School management system pro version (Codeigniter)
M-Tech School - General Overview
Before start using M-Tech School consider a general scenario of typical school of class 1 to 12th, each classes have sections like Section A, Section B. There will various subjects for different classes like some subjects are theory and some are practical. Exams are created using these subjects and classes. Students enter in classes by new admission or promoted by their previous class after successful passing of previous class. During course of student we will charge fees to students and collecting them at monthly or one time basis. We like to record attendance of our students. Our school may be providing transport facility to student. Our school have library for students have to maintain books inventory. Our school have hostels and providing hostel facility to our students. Obviously our school has teachers to teach and manage students. We like to communicate our teachers, students and parents. We like to record all the expenses done in our school like miscellaneous bills, salary payments etc. After everything we like to analyze various reports based on our school.
If you are using M-Tech School for a training centre then may be you like to admit students in two classes, since version 5 we have introduce multi class feature where you can admit a single student in two classes simultaneously.
Apart from above we also like to provide access to our M-Tech School to other users like Teachers, Accountants, Librarians, Students and their Parent. For these M-Tech School have 8 inbuilt user's roles- SuperAdmin, Admin, Teacher, Accountant, Librarian, Receptionist, Student and Parent. Virtually you can create unlimited number of user roles for staff members.
Admin Panel
After successful login you will reach to Admin Dashboard. Below you can find navigational overview of user screen.
Admin Panel consist 27 modules listed below -
Front Office - for all reception/front office related activities like enquiries, calls, visitors, postal receive/dispatch
Student Information - for all the information related to student like student search, profile, student admission, student history
Fees Collection - for all the details related to student fees collection, fees master creation, fees dues, fees reports
Income - for all the income other than fees collection can be manage here like add income, search income, income head
Expenses - for all the expenses related to school can be manage here like add expenses, search expenses, expense head
Attendance - for managing student attendance and attendance report
Examinations - for managing all the exams conducted by school like create exam, schedule exam, exam marks entry, marks grade
Online Examinations - for managing online exams conducted by school
Lesson Plan - for managing subject status and lesson plan
Academics - for managing all the parameters / master data required to run school like classes, sections, subjects, assign teachers, class timetable, promote student to upper class
Human Resource - for all the information related to staff members can be manage here like staff search, profile, attendance, payroll, leaves
Communicate - it works like a notice board basically a messaging system for communication to students, parents and teachers
Download Center - for managing downloadable documents like assignments, study material, syllabus and other documents need to distribute students and teachers
Zoom Live Classes - for students zoom live classes and for staff live meetings. Its addon extension and should be purchased separately
Homework - teachers can give homework here and further evaluate them
Library - all the books in your library can be manage here
Inventory - manage all the assets of your school with stocks and store under inventory module
Transport - for managing transportation service like routes and their fares
Hostel - for managing hostels, hostel rooms and their fares
Certificate - design and generate student certificate and ID Card here
Front CMS - manage front public site of M-Tech School here by creating pages, menus, events, gallery, news
Alumni - for managing all pass out students or alumni records and events
Reports - all the various reports related to different modules can be found here
System Settings - configure M-Tech School here for different settings like school, sessions, admin password, SMS, Paypal, backup / restore, languages
Calendar & ToDo List - track and manage all daily/monthly activities and create your task in todo list
Chat - chat for two way messaging staff and students
One Click Updater - to install new in system
To understand how M-Tech School works first we need to configure and setup it for our school. In this whole documentation we will consider our sample school which is Mount Carmel School.
Steps to setup your school -
In the Admin panel go to System Settings > General Setting in upper right side click on Edit button to update your school data.
Update your School Name, School Code (School Code is your school affiliation / accreditation no), Address, Phone, Email (for remaining settings please check System Settings section) now click on Save button to update record.
For updating your school print logo (used in fees receipt and payslip print) go to System Settings > General Setting in lower left side click on Edit Print Logo button (it is recommended for logo to use .png image with transparent or white background and around 200px x 200px in size). Now drag and drop or select your logo file. By clicking on Edit Admin Logo and Edit Admin Small Logo you can set logo for admin panel. Edit App Logo to set logo for mobile app.
For automated SMS messaging add any one of available SMS Gateway with the required details from System Settings > SMS Setting.
To enabling online payment in Parent Panel and Student Panel update your payment gateway account details for this, go to System Settings > Payment Methods select your appropriate payment gateway and add you payment gateway account details then click on save button and enable it from right side box.
At this point we have completed basic setup of our school. Now we will add our academics in M-Tech School like Classes, Sections, Subjects, Teachers.
For adding classes go to Academics > Classes, before adding classes first add Sections from Academics > Sections. Select Sections comes under a Class when you adding a Class. Classes can be add from left side Add Class form and added classes can be see right side Class List. Add all classes running in your school here.
For adding sections go to Academics > Sections, Sections can be add from left side Add Section form and added section can be see right side Section List. Add all section name used in your school here e.g. Class 1 has 3 sections A, B, C and Class 2 has only A, B sections then we will add 3 sections A, B, C here. After adding sections, select section comes in a Class when you adding Classes.
