Since 1999 ORT-St.Petersburg Centre proceeding with the grant of Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation) develops an Internet/Intranet database for secondary schools.

The aim of the project: to create a special database of a secondary school that can be accessible from any computer of a school local network and through the Internet as well. This database unites all school documentation: students' personal files, school registers, register of material values, students' medical records.

New opportunities:

• The database facilitates an access to the current information and its analysis for school administration, District Educational Department, class-masters, teachers and parents.
• Schools and Educational Departments could turn to the remote electronic documents circulation.
• Database can be used by a number of people at the same time from different computers both through a local network and the Internet.
• Parents are able to look through the school register and control their child's marks from their workplace, home or any computer with the Internet access.
• It will provide lagging pupils with a more effective help and facilitate the control of progress in studies and attendance by parents and school administration.
• Easy in operation - this database is available for administration, teachers and parents through any Internet browser. There are several access levels and a system of individual passwords and priorities.
• Standard forms and broad possibilities of hypertext are used for input/output of information.