slide 1: PAATHAM
Tips For Choosing The Right School
Management Software
slide 2: Right School Management Software
School authorities all over the world are continuously engaged in numerous activities to
efficiently manage school functions and provide a better educational experience to students.
However managing school affairs is not at all easy in this fast growing world. To better perform
the functions of school management and assure parents of their child’s safety and progress
schools are using school management software nowadays. This software boasts a variety of
features that improve the overall administration of schools. Now let’s have a look on the top 20
tips for highly effective school management software.
slide 3: Student Information : Attendance homework discipline grades and achievements Almost all the
information regarding the students can be accessed easily using efficient school management software. Teachers
can use the student database to avail basic information of students like grades address information regarding
parents and siblings etc.
Parent Access : Being part of your child’s school activities and stay connected with their academic progress can
be a difficult thing in this busy world.
Benefits of Parent Portal
Helps parents to actively participate in their children’s educational activities
Provides up-to-date information regarding PTA meeting grades assignments etc.
Provides great relief to teachers by providing students’ attendance report and progress cards to parents without
any delay
The feature of a direct line of communication to teachers helps students and parents to contact teachers in case of
any doubts questions comments or suggestions
Teacher Information : Effective school management software not only helps in availing information regarding
students but also provides information regarding teacher activities inside the school. It’s easy to view a particular
teacher’s class schedule file reports efficiently etc. Also teachers can use their database to keep the details
regarding class timings student progress and classroom activities in one place.
Some best tips which you can use while selecting school management
software:
slide 4: Artificial Intelligence Integration : AI has slowly started to make its presence felt on our daily lives. In 2018 AI
is has become part of many mainstream software. For effective school management software one of the key areas
with AI integration is School Bus Fleet Management. With Integrated AI features such as Auto Routing Auto
Optimisation and Auto Allocation managing school buses has become much easier than ever before. So check
out if the software of your choice offers any AI features.
Communication Facilities Voice Messaging E-mail Chats etc : To a great extent student success depends
on the effectiveness of communication among parents schools and teachers. School management systems have
Parent portal which are capable enough to facilitate the communication process by sending text voice messages
and e-mails to a predefined set of parents and the whole school.
Attendance Timetable Management : Attendance management is an important school administrative task
and it requires teachers to spend a small chunk of time at the beginning of each class. Sometimes it is difficult for
teachers to manage the whole process of taking attendance and recording them accurately.
Online Assessments and Assignments : While term examinations are still relevant it is of much help to
teachers and students to test and learn the knowledge each student has acquired continuously. Online
assessments and assignments are therefore very important. Teachers can provide individual assessments to each
student looking at their level of knowledge if so required. Rubric-based assessments can be used by teachers for
such purposes. So this is an important feature for school management software to have.
Some best tips which you can use while selecting school
management software:
slide 5: Report Cards : A Report Card represents a student’s hard work throughout the year and it is the most
anticipated thing in an academic year. However both the teachers and the school administration find it a time-
consuming responsibility. School management software can help teachers and school authorities to streamline
the process of generating report cards using an interactive database. With the already available information about
a student’s class performance attendance and exam results the database completes the report card automatically.
Fee Tracking and Online Payment : Managing receipts and incoming payments preparing bills tracking
several types of fees before applying them to the right student etc can be time-consuming and difficult without
proper software to handle the functions. A simple way to manage and deliver payments charge fees and prepare
bills is by using Smart Cards for payment system. It is easy and convenient to use.
Admission Management : Avoid keeping bundles of files as you can save all the data in a system. This method
can help you to access the data immediately if required. You can do this with effective school management
software. Such software is capable enough to manage the registration and admission process of both old and new
students smoothly. This software can remove the difficulties caused by human errors and treats the new and old
students differently based on the information provided.
Profile Management : School management system software efficiently performs profile management. It is one
module of the system which is used to manage students parents staff and teachers. It captures information such
as name and contact information of the users. Every user has unique login credentials to access.
Some best tips which you can use while selecting school management
software:
slide 6: Homework : With this module daily classroom homework assignments become easily available to students 24
hours a day. It also contains the date when it was assigned and when it should be submitted. In addition to these
teachers can also modify homework assignments and projects as per the requirements.
Library Management : This module is an effective solution to make school library management simple and
effective. It has features such as find search issue and return books. It supports bar code scanning capability to
automate your library. It also includes reports of library members daily issue register and much more.
Transport Management : Any effective school management software will have the facility to manage school
transportation effectively. With this you can keep track of each student’s route change history. They also display
information such as students who has opted for school transportation without routes assigned to them. It ensures
student safety by making sure whether a student is present on the bus or not and later submits the report to their
parents.
Use of Convenient Apps : As smartphones are daily drivers these days it is a given that any school management
software worth its salt should make use of apps. Smoothly performing apps with the right feature sets make lives
easier for students teachers parents and support staff.
Some best tips which you can use while selecting school management
software:
slide 7: Paatham online educational portal has been designed with an aim to explore the future of
education. Paatham provides an integrated platform for benefit of educational entities like
students faculty schools and other educational institutes. Paatham acts like an intermediary for
these educational entities. Some key apps that should be in School Management Software
include Parent App Teacher App Fleet Management/Transport Manager App.
These are some of the characteristics of highly effective school management software. So what
are your thoughts on the same Please feel free to share them with us in the comment section.
Conclusion
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