For adding Teachers go to Human Resource > Staff Directory, Teachers can be add from top right corner Add Staff button. At this page you can add any staff by selecting its role. If we are creating teacher then we should select Teacher as role and designation as role.
For adding subjects go to Academics > Subjects, Subjects can be add from left side Add Subject form and added subjects can be see right side Subject List. Add all subjects including theory and practical in your school here. Subjects can be assign through Subject Groups to their classes in next step.
For assigning subjects to their classes go to Academics > Subject Group enter Subject Group then select Class and Section then select all subjects you want to include in this class and section as group now click on Save.
Great! you have completed your M-Tech School setup. Now further we will understand working of all the modules 1 by 1 in detail.
Front Office
This module has 7 sections -
Admission Enquiry
Visitor Book
Phone call Log
Postal Dispatch
Postal Receive
Complain
Setup Front Office
First we will Setup Front Office then we will manage student Admission Enquiry, daily Visitors Book, Phone Calls, Postal and Complain.
Setup Front Office- Go to Front Office > Setup Front Office here you will add Purpose, Complain Type, Source, Reference data which will be use in different sections of Front Office. Enter Purpose then Description and click on Save button. All Purpose can be see right side of this page.
Follow same procedure to make entries for Complain Type, Source and Reference.
Admission Enquiry- Admission Enquiry feature is dedicated for managing all student admission related leads and enquiries. Its basically a lead management for student admissions. Go to Front Office > Admission Enquiry Here you can see all active Admission Enquiry. Admission Enquiries that have passed their next follow up dates is marked as red. You can also search/filter Admission Enquiry by Enquiry Date, Source or Enquiry Status. To add New Enquiry click on + Add button. Here enter Name, Phone, Email, Address, Description, Note, Date, Next Follow Up Date, Assigned, Reference, Source, Class and Number Of Child then click on Save button. To edit or delete enquiry simply click on Edit/Delete button from Action column. To follow existing enquiries click on Follow Up button from Action column. Here you can enter Follow Up Date, Next Follow Up Date then person Response and your any Note. From right panel of this window you can check Summary of this enquiry. You can also change status of this enquiry from Status dropdown.
Visitor Book- In Visitor Book we will keep records of all persons coming in school reception for any purpose, e.g. student mother has come to meet their child, a book company executive comes for general enquiry etc. Go to Front Office > Visitor Book enter Purpose, Name, Phone, ID Card, Number Of Person, Date, In Time, Out Time, Note and Attach Document then click on Save button. All Visitors details can be see right side of this page.
Phone Call Log- Here we will keep all records for Incoming/Outgoing Phone calls from reception. Go to Front Office > Phone Call Log enter Name, Phone, Date, Description, Next Follow Up Date, Call Duration, Note and Call Type then click on Save button. All Phone Call Log details can be see right side of this page.
Postal Dispatch- Here we will keep all records for all Postal items dispatched from school to outside. Go to Front Office > Postal Dispatch enter To Title, Reference No, Address, Note, From Title, Date and Attach Document then click on Save button. All Postal Dispatch details can be see right side of this page.
Postal Receive- Here we will keep all records for all Postal items received in school from outside. Go to Front Office > Postal Receive enter From Title, Reference No, Address, Note, To Title, Date and Attach Document then click on Save button. All Postal receive details can be see right side of this page.
Complain- Here we will keep all Complain records coming to reception or from online front site complain page. Go to Front Office > Complain enter Complain Type. Source, Complain By, Phone, Date, Description, Action Taken, Assigned, Note and Attach Document then click on Save button. All Complain details can be see right side of this page.
Student Information
This module has 9 sections -
Student Details
Student Admission
Online Admission
Disabled Students
Multi Class Student
Bulk Delete
Student Categories
Student House
Disable Reason
First we will add Student Categories, School House then take Student Admission then Online Admission, Students Details. If you want to add additional fields in student admission form then you can use Custom Fields feature for this go to System Settings > Custom Fields and add your desired fields in Student. If you also don't want any default fields in student admission then you can disable it from System Settings > System Fields and disable student system fields.
Student Categories- Go to Student Information > Student Categories Add all student categories here. Student categories can be caste, community or group wise.
Student House- Go to Student Information > Student House Add all student house here. Student house is also another type of grouping of students.
Student Admission- Go to Student Information > Student Admission add student basic details Admission No (if you want to use auto generation of student admission number then enable it from System Setting > General Setting), Roll No (this roll number is just for reference purpose, when you will generate student admit card from examination module then a roll number will be auto generate for corresponding exam), select Class and Section, First Name, Last Name, Gender, Date Of Birth, Category, Religion, Caste, Student Mobile Number, Email, Admission Date, Student Photo, Blood Group, Student House, Height, Weight, As on Date, if this student has sibling and already study in this school then click on Add Sibling button and select sibling (note that if student has more than one sibling study in school then you do not have to select all the siblings just select any one sibling and system automatic detects other siblings), add student Father, Mother and Guardian details. Now click on Save button to complete student admission, if you want to add more details of student like Student Address Details, Transport Route Details, Hostel Details, Miscellaneous Details, RTE (Right To Education - in some countries there is a government funded scheme under which student get free education and government pay fees for these students) and Upload Documents then click on Add More Detail button. Student admission, admit students in by default in current selected session.
