Sametham is an initiative from KITE to share the authentic data of academic and infrastructural details of Govt, Aided and Recognized UnAided schools in Kerala, which are available for public. Through this portal, a person can view the basic details of schools including its physical infrastructure, governing mechanisms, school’s page in School Wiki, Location etc. The details include the approved classes in each school, data of students in each class, teachers and non-teaching staff (without personal details) etc which can be used for various report generations at school, educational sub-district, educational district, revenue district and state level.
Different types of schools (Primary, Upper Primary, High School, Higher Secondary and Vocational Higher Secondary) are classified in a single campus model in the portal. As many as 23 basic details and 51 physical infrastructure details of each school is made available in the portal. The details of teachers and non-teaching staff of Govt and Aided schools, including their designation and names has been included exclusively in the portal. The number of students of each class which are categorized medium wise is also available in the portal. Through Sametham, a person can directly access the School Wiki page of any school, which details its history, various clubs, activities, alumni, programmes etc.
The student details of Govt, Aided and Un-Aided Primary, Upper Primary, High School, Higher Secondary and Vocational Higher Secondary schools and that of teachers of Govt and Aidd schools is available in the home page of Sametham itself. Schools can be searched in district wise and category wise.
Sametham doesn’t require any specific log-in, instead anyone can view the details of schools by giving either the school code or location name in the ‘Search box’. Through the Advanced Search box in the Sametham, schools can be searched in district, parliament / assembly constituencies, panchayaths, educational district and sub district wise. This facility can be highly useful for the elected representatives, officers of education department and researchers who need not contact any particular office to get the school data. Not only the physical enquiry to multiple offices to get any school data is not required, Sametham also enables the departments to make their activities transparent and easier. Sametham is indeed the most comprehensive data bank available on a public domain in Kerala.
Government have mandated the use of Sametham for the official purposes of General Education Department. Schools need not provide any specific information for Sametham. The data required for Sametham is pulled out from Sampoorna school management software in the case of schools upto High schools whereas that of Higher Secondary and Vocational Higher Secondary schools, the data is obtained through their admission portal. The details of teachers and non-teaching staff of schools are obtained from SPARK (Service and Payroll Administrative Repository for Kerala). Schools are directed to ensure to ensure the accuracy of their data in the portal and make necessary updation through Sampoorna, SPARK and admission portals.
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