Initial School Setup

Before adding students or staff, set up the building blocks of your school.

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School Profile

Go to Admin → Settings to fill in your school's basic details.

1. Enter the School Name, email, phone, address, and website.
2. Upload your School Logo (shown in the sidebar and on reports).
3. Upload a Favicon (the small icon in the browser tab).
4. Set your Timezone, Currency, and Language.
5. Click Save General Settings.

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Academic Year

An academic year must exist before you can enrol students or mark attendance.

1. Go to School Setup → Academic Years (or it may be auto-created during installation).
2. Make sure one year has Is Current turned on — this is the active year used across the system.

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Classes and Sections

Classes represent grade levels (e.g. Class 1, Class 2, Grade 10). Sections are subdivisions within a class (e.g. Section A, Section B).

Add a Class

1. Go to School Setup → Classes.
2. Click Add Class.
3. Enter the class name (e.g. Class 5) and a numeric order (e.g. 5 for sorting).
4. Click Save.

Add a Section

1. Go to School Setup → Sections.
2. Click Add Section.
3. Select the Class this section belongs to.
4. Enter the section name (e.g. A, Blue, Morning).
5. Click Save.

You can add multiple sections per class. Repeat for each class you need.

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Subjects

1. Go to School Setup → Subjects.
2. Click Add Subject.
3. Enter the subject name (e.g. Mathematics, English).
4. Optionally assign it to specific classes.
5. Click Save.

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Shifts

Shifts let you manage schools that run in multiple time slots (morning, day, evening).

1. Go to School Setup → Shifts.
2. Click Add Shift.
3. Enter the shift name and start/end times.
4. Click Save.

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Holidays

Mark holidays so they are excluded from attendance calculations.

1. Go to School Setup → Holidays.
2. Click Add Holiday.
3. Enter the holiday name, date (or date range), and an optional description.
4. Click Save.

Holidays appear in the attendance calendar so staff know which days to skip.

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What's Next?

Once your school structure is set up:

• Add Staff Members →
• Enrol Students →