To importing bulk students for admission click on upper right side Import Student button. Now select class and section and browse .csv and click on Import Students Data file to import student data. Using student import you should enter unique student admission number because even if you have enabled auto generation of student admission number. You can download sample .csv file by clicking upper right Download Sample Import File button. Note that by importing bulk student you have to update student record for proper admission record.
Student Details- Go to Student Information > Student Details select Class and Section and click on Search button to get student list under this class-section. You can also search student by keyword in Search Input Box and click on Search button. After search you will get student list below. There are two views here one is List View and Details View. Every row has three buttons in right side Show (to see student profile), Edit (to edit student profile) and Add Fee (to add student fees). Click on Show button to open student profile. Student profile page provides 360* View of student, consist student basic details, address details, parent / guardian details, miscellaneous details, fees details, exam details, documents and timeline related to student. You can check student and their guardian login credentials by clicking on Login Details link. If any student get admitted by mistake and we need to Disable student then you can click on red color hands down icon button. After clicking it an window will appear and ask you to select for disable reason for this student, just select disable reason. To send student/parent password click on 3 dot icon button.
Online Admission- Go to Student Information > Online Admission Through online admission students can register themselves from front site. To use online admission first it should be enabled from System Settings > General Setting. Online admission form can be access directly from url http://yoursite.com/online_admission . To use it in fronsite you must add this url in any menu from front cms.
After student record submission from front site it will be display in Student Information > Online Admission page.
To admit / enrol this student just edit this student by clicking Edit button from Action column. At student edit page enter required details of student then click on Save if you just want to save student submitted record but to admit / enrol student you must click on Save And Enroll button. After this student will be admit and can be view in Student Admission > Student Details. If you want to delete online submitted details of student then just click on Delete button from Action column.
Disabled Student- Go to Student Information > Disabled Student here you can view all Disabled Students.
Multi Class Student- Go to Student Information > Multi Class Student here you can add a student in another class-section. Basically this feature is for training or coaching centres where a student can be admit in singing class and dancing class simultaneously. Multi class feature is not for schools or colleges. Multi class feature is still in experimental stage and we recommend to not use multi class feature with multi session. Multi class feature is online available for admin and student panel.
Bulk Delete- Go to Student Information > Bulk Delete here you can delete single or multiple students. Note that after deleting students from here will delete from system and further student will not be rollback.
Disable Reason- Go to Student Information > Disable Reason here you can enter master entries for reasons for disabling students.
Fees Collection
This module has 9 sections -
Collect Fees
Search Fees Payment
Search Due Fees
Fees Master
Fees Group
Fees Type
Fees Discount
Fees Carry Forward
Fees Reminder
First we will prepare our Fees Structure for Current Session by configuring Fees Type, Fees Group, Fees Master and Fees Reminder then we will Collect Fees of students then we will understand and review various fees reports by using Search Fees Payment, Search Due Fees.
Lets understand how we will create fees structure in M-Tech School by using Fees Type, Fees Group & Fees Master. Fees Type means different types of fees can be collect by school e.g. Admission Fees, April Month Fees, May Month Fees, June Month Fees, Exam Fees, Dress/Uniform Fees, Library Fees, Sports Fees, Transportation Bus Fees, Picnic Fees etc. Fees Group Fees Group is use to make grouping of different Fees Type Then you can assign/allocate this Fees Group to whole class-section or a particular student. When you assign/allocate a Fees Group on a class-section or a particular student all Fees Type under this group with their Fees Master amount will be applied directly. You can assign/allocate multiple Fees Groups on a class-section or a particular student. Suppose we have created a Fees Group with the name Class 6 (2 Instalments) and added Fees Types Admission Fees ($1000), 1st Instalment ($5000), 2nd Instalment ($5000) then assign/allocate this Fees Group Class 6 (2 Instalments) on those students only who want to pay fees in 2 Instalments. You can create another Fees Group with the name Class 6 (1 Instalments) and add Fees Type Admission Fees ($1000), Full Instalment ($9500). You can also create another fees group with the name Class 6 Transport Fees and add Transport Fees as Fees Type and assign/allocate on those students who use transport facility. Note: Fees Type and Fees Group are not dependent on Academic Session but Fees Master is created session wise so you need to enter Fees Master data for every session.
Fees Type- Go to Fees Collection > Fees Type add all your Fees Type here with Fees Code. All Fees Type can be see at right side of this page.
Fees Group- Go to Fees Collection > Fees Group add all your Fees Group here. All Fees Group can be see at right side of this page.
Fees Master- Go to Fees Collection > Fees Master add all your fees amount for current selected session here. Select Fees Group then Fees Type then Due Date then enter Amount means fees amount for selected session then select Fine Type like percentage or fix amount now click Save button. All Fees Master with Fees Group and Fees Code with amount can be see at right side of this page for current selected session.
To assign/allocate Fees Group click on Assign/View button from Action column. Now at next page select Class then Section and click on Search button. Now select the students on which you want to assign/allocate this Fees Group then click on Save button.
