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Samarth - Himachal Pradesh

Samarth - Himachal Pradesh is a program to facilitate education in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India in a decentralized manner. Decentralization is key to empower teacher and state officials at various levels i.e, state, district, block and cluster.

Technical Elements​

  • e-Samwad Android Application
  • Shiksha Saathi Android Application
  • Admin Management Console
  • esamwad Backend

e-Samwad Android Application​

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The e-Samwad Android Application is a teacher facing intervention. Which helps teacher in

  • Student Management (Add, Remove, Promote)
  • Recurring school activities (Attendance Marking, Mark Collection, Homework Sharing
  • Communication with Parents (Meeting Announcements, Results Sharing, Holiday announcements)
  • Outcome based learning / Assessment – LO and ORF level data (Nipun lakshya abhyaas)

The application is predominantly written in Java with newer elements in Kotlin. The app extensively uses a modified version of ODK to collect data. The app uses Hasura for easier access and storage of some of our data elements. The app talks to our backend services for authentication & other management tasks.

Repository: https://github.com/Samarth-HP/eSamwad-app

Shiksha Saathi Android Application​

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The Shiksha Saathi Android Application is a mentor facing intervention. At its core its a data collection application to facilitate the state to track school needs and check progress on various state mandates. It allows collection of:

  • School Mentoring Visit Observations
  • School Monitoring Visit Observations
  • Review Meetings
  • School Infrastructure Data

The application is predominantly written in Java with newer elements in Kotlin. The app extensively uses a modified version of ODK to collect data. The app uses Hasura for easier access and storage of some of our data elements.

Repository: https://github.com/Samarth-HP/shiksha-saathi-app

Admin Management console​

The Samarth Admin Management console is an administration tool for state education officials at various levels. The core features are as follows:

  • User Management of students, teachers and mentors(create, edit, delete, approve, transfer)
  • Entity Management of school and locations( Add, update, delete)
  • Work flow management (Configure and Assessments)

The admin management console uses backend services for user management and access control on the apps.

Repository: https://github.com/Samarth-HP/admin-ts

esamwad Backend​

The backend services for Samarth provide support to the above Android applications and admin consoles in user management, authentication & access control via SamagraX's opensource user-service.

The esamwad-backend system is built using Django. The system uses smaller microservices like:

  • CDAC Service: A service to send SMSs (from teachers to parents) via mobile seva
  • ODK - UCI Adapter: A service to trigger a workflow (make an API call, send an SMS, etc..) post an ODK form is filled & submitted in the Android App. This service supports sending of SMSes via CDAC Service and UCI.
  • Doc Generator: A service to create PDFs (school leaving certificates, report cards, etc..) using Doc Generator.

Repository: https://github.com/Samarth-HP/esamwad-backend