Russia is creating a unified school software platform on Linux and PostgreSQL

2021: Plan to create a single school software platform

In Russia, a single school software platform is being created on Linux and PostgreSQL. This became known on November 1, 2021.

IT-integrator Ai-teko"" for 344 million rubles. will create a single platform My school"" for all Russian schools. It will combine such services as a school diary and magazine, curriculum schedule, library of educational materials, etc Server., system components will work on the OS Linux family, a DBMS PostgreSQL or similar system is chosen as.

In the tender with an initial contract price of 355 million rubles. Hopper IT also took part, knocking down the contract price by 82 million rubles. At the same time, the winner knocked down the price by only 11 million rubles. However, applications were evaluated not only by price offers, but also by criteria such as qualification of bidders, business reputation, etc.

The system will be created in three phases, but the agreement with I-Teco provides for only two phases of work, the end of which is May 31, 2022. The third phase of work is provided for by the system concept in 2023. The Ministry of Education is going to spend more than 2 billion rubles on the creation of My School. until 2024

The platform will allow you to get equal access to digital to educational to content and services throughout Russia for all categories of students, including gifted children, children with disabilities and children living in inaccessible and remote areas. Including, the platform will allow to pass educational programs using. remote technologies

According to the terms of reference, the platform must be created on free software. The server components of the system will run on one of the operating systems of the Linux family. Databases should be managed using DBMS PostgreSQL or similar. Among the browsers in the terms of reference are Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Yandex.Browser.

The number of daily users working with the platform will reach 4 million. However, the task provides for an increase in load capacity both by increasing the power of servers and by increasing their number. Thus, up to 24 million users will be able to work in the system daily.

The creation of a single IT platform for Russian schools became known in March 2021. Teachers, students and their representatives, as well as suppliers of educational materials, will have access to a single platform. Registration in the system will be carried out through a single portal of public services and functions (EPSU or "State Services").

According to the concept, the technical operator of the My School platform is the Federal Institute for Digital Transformation in Education. The basis for the creation of the FSIS is the federal project "Digital Educational Environment" of the national project "Education."

At the same time, in connection with the launch of the My School GIS, the further development of some projects in the Ministry of Education was considered inappropriate. Among them, "Russian Electronic School," for which 1.8 billion rubles have already been spent, AIS "Marketplace for Educational Content and Services" - 193 million rubles. and GIS "Information and Analytical Platform" - another 278 million rubles.

The information systems used for November 2021 do not fully provide the solution of the tasks, however, the key functionalities of the existing systems should be integrated or reused when creating the system, - says the technical assignment[1].

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