Fees Discount- Go to Fees Collection > Fees Discount add all your Fees Discount here with Discount Name, Discount Code, Amount and Description. All Fees Discount can be see at right side of this page. To assign/allocate discount click on Assign/View button from Action column.
On Next page select Class and Section then click on Search button. After Search select students on which this discount have to be applied then click on Save button.
Collect Fees- Go to Fees Collection > Collect Fees select Class & Section & click in Search button to get student list under this class-section. You can also search student by keyword in Search Input Box and click on Search button. After search you will get student list below. Click on Collect Fees button to go to collect fees page. Here you can see student details including student picture then next you can see all assign/allocate fees details. Collecting fees is very simple just click the + button from Action column a modal window will appear, here select Date then Amount will be auto fetch by balance for this Fees Invoice. You can enter any amount for Partial Fees payment, then select Discount Group or enter Discount (if any) then enter Fine (if any) then Payment Mode then Note then click on Collect Fees button. Now fees has been collected & Revert button visible for reverting this fees. For printing Fees Receipt click on Print button from Action column.
To collect multiple fees at once select multiple fees from left check boxes then click on Collect Selected button.
Fees Discount Adjustment: If you have applied discount by selection of Discount Group then there is no need for any adjustment. When you assign/allocate Fees Discount on any student then it will be only assigned. To make it apply you need to adjust this discount on any Fees Invoice payment by giving discount. To apply discount you need to first give discount on any fees invoice then click on Apply Discount button from Action column, a modal window will be open. Here enter Payment Id on which this discount has been given and enter description (if any). Now click on Apply Discount button to apply discount.
Search Fees Payment- Go to Fees Collection > Search Fees Payment for searching any fees payment details through Payment ID enter Payment Id & click search button you will get the details for this payment id.
Search Due Fees- Go to Fees Collection > Search Due Fees for searching those students who have not done payment for a particular fees type then select Fees Category then Fees Type then Class then Section & click Search button, you will get all the students list for due fees.
Fees Carry Forward- Go to Fees Collection > Fees Carry Forward if any student has balance fees in previous session then you can forward this balance fees to current session. Select Class, Section then click Search button. Students with balance fees will be display below. If you want you can edit balance fees amount to be forward. In Top right corner you can see Due Date for all these fees forward. This Due Date will be number of days ahead which is set in System Settings > General Setting > Fees Due Days. This balance fees carry forward can be see in collect fees page as Balance Master (Fees Group) and Previous Session Balance (Fees Code).
Fees Reminder- Go to Fees Collection > Fees Reminder Fees reminder is for sending fees reminder notifications to guardians. Here two before and two after reminder has been given, reminder acts respect to your fees due days. To use use it just active reminder and set your days. Suppose a before reminder is set for 5 days then a fees reminder notification will be send 5 days before fees due date. To use this feature you should add http://yoursite.com/cron url in your hosting cron job.
Income
This module has 3 sections -
Add Income
Search Income
Income Head
First we will create our Income Head then we will Add our daily/monthly Incomes then we will Search our Income.
Income Head- Go to Income > Income Head enter Income Head and its Description then click on Save button. All Income head can be see right side of this page.
Add Income- Go to Income > Add Income select Income Head then enter Income Name then Invoice Number, Date of Income then Amount then Attach Document then Description & click on Save button. Recently added 10 Incomes can be see right side of this page.
Search Income- Go to Income > Search Income to search Incomes between two dates or by a keyword select Date From & Date To or enter keyword then click on Search button, you will get the list of all Incomes related to your search criteria.
Expenses
This module has 3 sections -
Add Expense
Search Expense
Expense Head
First we will create our Expense Head then we will Add our daily/monthly Expenses then we will Search our Expense.
Expense Head- Go to Expenses > Expense Head enter Expense Head and its Description then click on Save button. All expense head can be see right side of this page.
Add Expense- Go to Expenses > Add Expense select Expense Head then enter expense Name then Invoice Number, Date of expense then Amount then Attach Document then Description & click on Save button. Recently added 10 expenses can be see right side of this page.
Search Expense- Go to Expenses > Search Expense to search expenses between two dates or by a keyword select Date From & Date To or enter keyword then click on Search button, you will get the list of all expenses related to your search criteria.
Attendance
This module has 3 sections -
Student Attendance
Attendance By Date
Approve Leave
M-Tech School supports two types of attendance Day Wise and Period Wise. You can run any type at once at a time and attendance type can be select from System Settings > General Settings. Now M-Tech School also supports biometric attendance devices (currently only for day wise attendance) for automated attendance submission. You can enable biometric device feature from System Settings > General Settings. To utilise biometric device feature you should have M-Tech School Biometric Desktop Plugin Software. Its desktop based application which fetch attendance data from biometric device and sends to M-Tech School web application.
First we will enter Student Attendance then we will search student attendance for a particular date.
Student Attendance- Go to Attendance > Student Attendance select Class then Section then Attendance Date then click Search button. Now below you can see list of students & attendance options like Present, Late, Absent etc. Select the attendance for students then click on Submit Attendance button. To enter National Holiday or Sunday select Mark as holiday button then Submit Attendance button. Note that is attendance is already submitted for a date then you can only edit attendance.
