Excelsoft Technologies Limited has entered into a strategic partnership with AQA Education, the United Kingdom's largest awarding body, to jointly develop a next-generation e-marking platform for high-stakes assessments.
Key Partnership Details
- Partners: Excelsoft Technologies Limited and AQA Education (UK's largest awarding body)
- Purpose: Co-development of enhanced e-marking platform for high-stakes assessments
- Platform: Next-generation e-marking solution based on Excelsoft's existing Saras platform
- Selection Process: AQA selected Excelsoft following rigorous multi-stage evaluation over several months
- Contract Value: Multi-million-pound contract (multi-year duration)
Operational Scale
- Annual Script Volume: Approximately 12 million student scripts
- Examiner Network: Around 40,000 examiners
- Replacement: Will progressively replace AQA's three incumbent e-marking systems
- Geographic Focus: United Kingdom, with potential expansion to Europe and international markets
Strategic Significance
- Validates Excelsoft's established e-marking platform and intellectual property
- Combines Excelsoft's technology with AQA's decades of assessment expertise
- Designed to support secure, reliable digital evaluation of handwritten examination scripts at scale
- Supports one of the world's most trusted qualification systems
Future Opportunities
- Joint exploration to offer platform to other awarding bodies and assessment organizations
- Expansion across United Kingdom, Europe, and international markets
- Strengthens Excelsoft's position in global assessment technology sector
- Establishes company as trusted provider for large-scale, high-stakes examinations
Management Commentary
Mr. Doreswamy P, CEO, Excelsoft Technologies: "This partnership marks a defining milestone for Excelsoft, building technology solutions for some of the world's most complex assessment ecosystems. The scale and significance of this engagement spanning millions of scripts and a vast examiner network reflects the confidence placed in our technology, operational excellence and long-term vision for digital assessment."
Mr. Justin Coombs, Chief Assessment Technology Officer at AQA: "AQA is delighted to be partnering with Excelsoft to deliver its next generation e-marking tool, based on the Saras platform. As the UK's largest provider of general qualifications, it's critical we have the digital infrastructure to reliably and accurately mark millions of exam scripts to tight schedules."
Additional Information
- Information available on company website: https://www.excelsoftcorp.com/investors/
- Signed by S M Adithya Jain, Company Secretary, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Investor Relations Officer
- Company CIN: L72900KA2000PLC027256