SA-SAMS TIMELINE

πŸ“Œ 2005
β€’ First development of SA-SAMS in the Free State by Edupac
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πŸ“Œ 2008
β€’ Adopted by the DBE as the national school administration system
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πŸ“„ 2015
β€’ User Specification Document for school operations developed
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🏒 2017
β€’ NECT appointed as Project Management Partner
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⚠️ 2018
β€’ First SITA bid for modernisation unsuccessful
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⚠️ 2019
β€’ Second NECT-managed bid cancelled
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🌍 2020
β€’ Market scan for open-source solutions; UNESCO OpenEMIS selected
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☁️ 2021
β€’ Deployment of OpenEMIS core in the South African cloud environment
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πŸ› οΈ 2022–2023
β€’ Configuration, customisation and testing of School, Learner & Staff modules
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πŸ“š 2024–2025
β€’ Development and testing of Curriculum & Assessment Management modules
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