Attendance By Date- Go to Attendance > Attendance By Date to check attendance for a particular date select Class then Section then Date then click on Search button.
Approve Leave- Go to Attendance > Approve Leave here you can see leave request submitted by student to approve or add leaves for students.
Examinations
This module has 7 sections -
Exam Group
Exam Exam Result
Design Admit Card
Print Admit Card
Design Marksheet Card
Print Marksheet Card
Marks Grade
M-Tech School supports 4 types of exam types General Purpose (Pass/Fail), School Based Grading System, College Based Grading System and GPA Grading System.
General Purpose (Pass/Fail) - is general purpose non grading exam type used in majority of schools/institutions.
School Based Grading System - is grading exam type, in this you can merge two or more exams of same session to get consolidated result with final exam. For merging exams subjects should be same for all exams.
College Based Grading System - is grading exam type, in this you can merge two or more exams of different session to get consolidated result with final exam.
GPA Grading System - is GPA grading exam type based on credit hours and grade points.
First we will prepare Marks Grade then create exam in Exam Group then enter Exam Schedule then enter marks in Marks Register. Note that there is no need to prepare Marks Grade if your institution is not following Grading System in exams. Just leave Marks Grade & don't make any entry in it.
Marks Grade- Go to Examination > Marks Grade select Exam Type, enter Grade Name, Percent From, Percent Upto,Grade Point, Description & click on Save button. All the grades can be see at right side of this page.
Exam Group- Go to Examination > Exam Group enter Exam Name, selectExam Type, Description and click Save button. Exam Group is basically grouping of exams.
Adding New Exam- Go to Examination > Exam Group here at exam group list action column click on + icon button to reach Exam List page. Here click on New Exam button then enter Exam name, select Session, select Publish (to publish exam) and Description then click Save button.
Now at Exam List page click on Assign / View Student button to assign students on exam.
Now at Exam List page click on Exam Subject button to add subjects and exam schedule. Here enter Credit Hours if you are using GPA Grading System exam type otherwise ignore it.
Now at Exam List page click on Exam Marks button to add subject marks.
At Exam Subject page click on Enter Marks button from Action column to add subject marks.
You can also import marks here using csv file. After importing csv file marks will be fill in marks input box so if you want you edit and check marks then you can submit marks.
Link Exams- at Exam List page click on Link Exam button to link/merge two exams to get consolidated result with final exam. Using Link Exam feature all data for exams should be entered carefully otherwise you will not get consolidated result.
Exam Result- Go to Examination > Exam Result here select all criteria to get exam result of that Class-Section.
Design Admit Card- Go to Examination > Design Admit Card here enter details for admit card template design and enable/disable variables on admit card.
Print Admit Card- Go to Examination > Print Admit Card here select all criteria to get student list for printing admit card. Now select all student for which you want to generate admit card then click on Generate button. It is highly recommended to don't print admit card directly here instead of it use Save As PDF feature of Chrome browser and save PDF file then print admit cards using this PDF file.
Design Marksheet- Go to Examination > Design Marksheet here enter details for Marksheet template design and enable/disable variables on Marksheet .
Print Marksheet- Go to Examination > Print Marksheet here select all criteria to get student list for printing Marksheet. Now select all student for which you want to generate Marksheet then click on Generate button. It is highly recommended to don't print Marksheet directly here instead of it use Save As PDF feature of Chrome browser and save PDF file then print Marksheet using this PDF file.
Online Examinations
This module has 2 sections -
Online Exam
Question Bank
First we will enter questions in Question Bank then create exam in Online Exam Further students can take online exams from their student panel and see exam result when result will be publish.
Question Bank- Go to Online Examination > Question Bank Here you can see list of all questions. To add new question click on Add Question button. Now select Subject, enter Question, then Option A, Option B, Option C, Option D and Option E (if available) then select correct answer of qeustion then click on Save button.
Online Exam- Go to Online Examination > Online Exam here we will see list of available online exams. To add new exam click on Add Exam button
At Online Exam List page click on Assign / View Student button to add student in this exam.
Now at Online Exam List page click on Add Question button to add questions in this exam.
Now Online Exam has been created and students now can attempt this exam from their student panel
Lesson Plan
Since version 6.0.0 we are shifting M-Tech School documentation at our online help portal so please visit https://M-Tech-school.in/category/lesson-plan to see Lesson Plan module documentation articles.
Academics
This module has 8 sections -
Class Timetable
Teachers Timetable
Assign Class Teacher
Promote Students
Subject Group
Subjects
Class
Sections
We have already described few section of Academics Module during Steps to Setup your school, but now we will understand completely Academics module sections. First we will create Sections then Classes then Subject Group then Assign Class Teacher on class-sections then create Class Timetable.
Sections- Go to Academics > Sections enter Section Name & click Save button. All the sections can be see right side on this page.
Class- Go to Academics > Class enter Class Name then select Sections under this Class then click Save button. All the Classes and their Sections can be see at right side of this page.
