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GHC

by Peñalara · Since 1993
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Quick facts
VendorPeñalara
Year launched1993
StatusActive
LocationSan Roque Gardens 5, 1st 40002 Segovia Spain
Countries servedGlobal
Languages2
Integrations18+
Free tierN/A
Free trialN/A
Contact salesN/A

About GHC

GHC is a scheduling software from Peñalara designed for educational centers. It provides features such as a user-friendly interface, comprehensive support in multiple languages, and effective communication tools, so educators can create efficient class schedules. With over 10,000 users already utilizing the software, GHC supports various institutions in managing their timetables effectively. For users wanting to learn more, Peñalara offers tutorial videos to improve understanding of the platform. Key capabilities: user management multilingual support communication tools video tutorials downloadable resources Best for: educational institutions that need to efficiently schedule classes and manage resources.

GHC, which stands for Generador de Horarios de tu Centro (Timetable Generator for your Center), is a robust, highly specialized software solution by Peñalara Software, engineered to solve the intensely complicated logistical puzzle of academic timetabling. Its primary purpose is to automatically and optimally schedule teachers, classes, subjects, and classrooms across all levels of education from secondary schools to universities. The solution is built around a powerful, AI-driven calculation engine that can process highly restrictive and complex pedagogical criteria in minutes. GHC extends beyond mere schedule creation with the integrated GHC App, which provides collaborative tools for day-to-day management, teacher absence handling, and schedule viewing across various user profiles, cementing its position as a comprehensive timetabling and operational management tool.

Pros & Cons

Pros
  • GHC automates the scheduling process so administrators don’t have to spend hours manually building timetables.
  • GHC combines the automation with the flexibility of manual adjustments, allowing users to fine-tune schedules while maintaining full control.
  • The export and options like Excel, PDF, calendars, and integration with external academic systems makes it easy to share schedules across platforms.
  • The mobile/web app (GHC App) gives teachers, students, and administrators real‑time access to up-to-date schedules, minimizing the need for printed timetables.
Cons
  • GHC does not offer a public marketplace for third-party plugins or extensions, which restricts users from customizing the software with additional tools or integrations beyond what is natively supported.
  • The free LITE version has reduced functionality and a limited teacher count, requiring growing centers to quickly transition to a paid plan.

Features

Key features

AI-Powered Automatic Schedule Generation

A fast and powerful calculation engine uses artificial intelligence to automatically find weekly timetables for complex educational setups, optimizing for multiple constraints simultaneously.

Intelligent Optimization Engine

The engine not only creates a schedule but also optimizes it based on pedagogical and organizational criteria, aiming to improve classroom use, increase student performance, and enhance teacher job satisfaction.

GHC App (Web and Mobile Application)

A shared platform that provides profile-based access (Management, Teacher, Student) to view published schedules on a calendar, facilitating collaboration and day-to-day management.

Absence and Substitution Manager

An essential integrated module that allows for the quick and efficient management of teacher absences, including selecting substitutes based on duty status and availability.

Integration with Academic Management Systems

Designed to reduce administrative effort by automatically importing initial data (teachers, groups, classrooms) and exporting the final resolved timetable solution to numerous specific regional and private academic managers.

Additional features

Debugging Tool

Depurates impossible conditions within the criteria to ensure an optimal, solvable schedule.

Capture of Preferences Tool

A collaboration module allowing heads of department to assign teachers to class units and input preferences (before schedule creation).

Timetable Viewer

Publishes and shares the current and future timetables on a calendar via the GHC App for all user profiles.

Report Generator

Creates detailed labor reports for each teacher (between dates), including records of absences, substitutions, and school permanence.

Timetable Editor

Allows users to view and manually modify the automatically generated schedule solution.

Configuration Flexibility

Supports defining breaks, noon pauses, five or six days per week, different timetables for each day, and periods with fractioned duration.

Data Transfer

Ability to transfer the solved schedule to both public and private academic managers.

Multiple File Formats

Supports data exchange via formats like CSV, DBase, Paradox, XML, Excel, and PDF.

Delegation

Allows management to delegate data collection and assignments for schedule elaboration to department heads.

Quality Technical Support

Included with the subscription, covering both software use and personalized timetable advice.

Pricing

Free trial
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Monthly plans

Optimum
EUR 78/mo
billed monthly

Countries & Languages

Global
Countries served
2
Interface languages
2
Billing currencies

Interface languages

EnglishSpanish

Billing currencies

🇺🇸USD🇪🇺EUR

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