User manuals and school operations guide
Everything your school office, teachers and parents need to run the school on ShuleOS. Each guide follows the real screens, step by step, and says exactly what you will see.
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School Admin Manual
Head teachers, the school office, bursars, HR and administrators
Set up the school, then run it: students, classes, attendance, exams and report cards, fees, staff and payroll, stock, assets and messages to parents.
Teacher Manual
Class teachers and subject teachers
Your week, your classes, taking attendance, entering marks, report comments, lessons and homework, and your own leave and payslips.
Parent Manual
Parents and guardians
Sign in, follow your children's attendance, results and report cards, see and pay fees, and read what the school sends.
School lifecycle
From term opening to the end of the year
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Term setup and enrolment
Daily operations
Exams and report cards
Fees and close
By part of the system
School admin handbooks
Getting started
2 guides: Sign in and find your way around, Your first week: setting up the school in the right order
Setup
2 guides: School settings, Academic years and terms
Students and parents
8 guides: Add a student, Import students and parents from a file…
Academic management
4 guides: Classes and streams, Subjects…
Attendance
3 guides: Take class attendance, Attendance records and reports…
Exams and report cards
6 guides: Create an exam and choose its classes, Exam timetable, rooms and invigilators…
Assessment
3 guides: Grading schemes, Behaviour criteria and assessing behaviour…
Lessons and homework
2 guides: Curriculum: units and chapters, Lesson plans, homework and the lesson report
Calendar
1 guide: School calendar, holidays and events
Fees
4 guides: Generate invoices, and correct them, Collect fees, record payments and print receipts…
Fee setup
6 guides: Fee setup: the order to do it in, Fee settings…
Expenses
2 guides: Record expenses, approve and cancel them, Accounts, categories and expense settings
Transport
2 guides: Transport routes, vehicles and drivers, Transport assignments and reports
Uniforms
1 guide: The uniform shop: items, stock, orders and hand-out
HR and staff
7 guides: HR setup: departments, job titles and leave types, Add and manage employees…
Payroll
3 guides: Payroll settings: NSSF, HESLB, PAYE and the school's other costs, Set salaries and pay items…
Stock
4 guides: Stock setup: stores, suppliers, categories and items, Buy and receive stock…
Assets and facilities
5 guides: Assets and facilities setup: buildings, rooms and asset categories, The asset register…
Messaging
3 guides: Send a message to parents or teachers, The message log and message templates…
Reports
2 guides: Fee reports, Expense report
Account and security
5 guides: Users: logins for the school office, Roles and permissions…
Reference
1 guide: Glossary: the words ShuleOS uses
Immediate tooling
Downloadable resources and templates
Excel and CSV templates for every import (students, parents, staff, fees, stock and more), and printable one-page sheets: a teacher desk sheet, a parent quick guide and checklists for the school office.
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