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Tribal Group , a leading provider of software and services to the international education market , has announced that it has been awarded a five year SaaS contract to replace Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi ’ s Student Management System .
Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi is a publicly owned tertiary education institution based in Whakatane which provides education in a Māori cultural context to 6,000 students . The organization ’ s vision is to pursue knowledge to the greatest depths and its broadest horizons , and to empower the descendants of Awanuiārangi and all Māori to claim and develop their cultural heritage .
Tribal Group won the contract following an extensive procurement process during which the organization concluded that the Tribal Student Management System ( SMS ) was most suited for the educator ’ s requirements for a student management system .
These included the need to :
• Improve the student experience from enquiry , application and enrolment through to graduation and alumni
• Improve service delivery by managing quality , reducing risk and cutting turnaround times
• Create efficiencies for the organization by improving reporting and lines of communication and reducing time and cost caused by workarounds
• Improve accessibility of staff to student information to enable improved result and program management , auditability and transparency
• Integrate timetabling , rostering and attendance marking to enable improved management of these areas
Wiremu Doherty , CEO , Awanuiārangi , said : “ Our current SMIS plateaued in its ability to service the needs of our staff and students . We looked for a
THE TRIBAL PRODUCT SATISFIED OUR BUSINESS NEEDS AND HAS A CLOSE
ALIGNMENT TO THE VALUES OF THE WĀNANGA .
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