Assign Class Teacher- Go to Academics > Assign class Teacher select Class then select Section then select Class Teachers for this Class Section then click Save button. All the Class-Section and their Class Teachers can be see at right side of this page.
Subjects- Go to Academics > Subjects enter Subject Name, Subject Type (Theory/Practical), Subject Code then click Save button. All the subjects can be see at the right side of this page.
Subject Group- Go to Academics > Subject Group enter Subject Group then select Class and Section then select all subjects you want to include in this class and section as group now click on Save.
Class Timetable- Go to Academics > Class Timetable Class Timetable has two parts 1) Adding/Editing class timetable 2) Viewing class timetable.
For Adding/Editing Class Timetable click on Add button then on next page select Class, Section, Subject Group & click Search button then you will get 7 days tab, now enter Subject,Teacher,Time From,Time To, Room No for each days & click on Save button to save timetable.
For viewing Class Timetable (go to Academics > Class Timetable) select Class, Section and click Save button to see class timetable.
Teachers Timetable- Go to Academics > Teachers Timetable Here teachers or other admin staff can see selected teacher timetable.
Promote Students- Go to Student Information > Promote Students select Class and Section and click on Search button to get student list under this class-section. Here you can see every student has Current Result column with Pass / Fail and Next Session Status column with Continue / Leave options and three drop down to select Promote In Session, Class, Section just above the student list.
Now let's understand how Promote Student works. Promoting students to next session and class-section depends on two things, 1). Student is pass or fail in main examination and 2). Student will be continue in school or leaving from school. If student is pass and will continue to school, only then student will be promoted to next session and class-section. If student is fail and continue to school then students will be promoted to next session but class-section will be remain as it is. If student is pass but leaving to student then student will not be promoted to next session nor promoted to next class-section. This is the whole mechanism of Promote Student. M-Tech School automatically manage promotion of session and class-section. To promote students first select Promote In Session, Class, Section and for every student select Current Result pass or fail and Next Session Status continue or leave and click on Promote button from bottom right.
Human Resource
This module has 11 sections -
Staff Directory
Staff Attendance
Staff Attendance Report
Payroll
Approve Leave Request
Apply Leave
Leave Type
Teachers Rating
Department
Designation
Disabled Staff
In Human Resource we will manage all activities of school staff (not student or parent or guardian) from Principal to Owner to Peon or any School member even he/she using or not using M-Tech School application. First we will add Department, Designation, Leave Types then we will add Staff Member from Staff Directory then we will manage day by day Staff Attendance then manage Payroll/Salary of staff then Apply or Approve Leave Request. If you want to add additional fields in staff form then you can use Custom Fields feature for this go to System Settings > Custom Fields and add your desired fields in Staff. If you also don't want any default fields in staff then you can disable it from System Settings > System Fields and disable staff system fields.
Department- Go to Human Resource > Department enter Department Name then click Save button. All existing Departments can be see right side of this page.
Designation- Go to Human Resource > Designation enter Designation Name then click Save button. All existing Designation can be see right side of this page.
Leave Type- Go to Human Resource > Leave Type enter Leave Type Name then click Save button. All existing Leave Type can be see right side of this page.
Staff Directory- Go to Human Resource > Staff Directory here you can search all active staff members. You can filter staff members by Role or search by any keyword. You can also see staff directory in two views Card View or List View.
You can edit any staff by clicking on Edit button on Staff Card. To view staff details/profile click on View button present on staff card. Staff profile provides 360* view of staff including complete profile, payroll, payslip, allotted/apply/approved leaves, monthly/yearly attendance, uploaded documents and timeline. After staff retirement or reliving you can Disable staff from top right down hand red icon button. After disabling staff, staff profile is marked as red color in background and its login to M-Tech School also being disabled. Disabled staff can be seen in Human Resource > Disabled Staff. You can also add staff leaving date and resignation letter from staff Edit. Staff can be deleted after disabling staff.To add new staff member click on + Add Staff button from top right corner of this page. Enter Staff ID (if you want to use auto generation of staff id number then enable it from System Setting > General Setting), select Role (roles can be manage from System Settings > Roles Permission), Designation, Department, First Name, Last Name, Father Name, Mother Name, Gender, Marital Status, Date Of Birth, Date Of Joining, Phone, Emergency Contact Number, Email, Photo, Current Address, Permanent Address, Qualification, Work Experience, Note, EPF No (Employee Provident Fund Number), Basic Salary, Contract Type, Work Shift, Location, Number Of Leaves, Bank Account Title, Bank Account Number, Bank Name, IFSC Code, Bank Branch Name, Facebook URL, Twitter URL, LinkedIn URL, Instagram URL, Upload Resume, Joining Letter and Other Documents then click on Save button.
Staff Attendance- Go to Human Resource > Staff Attendance here you can record staff attendance (staff attendance currently does not have support for biometric device attendance). Select Staff Role and Attendance Date then click on Search button. Now can see staff list, select attendance radio button for Present/Late/Absent/Half Day and enter any Note then click on Save Attendance button to submit attendance. If you mark selected date as Holiday then check button Mark As Holiday. If attendance has been already submitted then you will get message of "Attendance Already Submitted You Can Edit Record" in this case you can still edit exiting attendance.
