About Afocusedpath
This organization has a lofty mission – motivating a student to perform better at school by involving more people related to the child in their education. For example, a good word from a grandparent or an appreciation from an aunt would keep a child motivated through their school life. However, in reality, most children receive little or sometimes even no attention regarding their education from their caretakers. Additionally, consider the children whose records are handled by NGOs. How would the NGO keep track of each child and know the progress that has been made? Or a school which has branches all over the country. How would it know which region has students who perform well academically and which school needs attention if the data was not present in a single place? Hence, Afocusedpath wanted an application that satisfied the following criteria for each target –
For families –
1. Track student progress in a single window
2. Maintain the database of records and appreciation
3. Encourage the children to perform better by creating goals
For Educational Institutions/ NGO –
1. Track educational metrics
2. Display analytical insights relating to performance regionally/ institution-wise
3. View/ Send detailed summary/ reports to the stakeholders
The Story of Afocusedpath
Haphazardly tracking a student's result with a report card or through emails can be confusing at the best of times. An increase in the number of courses a child takes or progress to the next grade can result in even more confusion – imagine tracking scores and results from first grade through high school while adding basketball and piano lessons to the mix. Afocusedpath thought of a solution to alleviate this confusion – a single dashboard where a child's progress could be monitored with a group of parents/ guardians or 'villagers' in company speak.Once all the records are stored in one place, a 'villager' will better understand how their charges are performing at school. And what about the students? As more and more villagers monitor and encourage the children to achieve their preset goals, the student gets motivated to perform better than they are doing now – this is not an assumption but the result of actual research on the topic. Afocusedpath's commendable goals required a solution that is intuitive and empathetic – for the educational goals must encourage the children to perform better and not dishearten them in any way.
The Challenge in Education Management
Afocusedpath wanted to build a community of supportive people for each child. With few competitors in their chosen niche and an idea with a lot of potential, this organization was already halfway to success. However, they required a robust application that could manifest their idea. Furthermore, there could be no errors in the database – as one mistake in maintaining data could result in an emotional situation for a child.
Why Afocusedpath Chose Cogniwide to build their solution
Afocusedpath was looking for a solution provider with deep expertise in technology and product building experience powered with enthusiasm to deliver the best. As Cogniwide fit the bill, Afocusedpath put forth a requirement to build a scalable product within strict timelines and budget. Furthermore, all this had to be done using new-gen technologies and agile methodology.
Reasons why Quess Corp chose Cogniwide to build their solution
• Technology expertise
• Product building experience
• Iterative, incremental product delivery model
How Cogniwide helped Afocusedpath create the perfect dashboard
The solution had to be modified according to the person accessing the records. Parents would need a different view of their child's records, and an organization would require a more holistic view. The functionalities were –
For families –
• Add student details
• Insert grade details
• Map 'villagers' associated with the child
• View progress and reports in a single dashboard
For organizations –
• Display a dashboard that can show the performance of individuals and schools
• Provide insights on performance at the regional and institutional – level
• Detail views on drill down
Additionally, all this had to be provided as both a web and mobile application with no compromise on quality. Nevertheless, Cogniwide delivered all this and more within the stipulated time.
