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Every year, thousands of Indian school principals sign up for a new school communication software that promises to solve their WhatsApp problem. Twelve months later, most are back to managing thirty p...
Every school in India that uses WhatsApp for parent communication has a version of this story. The accounts team runs the monthly fee outstanding report. It shows forty-seven students with unpaid fees...
Walk into an ICSE school in Bengaluru, Mumbai, or Delhi and ask the principal about their biggest operational challenge. The answer is almost never the syllabus. It is the communication. Specifically,...
India educates more students through state board schools than through any other system. Karnataka's SSLC, Maharashtra's SSC, Tamil Nadu's SSLC, Telangana's SSC, Rajasthan's RBSE, and dozens of other s...
Every Indian school goes through the same difficult period twice a year. Results are in. The marks register is ready. The class teacher knows that some students did well, some struggled, and a few nee...
Admission season in India runs from January to April for most schools, with enquiries beginning as early as October for the following academic year. During this period, a school in Bengaluru, Mumbai, ...
The National Education Policy 2020 is the most significant reform of India's education system in over three decades. Its implications for how schools are run, how students are assessed, and how parent...
India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, passed in 2023 and progressively coming into effect, is the country's first comprehensive data protection legislation. For Indian schools, the Act creates...
India's private school sector has produced a distinctive institution: the multi-campus school group. From the large chains that operate dozens of campuses across multiple cities to the local school gr...
Ask a school principal in India how engaged their parents are and you will almost always get the same answer: the principal will mention PTM attendance rates and whether parents respond to WhatsApp me...
Teacher performance review is one of the most consequential and most uncomfortable responsibilities of an Indian school principal. Done well, it identifies teachers who need support, recognises teache...
This is the article you bookmark and follow. Over the past 62 articles in this blog, we have covered every aspect of WhatsApp-based school management: from [fee tracking](/blog/track-school-fee-paymen...