Staff Attendance Report- Go to Human Resource > Staff Attendance Report here you can check staff monthly report, Present/Late/Absent/Half Day/Holiday, Gross Present % etc.
Payroll- Go to Human Resource > Payroll here we will generate monthly salary of staff members. Select Role, Month and Year then click Search button to see staff members list and their payroll status. Now you can see staff list, from Status column you can see current salary status available option from Action column. Payroll has three status Not Generated -> Generated -> Paid. If status is Not Generated then you can see Generate Payroll button, if status is Generated then you can see Proceed To Pay button and if status is Paid then you can see View Payslip button in Action column. If status is Generated or Paid then you can revert this status in previous status.
Now click on Generate Payroll button from Action column. At this page you can see staff profile, attendance, approve leaves details. In earning column add earning Type and Amount then in deduction column enter deduction Type and Amount (from top right corner Attendance section you can check this month all attendance and approve details based on this you can calculate deduction for this staff) then in Payroll Summary column enter any tax if applied then finally click on Calculate button to calculate Net Salary amount then click on Save button to save this salary generation.
Now come again on payroll page and check this staff payroll status for same month now it should be Generated and in Action column Proceed To Pay button should be visible. Here click on Proceed To Pay button to pay generated salary to this staff. Now at Proceed To Pay modal popup window you can Staff, Net Payment Amount, Month-Year, select Payment mode through which you are paying salary, Payment Date, and Note then click on Save button.
Now come again on payroll page and check this staff payroll status for the same month now it should be Paid and in Action column View Payslip button should be visible. Here click on View Payslip button to see and print payslip.
Payroll Report- Go to Human Resource > Payroll Report here we will check payroll report. Select Role, Month and Year then click on Search.
Approve Leave Request- Go to Human Resource > Approve Leave Request here you can view, approve or manually submit staff leave request. Click on View icon button from Action column to see details of applied leave request. Now at this modal popup window you can see details of leave request and change its status to Approve/Disapprove/Pending then enter any Note then click on Save button.
To add leave request manually click on Add Leave Request button from top right corner. Here select Role, Staff Name, Apply Date, Leave Type, Leave Date, reason, Note, Attach Document and Status of leave request then click on Save button.
Apply Leave- Go to Human Resource > Apply Leave here logged in staff user can apply/view leave request for his own only. To view applied leaves click on View icon button from Action column. To apply leave click on Apply Leave button from top right corner.
Teachers Rating- Go to Human Resource > Teachers Rating here you can see teachers rating and reviews submitted by students. Ratings needs approval, to approve rating click on Approve button. To display ratings on teachers profile page at least 3 ratings required.
Disabled Staff- Go to Human Resource > Disabled Staff here you can see all Disabled Staff. Click on any staff to see his/her profile. At profile page you can see Delete Staff button, by deleting staff all profile data will be deleted. To Enable any Disabled staff click on green color hands up icon button.
Communicate
This module has 4 sections -
Notice Board
Send Email
Send SMS
Email / SMS Log
We will send messages through Notice Board or Email / SMS and then sent messages can be check at Notice Board or Email / SMS Log
Notice Board- Go to Communicate > Notice Board here you can see all the posted messages. To send new message click on Post New Message button then enter Message Title, Message, Notice Date, Publish Date, Message To & click Save button. Note that, Notice Date is the date at which notice is being post & Publish Date is the date at which notice is being visible to Staff, Students & Parents.
Send Email- Go to Communicate > Send Email at this page four are three tabs Group, Individual, Class and Today's Birthday to select which users group you want to send email.
Open Group tab to send email to all Students, Guardians and Staff enter message Title , then enter Message then select all those users groups (Students, Guardians and Staff) you want to send this Email then click to Send button.
Open Individual tab to send email to individually selected Students, Guardians and Staff.
Open Class tab to send email to all students under selected Class-Section.
Open Today's Birthday tab to send email to all students who has birthday today.
Send SMS- Go to Communicate > Send SMS at this page there are four tabs Group, Individual, Classand Today's Birthday to select which users group you want to send SMS.
Open Group tab to send SMS to all Students, Guardians and Staff enter message Title , then enter Message then select all those users groups (Students, Guardians and Staff) you want to send this SMS then click to Send button.
Open Individual tab to send SMS to individually selected Students, Guardians and Staff.
Open Class tab to send SMS to all students under selected Class-Section.
Open Today's Birthday tab to send SMS to all students who has birthday today.
Email / SMS Log- Go to Communicate > Email / SMS Log here you can see all the email / sms sent through Send Email / SMS.
Download Center
This module has 5 sections -
Upload Content
Assignments
Study Material
Syllabus
Other Downloads
In Download Center we will upload all content from Upload Content section under four content types Assignments, Study Material, Syllabus, Other Download & rest of four sections are used for viewing uploaded content under these content types.
Upload Content- Go to Download Center > Upload Content enter Content Title, Content Type, Available For, Class, Upload Date, Description, Select File & click Save button. Recently uploaded 10 contents can be see right side at this page. You can download content by clicking Download button in action column.
