Connect_Next, as the name suggests, enables a next level - seamless connect between the stake holder trio of the school system viz. the school, students and parents. The product is envisioned to transform the engagement levels of the trio, thereby facilitating Participative Learning Environment.

                        Gone are the days when learning started and ended at school. Learning needs to move from school to home and home to school seamlessly. Parents need to get more involved and engaged in this learning process. The lack of an easy to use and easy to access platform is holding back parents from this much needed engagement and involvement. The absence of a real-time learning status repository with information on the learning needs, progress, deficiencies etc of the child makes it difficult for the Trio to monitor and take measures for the betterment of the child. Parents remain disconnected as they have no easy way to get involved.

                  Connect_Next fills this gap. It makes available a real-time learning status repository and provides an easy to use close knit interaction mechanism that is made available through user devices that are most commonly used, making effective participation possible. Teachers/ principal & school staff are provided with tablet computers with Connect_Next application, thereby enabling access & usage at fingertips (without having to rush to a computer room), while students & parents can access the system through a standard web browser from a desktop/ laptop or a tablet PC.

                    The three important components that Connect_Next helps manage in the school education system are Information, Communication and Security. Key features under these main pillars are listed below: