Hello all,



I would just like to inform you that we have finished an evaluation
version of a school management software program, BestGrade, available for
free to all schools in Uganda. The program may be used for report cards,
student lists, ID cards, and other tasks. For those who would like a copy
it is available for download from our website at www.bestgrade.org . We are
finalizing the details of the software and also incorporating any
suggestions from users.



Additionally, for those schools who are interested, we are doing free
demonstrations and trainings in Kampala until the 17th of February. Subject
to availability, if you set an appointment we may visit your school free of
charge.



-Daniel Schier

Director, Project Best Grade

daniel.schier@bestgrade.org

www.bestgrade.org

posted 08 February 2010 by Daniel Schier from email

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Sent: Mon, February 8, 2010 6:02:10 AM
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Hello all,
I would just like to inform you that we have finished an evaluation version of a school management software program, BestGrade, available for free to all schools in Uganda.The program may be used for report cards, student lists, ID cards, and other tasks.For those who would like a copy it is available for download from our website at www.bestgrade.org We are finalizing the details of the software and also incorporating any suggestions from users.
Additionally, for those schools who are interested, we are doing free demonstrations and trainings in Kampala until the 17th of February.Subject to availability, if you set an appointment we may visit your school free of charge.
-Daniel Schier
Director, Project Best Grade
daniel.schier@bestgrade.org
www.bestgrade.org
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posted 08 February 2010 by Ssenabulya Dithane from email

Close to my question.. what platform does the software run on?




On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Reinier Battenberg
<reinier.battenberg@mountbatten.net> wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> What version of the software should I download if I would like to evaluate?
> http://www.bestgrade.org/software.html mentions that there should be a new
> version, but without providing a link, and the old version is Excell only.
>
>
> --
> rgds,
>
> Reinier Battenberg
> Director
> Mountbatten Ltd.
> +256 782 801 749
> www.mountbatten.net
>
>
>
>
> On Monday 08 February 2010 17:02:10 you wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>>
>>
>>   I would just like to inform you that we have finished an evaluation
>> version of a school management software program, BestGrade, available for
>> free to all schools in Uganda.  The program may be used for report cards,
>> student lists, ID cards, and other tasks.  For those who would like a copy
>> it is available for download from our website at www.bestgrade.org .  We
>>  are finalizing the details of the software and also incorporating any
>> suggestions from users.
>>
>>
>>
>>   Additionally, for those schools who are interested, we are doing free
>> demonstrations and trainings in Kampala until the 17th of February.
>>  Subject to availability, if you set an appointment we may visit your
>>  school free of charge.
>>
>>
>>
>> -Daniel Schier
>>
>> Director, Project Best Grade
>>
>> daniel.schier@bestgrade.org
>>
>> www.bestgrade.org
>>
>>
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posted 08 February 2010 by muloem from email

Hmm,

Last year Daniel Schier came here asking to partner with local developers.
Today I read him saying they have finished an evaluation version of a school
management software program.

Before writing this mail, I contacted some local developers who claim he met
them, I wanted to know if they had an in-put in the software he is putting
up for evaluation.

Looks like there is good information to follow on this software on how it
has been developed.

Davis



From: Daniel Schier [mailto:daniel.schier@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 5:02 PM
To: I-Network Uganda
Subject: [i-network] free software for school management available



Hello all,

I would just like to inform you that we have finished an evaluation version
of a school management software program, BestGrade, available for free to
all schools in Uganda. The program may be used for report cards, student
lists, ID cards, and other tasks. For those who would like a copy it is
available for download from our website at <http://www.bestgrade.org>
www.bestgrade.org We are finalizing the details of the software and also
incorporating any suggestions from users.

Additionally, for those schools who are interested, we are doing free
demonstrations and trainings in Kampala until the 17th of February. Subject
to availability, if you set an appointment we may visit your school free of
charge.

-Daniel Schier

Director, Project Best Grade

<mailto:daniel.schier@bestgrade.org> daniel.schier@bestgrade.org

<http://www.bestgrade.org/> www.bestgrade.org



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posted 10 February 2010 by Davis J Weddi from email

Hello Daniel,



You sound interesting. 'Senegal education system modified for Uganda'?

What is the source of your funding for this 'goodwill' project, it looks so
big if you imagine the magnitude involved.

Those who have seen what you had last year, believe your software was not as
adequate as the locally developed software that was already being
distributed for free around the country. The chaps at www.magezi.net are
also giving out free schools management software that has not been modified
from another country's education but rather made in line with Uganda's
education system. It would really be better if we have software that is
tailored to Uganda's education institutional management and not adopted from
another country, even if it is free of charge. To an extent, could it not be
comparable to saying Uganda's education system is not as good as Senegal's.



