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School ERP

Features

From the admission form to the report card.

Twelve groups of modules that share one set of student records, so nothing is typed twice. Here is all of it, grouped by the job it does.

Not every module is switched on for every school on day one. In your demo, we tell you exactly which modules will be ready for your session start.

01

Admissions and student records

Every enquiry followed up, and one record per student from the day they join to the day they collect their TC.

Enquiries
Walk-ins, website forms and WhatsApp enquiries in one list, with follow-up reminders.
Online applications
Forms with document upload, interaction slots and admission-fee payment.
Student profiles
Guardians, siblings, house, category, health notes and documents in one place.
PEN and APAAR fields
Stored with each student, ready for UDISE+ season.
Certificates
Transfer, bonafide and character certificates on your letterhead.
Promotion
Move the whole school to the next session in one step, sections and all.
Sample admissions funnel for September, session 2027-28.

02

Fees and accounts

Your fee structure as it really is: heads, instalments, concessions and late fees, collected online or at the counter.

Fee heads
Tuition, admission, annual, lab, exam, transport and hostel, set class by class.
Instalments and concessions
Monthly, quarterly or term-wise, with sibling, staff-ward, merit and RTE concessions.
Late fees
Rules like ₹50 a day up to ₹500, applied automatically.
Online payment
UPI, cards and net banking through a payment gateway, matched to the student.
Counter collection
Cash, cheque, DD and card machine, all in the same day book.
Receipts
Numbered per financial year, with student, class, parent and fee breakdown.
Defaulters
Filter by class, amount or days overdue, and remind them all in one go.
Accounts
Daily collection register, cheque bounces, refunds and Tally export.
Sample day's collection, split by payment mode.

03

Attendance

Marked in minutes on the teacher's phone, with parents told the same morning.

Student attendance
Daily or period-wise. Everyone starts present; tap the absentees.
Absence alerts
Parents of absent students get a WhatsApp or SMS message automatically.
Leave requests
Parents apply from the app and the class teacher approves.
Works offline
Saved on the phone when the network drops, synced later.
Staff attendance
Check in on the staff app, or from a supported biometric device.
Registers
Monthly registers and below-75% lists, ready to print.
Sample attendance register, Class VII-B, last two weeks of September.

04

Exams and report cards

From the date sheet to the report card, on your board's scheme.

Exam schedule
Date sheets, admit cards and seating plans.
Marks entry
Teachers enter marks on the phone or a laptop; you see what's pending.
Grading schemes
CBSE, ICSE and State Board schemes, set up the way your school uses them.
CBSE 2026 changes
Room for the second Class X board exam and three-language mapping from 2026-27.
Report cards
Your layout and logo, with co-scholastic grades and attendance, as PDFs.
Remark drafts
Suggested remarks that teachers edit and approve before anything is shared.
Result analysis
Subject averages, toppers and students who need extra help.
Example 8-point grading scale (TN State Board). Your scheme is configurable.

05

Timetable and academics

A timetable without clashes, and cover for absent teachers sorted before the first bell.

Timetable builder
Set periods, subjects and teacher loads; clashes are flagged as you go.
Substitutions
See which teachers are free in each period when someone is on leave.
Subjects and languages
Map R1, R2 and R3 languages for each student.
Lesson plans
Plan the syllabus week by week and track what's covered.
Homework and classwork
Posted by teachers, seen by parents in the app.
School calendar
Holidays, exams, PTMs and events in one calendar for everyone.
Sample Monday timetable for Class VII-B with one substitution.

06

Communication

One official channel from school to home, and apps in five languages.

WhatsApp messages
Receipts, absence alerts and reminders on approved WhatsApp templates.
SMS and email
SMS on DLT-registered templates, and email for longer notices.
Circulars
Send to the whole school, a class or a bus route, and see who has read it.
PTM slots
Parents book a time; teachers see their list for the day.
Languages
The parent, staff and driver apps are in English, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and Marathi, chosen by each person. Notices go out as the school writes them.
Requests and complaints
Parent requests tracked until someone closes them.
Sample PTM circular on WhatsApp.

07

Transport

Routes, stops and bus fees in one place, and parents told when the bus is late.

Routes and stops
Vehicles, drivers, attendants and the students at each stop.
Transport fees
Charged by route or distance, on the same fee receipt.
Late-bus alerts
Parents on the route get a message when the bus is running late.
Live location
GPS through the driver's phone or a supported tracker.
Vehicle papers
Reminders before fitness, PUC and insurance expire.
Sample afternoon drop run for bus route R-4.

08

Library, hostel and inventory

The smaller registers every school keeps, moved off paper and into the same records.

Library

  • Catalogue by barcode or ISBN
  • Issue, return and fines
  • Overdue lists by class

Hostel

  • Rooms and bed allocation
  • Mess, roll call and out-passes
  • Hostel fees on the same receipt

Inventory

  • Uniform and book sales
  • Store stock and purchase orders
  • Asset register

09

HR and payroll

Staff records, leave and salaries, with payslips your staff can download.

Staff records
Qualifications, documents and subject loads.
Leave
Applied and approved on the app, with balances kept for you.
Payroll
Salary structures with PF, ESI, professional tax and TDS.
Payslips
Monthly payslips on the staff app.

10

Mobile apps for parents and teachers

Everyone gets the part of the school they need, on the phone they already have.

For parents

  • Attendance and leave requests
  • The fee bill before paying, UPI and receipts
  • Homework, circulars and report cards
  • Bus timing on the day

For teachers

  • Attendance in a few taps
  • Marks entry and homework
  • Timetable and substitutions
  • Messages to parents of their class

For principals and owners

  • Today's attendance and collection
  • Approvals waiting for you
  • Every report, on the phone

The apps are for Android phones, and the school web app works in any phone’s browser.

11

Compliance: UDISE+ and APAAR

Helps you prepare for UDISE+ and APAAR, so the data is ready before the deadline.

PEN and APAAR tracker
See which students have a PEN, an APAAR ID, or a consent still pending.
Consent requests
Send APAAR consent requests to parents on WhatsApp and track replies.
UDISE+ checklist
Find missing student, teacher and facility fields, and export a checklist.
RTE register
Keep RTE quota admissions and concessions in one register.
Sample APAAR status for 520 students.

Helps you prepare. It is not an official government integration: you still submit on the UDISE+ and APAAR portals.

12

Reports and dashboards

The numbers you'd otherwise ask the office for, ready when you open the app.

Dashboards by role
Owner, principal, accountant and teacher each see what matters to them.
Fee reports
Collection by day, head, class or mode; dues by how long they are overdue.
Attendance reports
Class-wise, student-wise and staff attendance.
Exam analysis
Subject averages and term-on-term comparison.
Excel export
Any list, exported to Excel in one click.
All branches together
Branch-by-branch comparison for school groups.

Under the hood

Your data, kept the way a school should keep it

Roles and permissions
The accountant sees fees, teachers see their own classes, parents see only their children.
Every change logged
Who changed a mark or a fee, and when.
Daily backups
Backed up every day, restorable if something goes wrong.
Excel in, Excel out
Start from your Excel sheets; export everything, any time.
No ads, no selling data
We never sell school data or show ads to parents or students.
Children’s data handled with care
Consent records and data requests for DPDP are on our roadmap.

Want to see a module in action?

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