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Marks, fees, timetables, admissions, parent communication, analytics: 11 modules built for how schools actually work.

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Teaching & Learning

Teachers can prepare term reports from recorded marks, build teaching schedules and check curriculum coverage.

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  • Marks and report cards

    Enter assessment marks, review term results and generate reports with individual learner comments.

  • Teaching schedules

    Build timetables from teaching loads and availability, then review lessons that could not be placed.

  • Curriculum coverage

    Link learning outcomes to assessments and review which curriculum requirements have been covered.

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Administration Excellence

Keep admissions, fees and staff records organised so administrators can answer routine enquiries from recorded information.

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  • Admissions

    Review applications and documents, record decisions and enrol accepted learners.

  • Fees and payments

    Set fees, record payments and prepare student statements from the account history.

  • Staff records

    Maintain contracts, employment changes and leave information alongside staff profiles.

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Student Success

Keep each learner’s attendance, results and progression history in view so staff can decide where follow-up is needed.

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  • Attendance

    Record daily and lesson attendance and review absence across the term.

  • Progress reviews

    Compare recorded class and subject results and follow indicators back to learner records.

  • Progression decisions

    Review results against your school’s rules before recording advancement, repeat or graduation decisions.

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Parent Engagement

Give parents a way to check the information their school shares and receive messages about their child.

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  • Parent access

    Link parents to their children’s records and provide access to available marks and fee information.

  • School messages

    Prepare individual or class text messages using the school’s parent contact records.

  • Fee enquiries

    Answer questions about charges and recorded payments with a student statement.

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Education Stakeholders

Education departments, examination bodies and training institutions can organise the records used for assessments, funding and teacher development.

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  • Exam administration

    Register candidates, capture marks, process results and prepare statements of achievement.

  • Scholarship administration

    Review applications, record awards and track scheduled disbursements.

  • Teacher development

    Maintain individual development plans and records of courses, certificates and professional development events.

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Core modules

Explore by category

Every module connects to the rest. Student data flows into marks, marks flow into report cards, fees connect to parent SMS. Nothing is entered twice.

Student records and admissions

One profile per student covering enrolment, class, attendance and documents. Parents log in with a phone OTP to check grades, attendance and fees. Applications are taken online through a published prospectus, and existing students can be imported from a spreadsheet.

Student Records & Enrollment

Complete student profiles with enrollment history, class placements, parent linking, and document uploads. Import students in bulk via spreadsheet or register them one by one.

Explore Student records & enrolment

Attendance Tracking

Mark daily attendance by class, track lesson-level presence, and view cumulative reports. Patterns surface automatically so no student slips through the cracks.

Explore Attendance tracking

Online Admissions

Publish your prospectus online, accept applications with a no-code form builder, track submissions, schedule interviews via SMS, and onboard accepted students directly.

Explore Online admissions

Parent Portal & SMS

Parents log in with a phone OTP to view grades, attendance, and fee balances. Bulk SMS to classes or individual parents, powered by Africa's Talking.

Explore Parent portal & SMS

Student Progression

End-of-year promotions, class advancement decisions, repeat/transfer workflows, and graduation tracking with full academic history.

Explore Student progression

Marks, report cards and timetables

Teachers enter marks, and Shunifu calculates averages and rankings and produces report cards. Timetables are generated without clashes. Dashboards show pass rates, subject performance and students who are falling behind.

Marks & Report Cards

Teachers enter marks once. The system calculates term averages, ranks students, generates GPA, and produces print-ready report cards with custom comments per student.

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Timetable Generation

Set teacher availability, double-period rules, and room constraints, then generate a conflict-free timetable automatically. Export to PDF for staff and students.

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Analytics & Dashboards

Performance trends by class, subject, and term. Pass-rate analysis, attendance patterns, fee collection rates, and student-at-risk flags on one dashboard.

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Curriculum Management

Define syllabi, map learning outcomes to assessments, and track curriculum coverage across subjects and terms. Aligned to national standards.

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Fees, payments and staff

Set fee structures and record payments by MTN MoMo, card or bank transfer, with automatic SMS reminders. Staff records, leave and payroll preparation are handled in the same system.

