Use of Biometric System for Automatic Attendance entry:

Schools employ a Biometric system to mark the attendance of the students and staff and the figures get automatically transferred to the online school management system where the officials access the streamlined attendance data. It is generally preferred by schools to supervise staff attendance. The advanced software is entirely time saving for both management and the teachers since the management don’t need to check the attendance register and feed the record manually onto the system for payroll processing and the teachers are no more asked to enter the time and sign every time while checking in and out. It is mutually advantageous. Some schools utilize biometric attendance management to monitor student safety in the school vehicle transport. In this system, the students are advised to check in and out using their fingerprints before entering and leaving the school bus to record the timings and presence of the student. This is a great safety measure carried over by schools with the technological advancement. Taking it up a notch, some schools employ GPRS vehicle transport system to check if students depart right at their relevant stop and also use it to monitor the vehicle routes.

Managing School Data through Cloud Servers:

Cloud computing technology is also made use in school management software. SAAS or Software as a Service model is adopted in building school administration software where the total system is online and the school admin login to enter access and retrieve data with a username and password. The software being online has two great advantages. Primarily, the data is accessible anytime in a day and anywhere from the world. The other advantage is since it uses cloud computing technology, a single data is stored on multiple servers which guarantee no loss of data and also adds up security whereas your system may fail to open in case of any malfunction like system trouble or virus attack.

Apart from these advantages, these so called cloud servers has the capacity to store ample data and tend to be an economical advantage to handle huge volume of data especially in schools.

Staff Management with provisions for Leave Application online:

Staffs often hesitate to apply for a leave as it requires following a set of procedures to submit the leave application. To make this process easier, today school management software implement online leave application module where staff can apply for a leave, view past leave records, and calculate other HR policies pertaining to leave. The concern authority of the school views all leave applications, approves or denies it online and also send a message to the leave applicant if any through the embedded SMS facility. This completely eliminates all the hassles in leave application and no paperwork or leave record maintenance is required. The leave data gets synchronized to the employee payroll management system.

Online Application & Admission:

The purpose of owning school software has lot more to offer for parents indeed. Today, there is no need to visit a school to collect the admission form, fill it up and revisit to apply for an admission. The online school management system simply displays the application to download for parents who later fill it, scan and upload it for the management approval. The school management views and approves the application online based on the management policies. If parents wish to apply for their children at different schools, they can simply sit at the comfort of their home, browse and apply for different schools at a stretch. The management also finds it easy to carry out the admission online. With the payment processor installed with the software, the application fee payment is also doable online.

Automated Employee Payroll system with ready to print receipts:

Now, it is easy to calculate, track and print the salary slip in a row. Though the receipt is accompanied almost in all kind of payroll software, latest innovation in this software is that the slip to submit at banks if required could be generated additionally.  All receipts will be saved in the hard drive for future reference. Since attendance and payroll is interconnected, it becomes far easier to process salary online.

Automated TimeTable Preparation:

Timetable consumes its own time to collect the list of staff, list of classes and subjects detail to prepare. Automated Timetable management system saves your time and serves as a perfect tool to manage/allot staff. In case of Staff absence, the software automatically recommends staff with no allotted hours to each allotted period of the staff in leave. This considerably minimizes the effort to replace staff and manage classrooms at ease. Especially schools with n number of blocks and classrooms benefit greatly with timetable management system to visually prepare the timetable and handle classroom management conveniently.

Recorded Video Classes for absentees:

Simply, this advanced thinking is helpful for students to who missed important classes and events at school. They can watch the important classes online with this brilliant idea and can follow the classes as usual. The software includes provision to upload the videos and make it available in the student login.

Only Software with advanced thinking in cost cutting:

Owning a website almost became mandatory today with the rapid flourish of the Internet and similarly managing school administration with software is also apparently important. While all popular school software is limited in doing the role of school administration effectively, there is creative school software called PenPencilEraser, which addresses the school website and management software need together. This software offers an integrated school website in addition to its hundred integrated feature fulfilling school administration and eliminating paper works extremely. One year in the market, PenPencilEraser is updating itself to carry over hassle free administration online in a cost effective manner.