Davis



From: Daniel Schier [mailto:daniel.schier@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:37 PM
To: I-Network Uganda
Subject: [i-network] RE: free software for school management available



Hello Davis,

I did, indeed, visit a couple of developers around Kampala. We discussed
mainly the education system, as well as the market for management software
and a few specifications. I explained a bit about the objectives of our
project, its history, and what we are trying to develop in Uganda and the
rest of East Africa. Additionally, I visited schools in Mbarara, Kampala,
Fort Portal, as well as rural areas in order to get feedback on features and
specific needs.

The software itself is built off of our Senegal version, with significant
modification for the Ugandan system. Essentially, the software is
simple-to-use and can be adopted by the majority of schools, specifically
those without significant IT resources. Schools with greater means and more
complex needs will probably consider other products. We are looking for
developers who would be interested in making modifications for interested
schools which have the financial means for such services, and who would be
interested in doing trainings and the like. An additional benefit to
partners is that they may upsell their products to schools, if they have
financial management software, more comprehensive school management
software, or other products to offer.

The idea of offering free software is to target the greatest number of
schools possible. By my estimate there are perhaps 50 primary and secondary
schools in country using some type of management program, while the number
of schools who could adopt a program is more than 10 times that. The goal is
for schools to realize the potential and benefits of using technology that
they otherwise wouldn't.

For anybody who is interested in more information on the project they can
visit our website at www.bestgrade.org. Additionally, they may contact me at
daniel.schier@bestgrade.org.


Daniel Schier





On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Davis J Weddi <dweddi@newvision.co.ug>
wrote:

Hmm,

Last year Daniel Schier came here asking to partner with local developers.
Today I read him saying they have finished an evaluation version of a school
management software program.

Before writing this mail, I contacted some local developers who claim he met
them, I wanted to know if they had an in-put in the software he is putting
up for evaluation.

Looks like there is good information to follow on this software on how it
has been developed.

Davis

From: Daniel Schier [mailto:daniel.schier@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 5:02 PM
To: I-Network Uganda
Subject: [i-network] free software for school management available

Hello all,

I would just like to inform you that we have finished an evaluation version
of a school management software program, BestGrade, available for free to
all schools in Uganda. The program may be used for report cards, student
lists, ID cards, and other tasks. For those who would like a copy it is
available for download from our website at www.bestgrade.org We are
finalizing the details of the software and also incorporating any
suggestions from users.

Additionally, for those schools who are interested, we are doing free
demonstrations and trainings in Kampala until the 17th of February. Subject
to availability, if you set an appointment we may visit your school free of
charge.

-Daniel Schier

Director, Project Best Grade

daniel.schier@bestgrade.org

www.bestgrade.org <http://www.bestgrade.org/>

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posted 10 February 2010 by Davis J Weddi from email

Yes, thanks for the enlightment Reinier.

Davis

-----Original Message-----
From: Reinier Battenberg [mailto:reinier.battenberg@mountbatten.net]
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 2:14 PM
To: I-Network Uganda
Subject: [i-network] RE: RE: free software for school management available

Hi Davis,

I tend to disagree with you on the adapting statement.

When designing software, in the case for a school, about 90% of that
software
will be very generic in all 183 countries in the world.

A school has classes, pupils, possibly fees, subjects, teachers, a roster
and
they work more or less the same whereever you go.

Why would you start from scratch implementing these when designing software?

Just take something that works elsewhere and only apply the differences.
Saves
you a whole lot of hassle.

BTW, people who want to get involved with writing opensource school
management
software (slightly more complicated than bestgrade), the people at
www.schooltool.org are looking into how to adapt their quite succesfull
opensource software to the developing worlds circumstances. If you dig deep
enough into their website you can find their plans for this and how you
could
get involved.


--
rgds,

Reinier Battenberg
Director
Mountbatten Ltd.
+256 758 801 749
www.mountbatten.net