Fees & Payments

Define fee structures by class or program, track payments in real time, send automated SMS reminders, and accept payments via MTN MoMo, card, or bank transfer.

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HR & Staff Management

Staff profiles, leave management, contract tracking, and payroll preparation. Manage teaching loads, qualifications, and performance reviews from one place.

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Student Experience

From enrollment to graduation: one record, one system

Every student gets a complete profile that carries through their entire journey. Enrollment, attendance, marks, fee payments, parent contacts and documents, all linked. No re-typing. No lost paperwork.

  • Bulk import from spreadsheets
    Upload your existing student data in one go. We map the columns for you.
  • Parent linking & OTP portal
    Parents log in with a phone OTP to check grades, fees, and attendance
  • Attendance patterns
    Cumulative reports surface at-risk students before end of term
  • Online admissions
    Publish your prospectus, accept applications, schedule interviews via SMS
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Academic Excellence

Teachers enter marks once. The system does the rest.

Term averages, rankings, GPA calculations, print-ready report cards with custom comments, all generated automatically. No copy-pasting between Word documents.

  • Report cards in minutes
    Formatted, calculated, and ready to print. Not three weeks of manual work.
  • Conflict-free timetables
    Set constraints, generate automatically. Export to PDF for staff and students.
  • Curriculum tracking
    Map learning outcomes to assessments, track coverage across subjects and terms
  • Analytics dashboard
    Pass rates, subject trends, attendance patterns. Decisions backed by data.

Operations & Finance

No more fee disputes. Parents check their phone.

Every payment is tracked in real time: MoMo, card, bank transfer, or cash. Parents see their balance instantly. SMS reminders go out automatically. Finance reports generate on demand.

  • Real-time fee tracking
    Every payment recorded as it happens. No end-of-month reconciliation nightmares.
  • MTN MoMo, Stripe, Unayo
    Accept payments however parents want to pay: mobile money, card, or bank transfer
  • Automated SMS reminders
    Fee reminders sent automatically via Africa's Talking. Parents stay informed.
  • HR & payroll prep
    Staff profiles, leave management, teaching loads, and contract tracking in one place

Explore the work behind each module.

Follow the information your school starts with, the work staff carry out and the records they use afterwards.

Students & parents

Student records & enrolment

Give staff a shared starting point for the learner’s school history, from registration and class placement to parent contacts and supporting documents.

Start with
Student details, the academic year and class, parent contacts and existing enrolment records.
Work through
Register learners individually or import a spreadsheet, then maintain their profile and class placements.
Take away
Student profiles and class lists with linked parent information, documents and enrolment history.

Start by organising your class structure and checking the records you want to bring across.

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Attendance tracking

Keep daily participation and lesson attendance alongside the learner’s record, giving staff a basis for reviewing absence and planning follow-up.

Start with
Class lists, teaching assignments, the attendance date and each learner’s attendance status.
Work through
Record attendance for the class or lesson, include notes, and review records across the term.
Take away
Daily and lesson attendance records, cumulative reports and patterns for staff to review.

Agree who marks daily attendance and which teachers record attendance for individual lessons.

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Online admissions

Organise the work between a family’s application and the school’s enrolment decision, with submissions and supporting documents available for staff review.

Start with
Your prospectus, application questions, required documents and the intake’s placement information.
Work through
Publish an application form, review submissions and their status, arrange interviews and onboard accepted applicants.
Take away
Application records and decisions, interview communication and student records for accepted applicants who are enrolled.

Prepare your intake requirements, review process and placement details before opening applications.

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Parent portal & SMS

Connect parent communication to the learner’s school record, so staff can discuss results and fees with the relevant family information in view.

Start with
Parent contact numbers, links to their children, published results and recorded fee information.
Work through
Maintain parent links, provide access to linked learner information and prepare individual or class text messages.
Take away
Linked learner records for parents and school messages sent through the Africa’s Talking SMS integration.

Check parent contact numbers and learner links, and agree how the school will use text messages.

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Student progression

Bring results and progression rules into the end-of-year review, helping staff consider the learner’s academic standing before recording the next decision.

