Edulake

Better accessibility, governance, and 
scalability through a centralised and secure storage solution

The Department is facing growing data demands, so it’s important to invest in a solution that accommodates future needs. Currently, data is stored across multiple platforms and is managed by different teams, leading to inefficiencies. EduLake provides a centralised and secure storage solution that brings together the department’s educational data in one unified system, ensuring better accessibility, governance, and scalability for the future.

EduLake is a collaborative data and analytics platform for educational data services, management, and advanced analytics. It aims to collect and manage data from various sources, using the latest technologies and best practices to support outcomes and innovation for the department. EduLake is dedicated to improving the department’s data services by aligning with Our Plan for NSW Public Education, Digital Strategy, and Data Strategy. It helps guide decisions and achieve positive results for students, staff, and NSW public education, by ensuring staff have access to valuable evidence-based information.

Achievements

Outcomes are expected to be:

• Modernise and digitise services delivered to schools and stakeholders
• Promote data democratization and enable data driven insights
• Reduced time to market data analytics solutions
• Improve Data Governance – Accessibility, Security, & Quality of Data
• Self-service data analytics capabilities across the enterprise
• Less time preparing data, more time analysing

Engagement

The program is still in the development phase, with its current focus being on internal engagement within the department.

Department leading the project

NSW Department of Education