On Wednesday 10 February 2010 13:27:35 you wrote:
> Hello Daniel,
>
>
>
> You sound interesting. 'Senegal education system modified for Uganda'?
>
> What is the source of your funding for this 'goodwill' project, it looks
so
> big if you imagine the magnitude involved.
>
> Those who have seen what you had last year, believe your software was not
> as adequate as the locally developed software that was already being
> distributed for free around the country. The chaps at www.magezi.net are
> also giving out free schools management software that has not been
modified
> from another country's education but rather made in line with Uganda's
> education system. It would really be better if we have software that is
> tailored to Uganda's education institutional management and not adopted
> from another country, even if it is free of charge. To an extent, could
it
> not be comparable to saying Uganda's education system is not as good as
> Senegal's.
>
>
>
> Davis
>
>
>
> From: Daniel Schier [mailto:daniel.schier@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:37 PM
> To: I-Network Uganda
> Subject: [i-network] RE: free software for school management available
>
>
>
> Hello Davis,
>
> I did, indeed, visit a couple of developers around Kampala. We discussed
> mainly the education system, as well as the market for management software
> and a few specifications. I explained a bit about the objectives of our
> project, its history, and what we are trying to develop in Uganda and the
> rest of East Africa. Additionally, I visited schools in Mbarara, Kampala,
> Fort Portal, as well as rural areas in order to get feedback on features
> and specific needs.
>
> The software itself is built off of our Senegal version, with significant
> modification for the Ugandan system. Essentially, the software is
> simple-to-use and can be adopted by the majority of schools, specifically
> those without significant IT resources. Schools with greater means and
more
> complex needs will probably consider other products. We are looking for
> developers who would be interested in making modifications for interested
> schools which have the financial means for such services, and who would be
> interested in doing trainings and the like. An additional benefit to
> partners is that they may upsell their products to schools, if they have
> financial management software, more comprehensive school management
> software, or other products to offer.
>
> The idea of offering free software is to target the greatest number of
> schools possible. By my estimate there are perhaps 50 primary and
secondary
> schools in country using some type of management program, while the number
> of schools who could adopt a program is more than 10 times that. The goal
> is for schools to realize the potential and benefits of using technology
> that they otherwise wouldn't.
>
> For anybody who is interested in more information on the project they can
> visit our website at www.bestgrade.org. Additionally, they may contact me
> at daniel.schier@bestgrade.org.
>
>
> Daniel Schier
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Davis J Weddi <dweddi@newvision.co.ug>
> wrote:
>
> Hmm,
>
> Last year Daniel Schier came here asking to partner with local developers.
> Today I read him saying they have finished an evaluation version of a
> school management software program.
>
> Before writing this mail, I contacted some local developers who claim he
> met them, I wanted to know if they had an in-put in the software he is
> putting up for evaluation.
>
> Looks like there is good information to follow on this software on how it
> has been developed.
>
> Davis
>
> From: Daniel Schier [mailto:daniel.schier@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 5:02 PM
> To: I-Network Uganda
> Subject: [i-network] free software for school management available
>
> Hello all,
>
> I would just like to inform you that we have finished an evaluation
version
> of a school management software program, BestGrade, available for free to
> all schools in Uganda. The program may be used for report cards, student
> lists, ID cards, and other tasks. For those who would like a copy it is
> available for download from our website at www.bestgrade.org We are
> finalizing the details of the software and also incorporating any
> suggestions from users.
>
> Additionally, for those schools who are interested, we are doing free
> demonstrations and trainings in Kampala until the 17th of February.
Subject
> to availability, if you set an appointment we may visit your school free
of
> charge.
>
> -Daniel Schier
>
> Director, Project Best Grade
>
> daniel.schier@bestgrade.org
>
> www.bestgrade.org <http://www.bestgrade.org/>
>
> Visit the I-Network website - www.i-network.or.ug
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posted 10 February 2010 by Davis J Weddi from email

Hello Chris,

Thanks for the enlightening me.

I am having to learn many new angles to software issues from your reaction
and that of Reinier, and I think many others that are to come.

It is not easy to agree that Open Source is as open as it sounds and so the
need to find out the level of openness, in order to know the background or
hidden costs, which may not be seen by the naked mind/(eye).

Davis




-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Kasangaki [mailto:chris@cossnet.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:36 PM
To: I-Network Uganda
Subject: [i-network] RE: RE: RE: free software for school management
available

Davis,

I was about to say that you need to get familiar with the opensource
model. Open source mainly works on the idea of code reuse. As Reinier
says, you need not re-invent the wheel; you pick what is there and build
on it. Yes, in education as in Journalism, a lot of the basic things are
uniform and the only differences are cosmetic.

BTW the Magezi solution is not open source, or so it seems from reading
from their website. I would not jump to conclusions about it until I
have heard from some one who has used it or evaluated it. It would be
nice to compare it with opengrade or another SIS before giving it the
software-of-the-year award.