Start with
Term results, current class or programme placement and the institution’s passing and progression criteria.
Work through
Review eligibility and academic standing against configured rules, then record advancement, repeat or graduation decisions.
Take away
Progression outcomes with the learner’s academic history and reasons for the recorded decision.

Agree your promotion criteria, programme levels and graduation requirements before reviewing the cohort.

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Teaching & academics

Marks & report cards

Carry entered assessment marks through to term reporting, giving teachers and school leaders a common record to review before reports are shared.

Start with
Teaching assignments, assessment marks, grading criteria, the reporting term and your report template.
Work through
Enter marks, prepare term averages and rankings, review results and add individual learner comments.
Take away
Print-ready report cards and term results, including grade point average (GPA) where configured.

Set the assessment weights, grading and ranking rules, and report layout to match your school’s reporting process.

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Timetable generation

Turn the school’s teaching requirements into a timetable that staff can review, with unplaced lessons available to guide the next scheduling decision.

Start with
Teaching loads, teacher availability, lesson periods, double-period rules and room constraints.
Work through
Choose the timetable settings, generate the schedule and review placed and unplaced lessons.
Take away
Generated teaching schedules and PDF exports for classes, teachers and learners.

Prepare the school day, teaching assignments and room requirements before generating a timetable.

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Analytics & dashboards

Use the school’s recorded results, attendance and finance information to inform questions about progress, participation and learners who may need attention.

Start with
Recorded assessment results, attendance and financial information for the classes and terms being reviewed.
Work through
Review class, subject and term trends, examine pass rates and follow indicators back to the relevant records.
Take away
Performance summaries, attendance patterns, fee collection information and groups of learners flagged for review.

Choose the questions and reporting periods that matter to your school, and keep the underlying records current.

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Curriculum management

Connect the curriculum’s subjects and learning outcomes with assessment planning, helping staff review which requirements are represented in recorded assessments.

Start with
Curriculum requirements, subjects, competencies, learning outcomes and assessment components.
Work through
Organise the curriculum, map outcomes to assessments and review assessment coverage by subject and term.
Take away
Curriculum and competency records, assessment plans and summaries of assessed curriculum strands.

Identify the curriculum and subject structure your institution follows before mapping assessment requirements.

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Operations & finance

Fees & payments

Keep the fees charged and payments recorded against each learner together, giving finance staff a clear starting point when preparing statements or answering enquiries.

Start with
Fee structures by class or programme, student accounts and payment details such as amount, date and method.
Work through
Set fee structures, record payments against the relevant student and review the account’s charges and payments.
Take away
Student payment records, fee balances and statements drawn from the recorded financial information.

Bring your fee structure and payment process to a discussion about the right setup for your institution.

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HR & staff management

Keep employment information alongside the people who teach and run the school, helping administrators maintain staff records as responsibilities and contracts change.

Start with
Staff profiles, employment details, departments, contracts and the school’s leave arrangements.
Work through
Maintain employee and contract information, record employment changes and manage leave requests.
Take away
Staff and contract records, employment history, leave information and recorded payroll details.

Prepare your staff list, contract information and leave policies to shape the school’s setup.

Discuss staff administration Back to all modules

Platform depth

Beyond the basics

Professional development, workforce readiness, scholarship management, and national exam processing. Built in, not bolted on.

AI Lesson Planning

Teachers create lesson plans with AI assistance, submit for HOD approval, and track completion rates across the school.

LMS & Online Learning

Full course authoring with modules, lessons, quizzes, and SCORM package support. Issue certificates on completion.

Teacher CPD

Professional development events, certificate tracking, individual development plans, evidence portfolios, and micro-credentials.

Work-Based Learning

Post internship opportunities, manage student placements, track work logs, and assess competencies with digital badges.

Exam Board Integration

External exam registration, mark submission, result processing, and tamper-proof statement verification.

Scholarship Management

Custom application forms, scoring workflows, award selection, fund disbursement tracking, and compliance monitoring.

Multi-Campus Support

Manage multiple campuses, departments, and faculties from a single dashboard with faculty-level reporting.

Integrated with

MTN MoMo
Stripe
PayPal
Unayo
Africa's Talking
SCORM
Cloudinary

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