising the way the Ministry tracks students’ whereabouts.”

Martin Connelly, Senior Manager, Ministry of Education

 

The Client

The Ministry of Education is responsible for ensuring all children of compulsory age are receiving an education. It charged Fronde with developing an online enrolments system that could track the whereabouts of all New Zealand intermediate and secondary school students.

The Challenge

  • The Ministry of Education needed a system that could identify where students are at any one time.
  • The outdated paper based system meant there was no real-time view of student enrolments.
  • Enrolment information was often incorrect due to duplications, omitted information or forms still waiting to be processed.

The Solution

  • Fronde, in conjunction with Microsoft .NET technology, designed and built ENROL - a web-enabled real-time record maintenance system over a SQL Server database of student records.
  • The three tier server design provides a high level of security to protect student records.
  • The web server also ensured a consistent quality of service regardless of the level of traffic.

Business Benefits/Success

  • ENROL has revolutionised the Ministry’s ability to identify who is receiving an education.
  • School administrators can log on directly to a central electronic enrolment register and keep records up to date.
  • The Ministry is able to produce a myriad of additional reports not previously available.
  • By the end of 2007, all primary schools will be integrated into the system, meaning all children of compulsory school age in New Zealand’s 2600 schools will be included in ENROL.
  • ENROL is expected to save the Ministry up to $2 million a year.
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