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Schools in Six German States Can Now Opt For Nextcloud (itsfoss.com)
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  • The contract, procured by public-sector cooperative govdigital eG, covers Berlin, ​Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and ​Rhineland-Palatinate, with other states able to join
  • Pricing ‌is ⁠structured in five tiers based on active users, ranging from up to 50,000 to more than 500,000. No school authority has to commit to a set volume up front, so each can begin with its current users and grow from there
  • The maximum value of ​the framework ​agreement is €67.5 ⁠million, according to the federal government's official procurement portal
  • The solution is ​based on IONOS Nextcloud Workspace, combining ​file ⁠storage, document collaboration and communication tools, the companies said
  • The platform will run exclusively in ⁠German ​data centres on open-source ​technology, without non-European dependencies

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Having Nextcloud does not fulfill the actual needs of a school:

  • timetables/class schedules
  • provide information about homework
  • possibility to inform school that a child is sick
  • grades for the kid
  • chat platform per class and between kids, teachers and parents

Nextcloud is for filesharing. But filesharing is not a priority need for a school. Yes, you can try to solve this via plugins and stuff. Bit this is just trying to bend something into shape that is not meant for the job.

Better to use a different platform actually tailored to the use case. For example edupage. But edupage has lots to improve (e.g. using in in the browser on mobile is horrible and the UI is very cluttered).

So I don't see how this actually benefits a school.

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