Guides
School management guides
Guides for Indian school leaders: choosing school software, fees and GST, payroll, APAAR, UDISE+, DPDP, transfer certificates, transport and admissions.
- How to Choose School Management Software in India: A Practical Checklist — A step-by-step checklist for choosing a school ERP in India: the modules that matter, questions to ask vendors, how to run a demo with your own data, and red flags.
- How Much Does School ERP Software Cost in India? — How school management software is priced in India, typical per-student rates, the hidden costs to budget for, and how to compare quotes over five years.
- How to Reduce School Fee Defaulters: A Practical Guide for Indian Schools — Why school fees go unpaid and how to collect more on time: clear fee plans, online payment links, a reminder schedule, fair late-fee rules and a weekly defaulter review.
- School Fee Reminder Messages for Parents: 10 Polite Templates — Ready-to-use school fee reminder messages for WhatsApp, SMS and email: before the due date, on the due date, overdue, final notice and thank-you, in a polite tone.
- APAAR ID for Schools: Generation, UDISE+ Linking and Common Problems — What the APAAR ID is, how schools generate it through UDISE+, the parental consent it needs, why it matters for CBSE board registrations, and how to fix Aadhaar mismatches.
- DPDP Act for Schools: What Indian Schools Must Do About Student Data — What the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 and the DPDP Rules mean for Indian schools: parental consent, children's data, vendors, security, breaches and a practical checklist.
- Holistic Progress Card (HPC): A Guide for Schools Under NEP 2020 — What the Holistic Progress Card is, how it differs from a marks-based report card, what goes into it at each stage, and how schools can collect the evidence without drowning teachers.
- Student Attendance Management: From Paper Registers to a Phone in 60 Seconds — How schools move attendance from paper registers to an app: what to look for, the 75% attendance rule, absence alerts to parents, offline marking and how to switch mid-year.
- School Admission Enquiry Management: Turning Enquiries into Admissions — How schools capture, follow up and convert admission enquiries: a simple pipeline, response times, school visits, follow-up messages and the numbers to track each season.
- School Payroll in India: PF, ESI, Professional Tax and TDS for Teachers — How private schools in India run payroll for teachers and staff: salary structures, PF, ESI, professional tax, TDS, loss of pay from attendance, payslips and Form 16.
- School Transfer Certificate (TC): Format, Rules and Common Disputes — What a school transfer certificate must contain, how fast it should be issued, why it cannot be held back for fee dues, and how to stop TCs being forged.
- GST on School Fees in India: What Is Exempt and What Is Not — Which school fees are exempt from GST, which services schools can buy without GST, and where tax still applies: uniforms, stationery and coaching.
- UDISE+ Data Entry for Schools: A Practical Checklist — What UDISE+ collects, the annual data entry cycle, student PEN numbers, the errors that cause rejections, and how to keep UDISE+ in step with school records.
- School Bus Safety Rules in India: A Transport Checklist for Schools — School bus safety norms Indian schools are expected to follow — vehicle, driver, attendant, GPS — and a boarding register that tells parents their child arrived.
- School–Parent Communication: Moving Beyond Class WhatsApp Groups — Why class WhatsApp groups cause problems for schools, what parents actually want to hear, and how to set up circulars, alerts and teacher messaging that work.