A team of experts from Hitachi MGRM Net conducted training and capacity building for the staff of government schools on Managing, Scheduling, Tracking, Analysing and Reporting (MSTAR) applications on May 11.

The team was deployed by the Directorate of School Education, Ladakh to prepare comprehensive Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software.

Director of School Education, Ladakh, Safdar Ali who emphasized the need to bring automation in Schools of Ladakh asked to ensure easy access to data for all stakeholders in the education sector for proper management, monitoring and functioning of the education system in the region.

Chief Education Officer, Kargil, Mushtaq Ahmad, Zonal Education Officers, Principals, Lecturers, School Headmasters and teachers attended the training session here at Syed Mehdi Memorial Auditorium Hall, Kargil.

The MSTAR application is aimed at managing data, people and processes, scheduling resources, tracking progress and performance, analysing outcomes and reporting MIS, analytics and dashboard.

The training on Edutech and software is aimed to modernize and digitalize the school education system in the government school of Ladakh to track the physical, mental and academic progress of every child in Ladakh from birth to their higher education.

The experts trained the teachers on the school expert system, school management system, analytics and digital learning platform.

The ERP software will integrate with the birth registration database, Anganwadi centres, parents, and health departments to track students' overall progress in various aspects. The software will act as a central portal to address all the administrative issues of schools, their teaching, and non-teaching staff. The session ended with a question-and-answer session.