Malankara Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church Case Study
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Client
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church | Old Tappan, NJ
The Malankara Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church in North America is part of a larger, ancient group of oriental Christians hailing mainly from the Middle East and India.
Category
Non-profit
Overview
The Malankara Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church in North America has much to teach its younger generations growing up in diaspora communities. The Archdiocese’s Sunday School program worked with MAVA Partners to create an online testing platform to help students, teachers, and administrators gauge how well students do with understanding their Church’s faith and tradition.
Business Requirement
The Malankara Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church in North America’s Sunday School program plays an important role in teaching youth and building a strong foundation for Christian living. Part of the Sunday School program is testing participants’ knowledge through a series of exams. The results provide valuable feedback to teachers that allows them to make needed adjustments to their curriculum and style. For decades, the exam was administered using an antiquated paper and pencil system and each test had to be mailed to the headquarters in New Jersey to be evaluated. The process was time-consuming and expensive, so the program team determined that an online test-taking solution needed to be created. The budget, however, was thin.
THE MAVA PARTNERS SOLUTION
Working with MAVA Partners, the Sunday School program was able to create a centralized exam solution via a web-based app that simplifies the entire exam process. The former inefficient and expensive process is now replaced with a custom software solution that allows students to register and take the exam online. Directors may control the exam time limits, enlist more volunteers in the evaluation process, and customize the process for different age groups. The new software platform saves the organization, its leaders, and students massive amounts of time and money while allowing them to leverage technology that is now available to everyone. MAVA met a deadline and was flexibly charged for their efforts.