Budget cuts to the country’s educational system have been a hot topic for the past few years, and have caused divisions in communities across the country. School boards have been struggling to maintain the quality of the education they provide, while making the necessary savings to stay afloat. It turns out schools may be overspending without knowing it.
Spending Contacts
According to recent studies that canvassed more than a hundred primary and secondary schools, show educational institutions regularly overspend on telecommunication services. These systems include the maintenance of their telephone communication systems, as well as support for their mobile and internet connections.
The overspending isn’t their fault though, as they lack the necessary training on recent technology, the time to properly manage contracts, and the overuse of traditional suppliers. If schools manage to fix these three things, they can save thousands of dollars on their annual operations. Acquiring voice and data solutions that work to maximize the capabilities of modern technology without taxing budgets is easier than most people think.
Spending to Save
They only need to explore new PSN-approved suppliers that can show that they can effectively and significantly cut down costs without compromising the quality of the service. Most of the problems stem from outdated technology and lax management; two problems that third party providers can easily address. But, wouldn’t hiring someone from the outside entail even more costs?
School boards can think about this situation like hiring accountants – paying people to handle the flow of money. The only difference here is that instead of currency, the suppliers will manage communications, which will result in greater annual savings. Compared to the other kinds of cuts that schools have had to make in the last few years, this is one of the solutions that make sense.
Simply cutting costs isn’t working; schools need to become more efficient and accurate about where they apply their cost-cutting measures.
