Computers in Schools

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Computers in Schools

• IT is now commonplace in school administration
• This includes the use of electronic registers
  that create up to date information on the school
  computer on pupil absence and attendance.
• The use of spreadsheets and databases for keeping
  pupils and staff personal information

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School management systems

• Features
• Pupils details (family and school career)
• Links pupils to teachers
• Calculates average marks
• Print standard reports
• Easy to use lookup and search facilities
• Staff details
• Library system to manage library books
• SIMS is a proprietary software system used.
• Another school management system is Lisol

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SIMS

• SIMS is short for School Information Management
  System
• SIMS is one example of a proprietary Windows
  based software package for school administration.
• A proprietary software package is one that has
  been developed by a company for a specific
  purpose.
• SIMS includes all the information required
  integrated into an all in one system developed
  in Microsoft Access and Visual Basic

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