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Quebec’s Ministry of Education gets smarter with business intelligence and analytics

SAS® Software to support information legacy preservation project

Montreal, QC  (19 June 2008)  –  The Ministere de l’Educaion, du Loisir et du Sport du Quebec (MELS), today announced that it has turned to SAS the leader in business intelligence and predictive analytics, to help carry out its information legacy preservation project and meet its growing technological needs.

The project will introduce new concepts and data into MELS’ new system while the phase-out of the mainframe platform takes place in December 2008. The SAS solution will allow the data to be transferred to a common operational and reporting layer, which will offer effortless operation and added analysis tools to its decision-making software suite.
                                                                
Predicting the future…
The changes introduced aim to cater to the needs of Quebec society by allowing education specialists and researchers to make predictions on the necessary services required for residents. For example, with the power of analytical intelligence, MELS will be able to generate precise studies concerning school dropout, or success factors, as well as determine which programs will be in demand in the years ahead.

“The Ministère de l’Éducation is known and respected for delivering services that improve the lives of Quebecers,” said Mario Ianniciello, Eastern Regional Director, SAS Canada. “Its use of SAS will provide a better understanding of the needs of the population and improve the quality and accuracy of information required to drive critical services.”

About Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport
The Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport is the government body responsible for ensuring that Quebecers have access to the educational services they need to pursue their studies and succeed in life. It is also responsible for fostering the development of recreation and sports and promoting a physically active lifestyle among the population.

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