Cheers

Chris

On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 13:05 +0100, Davis J Weddi wrote:
> Yes, thanks for the enlightment Reinier.
>
> Davis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reinier Battenberg [mailto:reinier.battenberg@mountbatten.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 2:14 PM
> To: I-Network Uganda
> Subject: [i-network] RE: RE: free software for school management available
>
> Hi Davis,
>
> I tend to disagree with you on the adapting statement.
>
> When designing software, in the case for a school, about 90% of that
> software
> will be very generic in all 183 countries in the world.
>
> A school has classes, pupils, possibly fees, subjects, teachers, a roster
> and
> they work more or less the same whereever you go.
>
> Why would you start from scratch implementing these when designing
software?
>
> Just take something that works elsewhere and only apply the differences.
> Saves
> you a whole lot of hassle.
>
> BTW, people who want to get involved with writing opensource school
> management
> software (slightly more complicated than bestgrade), the people at
> www.schooltool.org are looking into how to adapt their quite succesfull
> opensource software to the developing worlds circumstances. If you dig
deep
> enough into their website you can find their plans for this and how you
> could
> get involved.
>
>
> --
> rgds,
>
> Reinier Battenberg
> Director
> Mountbatten Ltd.
> +256 758 801 749
> www.mountbatten.net
>
>
>
>
> On Wednesday 10 February 2010 13:27:35 you wrote:
> > Hello Daniel,
> >
> >
> >
> > You sound interesting. 'Senegal education system modified for Uganda'?
> >
> > What is the source of your funding for this 'goodwill' project, it looks
> so
> > big if you imagine the magnitude involved.
> >
> > Those who have seen what you had last year, believe your software was
not
> > as adequate as the locally developed software that was already being
> > distributed for free around the country. The chaps at www.magezi.net are
> > also giving out free schools management software that has not been
> modified
> > from another country's education but rather made in line with Uganda's
> > education system. It would really be better if we have software that is
> > tailored to Uganda's education institutional management and not adopted
> > from another country, even if it is free of charge. To an extent, could
> it
> > not be comparable to saying Uganda's education system is not as good as
> > Senegal's.
> >
> >
> >
> > Davis
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Daniel Schier [mailto:daniel.schier@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:37 PM
> > To: I-Network Uganda
> > Subject: [i-network] RE: free software for school management available
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello Davis,
> >
> > I did, indeed, visit a couple of developers around Kampala. We discussed
> > mainly the education system, as well as the market for management
software
> > and a few specifications. I explained a bit about the objectives of our
> > project, its history, and what we are trying to develop in Uganda and
the
> > rest of East Africa. Additionally, I visited schools in Mbarara,
Kampala,
> > Fort Portal, as well as rural areas in order to get feedback on features
> > and specific needs.
> >
> > The software itself is built off of our Senegal version, with
significant
> > modification for the Ugandan system. Essentially, the software is
> > simple-to-use and can be adopted by the majority of schools,
specifically
> > those without significant IT resources. Schools with greater means and
> more
> > complex needs will probably consider other products. We are looking for
> > developers who would be interested in making modifications for
interested
> > schools which have the financial means for such services, and who would
be
> > interested in doing trainings and the like. An additional benefit to
> > partners is that they may upsell their products to schools, if they have
> > financial management software, more comprehensive school management
> > software, or other products to offer.
> >
> > The idea of offering free software is to target the greatest number of
> > schools possible. By my estimate there are perhaps 50 primary and
> secondary
> > schools in country using some type of management program, while the
number
> > of schools who could adopt a program is more than 10 times that. The
goal
> > is for schools to realize the potential and benefits of using
technology
> > that they otherwise wouldn't.
> >
> > For anybody who is interested in more information on the project they
can
> > visit our website at www.bestgrade.org. Additionally, they may contact
me
> > at daniel.schier@bestgrade.org.
> >
> >
> > Daniel Schier
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Davis J Weddi <dweddi@newvision.co.ug>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hmm,
> >
> > Last year Daniel Schier came here asking to partner with local
developers.
> > Today I read him saying they have finished an evaluation version of a
> > school management software program.
> >
> > Before writing this mail, I contacted some local developers who claim he
> > met them, I wanted to know if they had an in-put in the software he is
> > putting up for evaluation.
> >
> > Looks like there is good information to follow on this software on how
it
> > has been developed.
> >
> > Davis
> >
> > From: Daniel Schier [mailto:daniel.schier@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 5:02 PM
> > To: I-Network Uganda
> > Subject: [i-network] free software for school management available
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I would just like to inform you that we have finished an evaluation
> version
> > of a school management software program, BestGrade, available for free
to
> > all schools in Uganda. The program may be used for report cards, student
> > lists, ID cards, and other tasks. For those who would like a copy it is
> > available for download from our website at www.bestgrade.org We are
> > finalizing the details of the software and also incorporating any
> > suggestions from users.
> >
> > Additionally, for those schools who are interested, we are doing free
> > demonstrations and trainings in Kampala until the 17th of February.
> Subject
> > to availability, if you set an appointment we may visit your school free
> of
> > charge.
> >
> > -Daniel Schier
> >
> > Director, Project Best Grade
> >
> > daniel.schier@bestgrade.org
> >
> > www.bestgrade.org <http://www.bestgrade.org/>
> >
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posted 10 February 2010 by Davis J Weddi from email

