SuperScheduler For School Timetables Announces It’s Global Product Lunch

PRLog (Press Release) – May 25, 2007 – Johannesburg, South Africa, May 24, 2004 – SuperScheduler announces the lunch of its school scheduling software product range to the global market. After 15 years of successful use by schools in South Africa the scheduling software is now available beyond the borders of South Africa at http://superscheduler.com.

The old Apartheid government in South Africa had segregated the country into 17 different education departments. Each of these departments had their own way of running their schools. This created immense problems in terms of developing a single software product to meet this diverse scheduling challenge.

Jacob van Niekerk, the CEO at http://SuperScheduler.com took five years in perfecting a product that could cater to the scheduling / timetabling needs of the South African education environment.  This artificial educational environment was a highly inefficient one that duplicated resources at local, provincial and national level.

Van Niekerk explained that these Apartheid constraints made the SuperScheduler Solution unique and ideally suited to the varying scheduling approaches that exist in schools around the world today.

Because of the inequality of the teacher education training that existed in the country the software had to be very easy to use. Difficult to reach schools meant that the software had to be ultra reliable and easy to support.

When Nelson Mandela became President of South Africa, his government rationalised the school structure under a single educational authority.  However, this left many legacy problems. Again SuperScheduler was able to meet the curriculum and scheduling changes required without adding any addition stress to the difficult transition to the post apartheid era.

Besides the ease of use, a key aspect of the software that teachers really appreciate is the speed at which it provides their scheduling solution. The software slashes the traditional long times they have come to expected with going from planning-to-printing.

The product is available as a Free Trial Download from the http://superscheduler.com website.  SuperScheduler in fact offers a Management Evaluation Program to bench mark different scheduling packages against each other. Jacob feels it is important to have the right tool for the right job.  This decision support tool helps schools to make the best choice for their teachers and pupils.