Why do First Nations schools want BCeSIS?
There are many benefits of BCeSIS being implemented into First Nations schools: – Standardization: Currently in First Nations schools in BC, there is no consistent student information database. Schools use a variety of methods and software programs to track student information including paper files. The introduction of BCeSIS will provide one consistent student database which can be used by a majority of First Nations schools. – Movement of Staff: If staff moves between the First Nations and provincial school systems, they will already be familiar with the student information system. – Efficient Transfer of Student Data: As a student moves from a First Nations school to a provincial school all of the information pertaining to that student does not always follow him/her. BCeSIS will allow for all information pertaining to a First Nations student to efficiently move between the education systems. When a student transfers a new school can effectively ‘pick up’ a student in BCeSIS once the