Dear Daniel,

Thanks for sharing with us about Bestgrade and for the initiative. Recently we were contacted by a secondary school inquiring on the possibility of SionaPros developing for them a school management software from scratch, and I thought it was not really necessary, given that schools have been around for long - no need to recreate the wheel.

I just have some concrete questions regarding Bestgrade:

1. Does it have an accounting system integrated linking to school fees payments, part payment tracking, etc?
2. Does it have reports management, capable of generating termly reports per student, automatically positioning students per class / stream, etc etc.
3. On what platform is Bestgrade designed? Is it a web-based platform? PHP, JSP, Pearl, ASP?

Kindly get back to us.

Cheers,

Simon.

Simon Ndira
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SionaPros Ltd.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Yawe Tony [mailto:yawetony@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 5:58 PM
To: I-Network Uganda
Subject: [i-network] RE: RE: RE: RE: free software for school management available

Davis,

For your information, the Magezi solution is not free... as compared to this software. You have to part with some dollars to own it.

Yawe Tony Adage: “ I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity." ~by Eleanor Roosevelt.


--- On Wed, 2/10/10, Davis J Weddi <dweddi@newvision.co.ug> wrote:

> From: Davis J Weddi <dweddi@newvision.co.ug>
> Subject: [i-network] RE: RE: RE: RE: free software for school management available
> To: "I-Network Uganda" <i-network@dgroups.org>
> Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 4:33 PM
> Hello Chris,
>
> Thanks for the enlightening me.
>
> I am having to learn many new angles to software issues
> from your reaction
> and that of Reinier, and I think many others that are to
> come.
>
> It is not easy to agree that Open Source is as open as it
> sounds and so the
> need to find out the level of openness, in order to know
> the background or
> hidden costs, which may not be seen by the naked
> mind/(eye).
>
> Davis
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Kasangaki [mailto:chris@cossnet.org]
>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:36 PM
> To: I-Network Uganda
> Subject: [i-network] RE: RE: RE: free software for school
> management
> available
>
> Davis,
>
> I was about to say that you need to get familiar with the
> opensource
> model. Open source mainly works on the idea of code reuse.
> As Reinier
> says, you need not re-invent the wheel; you pick what is
> there and build
> on it. Yes, in education as in Journalism, a lot of the
> basic things are
> uniform and the only differences are cosmetic.
>
> BTW the Magezi solution is not open source, or so it seems
> from reading
> from their website. I would not jump to conclusions about
> it until I
> have heard from some one who has used it or evaluated it.
> It would be
> nice to compare it with opengrade or another SIS before
> giving it the
> software-of-the-year award.
>
> Cheers
>
> Chris
>
> On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 13:05 +0100, Davis J Weddi wrote:
> > Yes, thanks for the enlightment Reinier.
> >
> > Davis
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Reinier Battenberg [mailto:reinier.battenberg@mountbatten.net]
>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 2:14 PM
> > To: I-Network Uganda
> > Subject: [i-network] RE: RE: free software for school
> management available
> >
> > Hi Davis,
> >
> > I tend to disagree with you on the adapting
> statement.
> >
> > When designing software, in the case for a school,
> about 90% of that
> > software
> > will be very generic in all 183 countries in the
> world.
> >
> > A school has classes, pupils, possibly fees, subjects,
> teachers, a roster
> > and
> > they work more or less the same whereever you go.
> >
> > Why would you start from scratch implementing these
> when designing
> software?
> >
> > Just take something that works elsewhere and only
> apply the differences.
> > Saves
> > you a whole lot of hassle.
> >
> > BTW, people who want to get involved with writing
> opensource school
> > management
> > software (slightly more complicated than bestgrade),
> the people at
> > www.schooltool.org are looking into how to adapt their
> quite succesfull
> > opensource software to the developing worlds
> circumstances. If you dig
> deep
> > enough into their website you can find their plans for
> this and how you
> > could
> > get involved.
> >
> >
> > --
> > rgds,
> >
> > Reinier Battenberg
> > Director
> > Mountbatten Ltd.
> > +256 758 801 749
> > www.mountbatten.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday 10 February 2010 13:27:35 you wrote:
> > > Hello Daniel,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > You sound interesting. 'Senegal education system
> modified for Uganda'?
> > >
> > > What is the source of your funding for this
> 'goodwill' project, it looks
> > so
> > > big if you imagine the magnitude involved.
> > >
> > > Those who have seen what you had last year,
> believe your software was
> not
> > > as adequate as the locally developed
> software that was already being
> > > distributed for free around the country. The
