Pupil database failure presents modernisation opportunity

Thursday, 26 November 2015 00:00

Failures with the pupil database present an opportunity to update the system.

It was shut down when it was found that data on the Island's school children was collated unlawfully:

That's legal and administration manager Andrew Shipley - he says it's time to look at putting legislation in place to simplify the process.

The Department of Education and Children is looking into using Structured Query Language; which allows services to find pupils quickly across the database.

Andrew explains why it may be some time before developers can get to work:

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