Educational Management Platform
Multi-Tenant Institution System
Overview
Designed and built a comprehensive educational management system serving schools and colleges across multiple African countries. The platform handles everything from student enrollment and attendance to grade management and parent communication, all within a multi-tenant architecture that maintains data isolation between institutions.
The Challenge
Build comprehensive management system for schools and colleges across Africa with multi-institutional support
- Each institution had unique workflows that couldn't fit a one-size-fits-all solution
- Data privacy laws varied by country, requiring strict tenant isolation
- Unreliable internet connectivity in many regions meant offline support was critical
- Administrators had varying technical literacy levels
The Solution
Technical Approach
- Implemented Domain-Driven Design with bounded contexts for each functional area
- Built row-level security in PostgreSQL for multi-tenant data isolation
- Created configurable workflow engine allowing institutions to customize processes
- Designed progressive web app with service worker caching for offline access
Key Decisions
Hasura over custom GraphQL server
Why: Instant GraphQL API with row-level security, dramatically reducing backend development time
DDD bounded contexts
Why: Clear separation between enrollment, academics, finance, and communication domains
Ant Design component library
Why: Comprehensive enterprise components reduced UI development time by 40%
Results
Lessons Learned
- 1.Multi-tenant architectures need security auditing from the start, not as an afterthought
- 2.Domain-Driven Design pays off when domain complexity is high
- 3.Building for low-bandwidth regions requires fundamentally different performance budgets
Tech Stack
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