> chaps at www.magezi.net are
> > > also giving out free schools management software
> that has not been
> > modified
> > > from another country's education but rather made
> in line with Uganda's
> > > education system. It would really be better if we
> have software that is
> > > tailored to Uganda's education institutional
> management and not adopted
> > > from another country, even if it is free of
> charge. To an extent, could
> > it
> > > not be comparable to saying Uganda's
> education system is not as good as
> > > Senegal's.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Davis
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From: Daniel Schier [mailto:daniel.schier@gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:37 PM
> > > To: I-Network Uganda
> > > Subject: [i-network] RE: free software for school
> management available
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello Davis,
> > >
> > > I did, indeed, visit a couple of developers
> around Kampala. We discussed
> > > mainly the education system, as well as the
> market for management
> software
> > > and a few specifications. I explained a bit about
> the objectives of our
> > > project, its history, and what we are trying to
> develop in Uganda and
> the
> > > rest of East Africa. Additionally, I visited
> schools in Mbarara,
> Kampala,
> > > Fort Portal, as well as rural areas in order to
> get feedback on features
> > > and specific needs.
> > >
> > > The software itself is built off of our Senegal
> version, with
> significant
> > > modification for the Ugandan system. Essentially,
> the software is
> > > simple-to-use and can be adopted by the majority
> of schools,
> specifically
> > > those without significant IT resources. Schools
> with greater means and
> > more
> > > complex needs will probably consider other
> products. We are looking for
> > > developers who would be interested in making
> modifications for
> interested
> > > schools which have the financial means for such
> services, and who would
> be
> > > interested in doing trainings and the like. An
> additional benefit to
> > > partners is that they may upsell their products
> to schools, if they have
> > > financial management software, more comprehensive
> school management
> > > software, or other products to offer.
> > >
> > > The idea of offering free software is to target
> the greatest number of
> > > schools possible. By my estimate there are
> perhaps 50 primary and
> > secondary
> > > schools in country using some type of management
> program, while the
> number
> > > of schools who could adopt a program is more than
> 10 times that. The
> goal
> > > is for schools to realize the potential and
> benefits of using
> technology
> > > that they otherwise wouldn't.
> > >
> > > For anybody who is interested in more information
> on the project they
> can
> > > visit our website at www.bestgrade.org.
> Additionally, they may contact
> me
> > > at daniel.schier@bestgrade.org.
> > >
> > >
> > > Daniel Schier
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Davis J Weddi
> <dweddi@newvision.co.ug>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hmm,
> > >
> > > Last year Daniel Schier came here asking to
> partner with local
> developers.
> > > Today I read him saying they have finished an
> evaluation version of a
> > > school management software program.
> > >
> > > Before writing this mail, I contacted some local
> developers who claim he
> > > met them, I wanted to know if they had an
> in-put in the software he is
> > > putting up for evaluation.
> > >
> > > Looks like there is good information to follow on
> this software on how
> it
> > > has been developed.
> > >
> > > Davis
> > >
> > > From: Daniel Schier [mailto:daniel.schier@gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 5:02 PM
> > > To: I-Network Uganda
> > > Subject: [i-network] free software for school
> management available
> > >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I would just like to inform you that we have
> finished an evaluation
> > version
> > > of a school management software program,
> BestGrade, available for free
> to
> > > all schools in Uganda. The program may be used
> for report cards, student
> > > lists, ID cards, and other tasks. For those who
> would like a copy it is
> > > available for download from our website at
> www.bestgrade.org We are
> > > finalizing the details of the software and also
> incorporating any
> > > suggestions from users.
> > >
> > > Additionally, for those schools who are
> interested, we are doing free
> > > demonstrations and trainings in Kampala until the
> 17th of February.
> > Subject
> > > to availability, if you set an appointment we may
> visit your school free
> > of
> > > charge.
> > >
> > > -Daniel Schier
> > >
> > > Director, Project Best Grade
> > >
> > > daniel.schier@bestgrade.org
> > >
> > > www.bestgrade.org <http://www.bestgrade.org/>
> > >
> > > Visit the I-Network website -
> www.i-network.or.ug
> > >
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> Knowledge Sharing
> > >
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posted 14 February 2010 by Simon Ndira from email

Richard,
 
That was spot on......evaluate, advise and get involved so that something good can be got out of the whole fray. 



Yawe Tony
 
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--- On Mon, 2/15/10, Richard Mubiru <ricmubiru@gmail.com> wrote:


From: Richard Mubiru <ricmubiru@gmail.com>
Subject: [i-network] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: free software for school management available
To: "I-Network Uganda" <i-network@dgroups.org>
Date: Monday, February 15, 2010, 9:32 AM



Simon,


visit http://www.bestgrade.org/downloadv5.02ug.php download the software, evaluate it and you will have answers to all your questions



On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Simon Ndira <sndira@sionapros.com> wrote:

Dear Daniel,

Thanks for sharing with us about Bestgrade and for the initiative. Recently we were contacted by a secondary school inquiring on the possibility of SionaPros developing for them a school management software from scratch, and I thought it was not really necessary, given that schools have been around for long - no need to recreate the wheel.

I just have some concrete questions regarding Bestgrade:

1. Does it have an accounting system integrated linking to school fees payments, part payment tracking, etc?
2. Does it have reports management, capable of generating termly reports per student, automatically positioning students per class / stream, etc etc.
3. On what platform is Bestgrade designed? Is it a web-based platform? PHP, JSP, Pearl, ASP?

Kindly get back to us.

Cheers,

Simon.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Yawe Tony [mailto:yawetony@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 5:58 PM
To: I-Network Uganda


Subject: [i-network] RE: RE: RE: RE: free software for school management available

Davis,

For your information, the Magezi solution is not free... as compared to this software. You have to part with some dollars to own it.

Yawe Tony Adage: “ I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity." ~by Eleanor Roosevelt.


--- On Wed, 2/10/10, Davis J Weddi <dweddi@newvision.co.ug> wrote:

> From: Davis J Weddi <dweddi@newvision.co.ug>
> Subject: [i-network] RE: RE: RE: RE: free software for school management available
> To: "I-Network Uganda" <i-network@dgroups.org>
> Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 4:33 PM
> Hello Chris,
>
> Thanks for the enlightening me.
>
> I am having to learn many new angles to software issues
> from your reaction
> and that of Reinier, and I think many others that are to
> come.
>
> It is not easy to agree that Open Source is as open as it
> sounds and so the
> need to find out the level of openness, in order to know
> the background or
> hidden costs, which may not be seen by the naked
> mind/(eye).
>
> Davis
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Kasangaki [mailto:chris@cossnet.org]
>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:36 PM
> To: I-Network Uganda
> Subject: [i-network] RE: RE: RE: free software for school
> management
> available
>
> Davis,
>
> I was about to say that you need to get familiar with the
> opensource
> model. Open source mainly works on the idea of code reuse.
> As Reinier
> says, you need not re-invent the wheel; you pick what is
> there and build
> on it. Yes, in education as in Journalism, a lot of the
> basic things are
> uniform and the only differences are cosmetic.
>
> BTW the Magezi solution is not open source, or so it seems
> from reading
> from their website. I would not jump to conclusions about
> it until I
> have heard from some one who has used it or evaluated it.
> It would be
> nice to compare it with opengrade or another SIS before
> giving it the
> software-of-the-year award.
>
> Cheers
>
> Chris
>
> On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 13:05 +0100, Davis J Weddi wrote:
> > Yes, thanks for the enlightment Reinier.
> >
> > Davis
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Reinier Battenberg [mailto:reinier.battenberg@mountbatten.net]
>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 2:14 PM
> > To: I-Network Uganda
> > Subject: [i-network] RE: RE: free software for school
> management available
> >
> > Hi Davis,
> >
> > I tend to disagree with you on the adapting
> statement.
> >
> > When designing software, in the case for a school,
> about 90% of that
> > software
> > will be very generic in all 183 countries in the
> world.
> >
> > A school has classes, pupils, possibly fees, subjects,
> teachers, a roster
> > and
> > they work more or less the same whereever you go.
> >
> > Why would you start from scratch implementing these
> when designing
> software?
> >
> > Just take something that works elsewhere and only
> apply the differences.
> > Saves
> > you a whole lot of hassle.
> >
> > BTW, people who want to get involved with writing
> opensource school
> > management
> > software (slightly more complicated than bestgrade),
> the people at
> > www.schooltool.org are looking into how to adapt their
> quite succesfull
> > opensource software to the developing worlds
> circumstances. If you dig
> deep
> > enough into their website you can find their plans for
> this and how you
> > could
> > get involved.
> >
> >
> > --
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> >
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> > Director
> > Mountbatten Ltd.
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday 10 February 2010 13:27:35 you wrote:
> > > Hello Daniel,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > You sound interesting. 'Senegal education system
> modified for Uganda'?
> > >
> > > What is the source of your funding for this
> 'goodwill' project, it looks
> > so
> > > big if you imagine the magnitude involved.
> > >
> > > Those who have seen what you had last year,
> believe your software was
> not
> > > as adequate as the locally developed
> software that was already being
> > > distributed for free around the country. The
> chaps at www.magezi.net are
> > > also giving out free schools management software
> that has not been
> > modified
> > > from another country's education but rather made
> in line with Uganda's
> > > education system. It would really be better if we
> have software that is
> > > tailored to Uganda's education institutional
> management and not adopted
> > > from another country, even if it is free of
> charge. To an extent, could
> > it
> > > not be comparable to saying Uganda's
> education system is not as good as
> > > Senegal's.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Davis
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From: Daniel Schier [mailto:daniel.schier@gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:37 PM
> > > To: I-Network Uganda
> > > Subject: [i-network] RE: free software for school
> management available
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello Davis,
> > >
> > > I did, indeed, visit a couple of developers
> around Kampala. We discussed
> > > mainly the education system, as well as the
> market for management
> software
> > > and a few specifications. I explained a bit about
> the objectives of our
> > > project, its history, and what we are trying to
> develop in Uganda and
> the
> > > rest of East Africa. Additionally, I visited
> schools in Mbarara,
> Kampala,
> > > Fort Portal, as well as rural areas in order to
> get feedback on features
> > > and specific needs.
> > >
> > > The software itself is built off of our Senegal
> version, with
> significant
> > > modification for the Ugandan system. Essentially,
> the software is
> > > simple-to-use and can be adopted by the majority
> of schools,
> specifically
> > > those without significant IT resources. Schools
> with greater means and
> > more
> > > complex needs will probably consider other
> products. We are looking for
> > > developers who would be interested in making
> modifications for
> interested
> > > schools which have the financial means for such
> services, and who would
> be
> > > interested in doing trainings and the like. An
> additional benefit to
> > > partners is that they may upsell their products
> to schools, if they have
> > > financial management software, more comprehensive
> school management
> > > software, or other products to offer.
> > >
> > > The idea of offering free software is to target
> the greatest number of
> > > schools possible. By my estimate there are
> perhaps 50 primary and
> > secondary
> > > schools in country using some type of management
> program, while the
> number
> > > of schools who could adopt a program is more than
> 10 times that. The
> goal
> > > is for schools to realize the potential and
> benefits of using
> technology
> > > that they otherwise wouldn't.
> > >
> > > For anybody who is interested in more information
> on the project they
> can
> > > visit our website at www.bestgrade.org.
> Additionally, they may contact
> me
> > > at daniel.schier@bestgrade.org.
> > >
> > >
> > > Daniel Schier
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Davis J Weddi
> <dweddi@newvision.co.ug>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hmm,
> > >
> > > Last year Daniel Schier came here asking to
> partner with local
> developers.
> > > Today I read him saying they have finished an
> evaluation version of a
> > > school management software program.
> > >
> > > Before writing this mail, I contacted some local
> developers who claim he
> > > met them, I wanted to know if they had an
> in-put in the software he is
> > > putting up for evaluation.
> > >
> > > Looks like there is good information to follow on
> this software on how
> it
> > > has been developed.
> > >
> > > Davis
> > >
> > > From: Daniel Schier [mailto:daniel.schier@gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 5:02 PM
> > > To: I-Network Uganda
> > > Subject: [i-network] free software for school
> management available
> > >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I would just like to inform you that we have
> finished an evaluation
> > version
> > > of a school management software program,
> BestGrade, available for free
> to
> > > all schools in Uganda. The program may be used
> for report cards, student
> > > lists, ID cards, and other tasks. For those who
> would like a copy it is
> > > available for download from our website at
> www.bestgrade.org We are
> > > finalizing the details of the software and also
> incorporating any
> > > suggestions from users.
> > >
> > > Additionally, for those schools who are
> interested, we are doing free
> > > demonstrations and trainings in Kampala until the
> 17th of February.
> > Subject
> > > to availability, if you set an appointment we may
> visit your school free
> > of
> > > charge.
> > >
> > > -Daniel Schier
> > >
> > > Director, Project Best Grade
> > >
> > > daniel.schier@bestgrade.org
> > >
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