Assignments- Go to Download Center > Assignments all the content uploaded under Assignments content type can be see at this page.
Study Material- Go to Download Center > Study Material all the content uploaded under Study Material content type can be see at this page.
Syllabus- Go to Download Center > Syllabus all the content uploaded under Syllabus content type can be see at this page.
Other Downloads- Go to Download Center > Other Downloads all the content uploaded under Other Downloads content type can be see at this page.
Zoom Live Classes
Zoom Live Classes is addon extension so to use it should purchase it separately from codecanyon. Since version 6.0.0 we are shifting M-Tech School documentation at our online help portal so please visit https://M-Tech-school.in/category/zoom-live-classes to see Zoom Live Classes module documentation articles.
Homework
This module has 1 sections -
Add Homework
Here Teachers can create Homework for their Class-Section. After creating homework teachers can evaluate homework for class-section students that who has completed homework or not completed. First we will Add Homework then we will evaluate homework.
Homework- Go to Homework > Add Homework Here you can see all previously created homework and search them different criteria.
To add new Homework click on + Add button to open Add Homework modal window. Here enter Class, Section, Subject Group, Subject, Homework Date, Submission Date, Attach Document and Description then click on Save button.
To evaluate homework click on View button from Action column to open Evaluate homework modal window. Here from left Student List select student who has completed this homework and move them to Homework Completed List then select Evaluation Date then click on Save button.
Library
This module has 4 sections -
Book list
Issue Return
Add Student
Add Staff Member
First we will Add Books in library then view & search books in Book List.
Book List- Go to Library > Book List all the books in library can be view and search at this page. To add book click on Add Book button then at next page enter Book Title, Book No, ISBN No, Publisher, Author, Subject, Rack No, QTY, Book Price, Inward Date, Description & click Save button.
Issue Return- Go to Library > Issue Return to issue/return a book to library member click on Issue Return button from action column in Members List. Now you will reach to Issue Return page. To Issue a book select Books, Return Date from Issue Book section. Currently Issued Books can be see in Books Issued section. To Return an issued book click on Return button in Action column.
Add Student- Go to Library > Add Student to add Student as Library Member, select class and section then click on search button to display list of students then click on + button from student's list action column, if student is already a library member then this student row shows in green color and there will be Surrender button in action column to surrender their membership.
Add Staff Member- Go to Library > Add Staff Member to add Staff Member as Library Member click on + button visible Staff Member list action column, if Staff Member is already a library member then this Staff Member row shows in green color and there will be Surrender button in action column to surrender their membership.
Inventory
This module has 6 sections -
Issue Item
Add Item Stock
Add Item
Item Category
Item Store
Item Supplier
First we will create our Item Category then Item Store then Item Supplier then we will add Item then Item Stock then we will Issue Items to any staff members.
Item Category- Go to Inventory > Item Category enter Item Category and its Description then click on Save button. All Item Category can be see right side of this page.
Item Store- Go to Inventory > Item Store enter Item Store Name, Item Stock Code and Description then click on Save button. All Item Store can be see right side of this page.
Item Supplier- Go to Inventory > Item Supplier enter Item Supplier Name, Phone, Email, Address then enter Contact Person Name, Phone, Email and Description then click on Save button. All Item Supplier can be see right side of this page.
Add Item- Go to Inventory > Add Item enter Item Name, select Item Category and Description then click on Save button. All Items can be see right side of this page.
Add Item Stock- Go to Inventory > Add Item Stock select Item Category, Item, Supplier, Store then enter Item Quantity, Date, select Attach Document and Description then click on Save button. All Item Stock can be see right side of this page.
Issue Item- Go to Inventory > Issue Item at this page you can see issued item status. To return an item click on Click to Return button from Status column.
To issue an item click on Issue Item button present on top right side of this page. Now at this page select User Type then select person from Issue To then enter name who is issuing this Item in Issue By, select Issue Date, Return Date, enter Note then select Item Category, Item, enter Available Quantity then click on Save.
Transport
This module has 3 sections -
Routes
Vehicles
Assign Vehicle
First we will add Routes then add Vehicles then Assign Vehicle on Routes then check Student Transport Report.
Routes- Go to Transport > Routes enter Route Title, Fare & click Save button. All the routes can be see right side at this page.
Vehicles- Go to Transport > Vehicles enter Vehicle No, Vehicle Model, Year Made, Driver Name, Driver License, Driver Contact, Note & click Save button. All the vehicles can be see right side at this page.
Assign Vehicle- Go to Transport > Assign Vehicle select Route then Vehicle & click Save button. All the assigned vehicles can be see right side at this page.
Student Transport Report- Go to Student Information > Student Transport Report here you can view all students list who has availed transport facility.
Hostel
This module has 3 sections -
Hostel Rooms
Room Type
Hostel
First we will add Hostel then Room Type then add Hostel Rooms.
Hostel- Go to Hostel > Hostel enter Hostel Name, Type, Address, Intake, Description & click Save button. All the hostels can be see right side at this page.
Room Type- Go to Hostel > Room Type enter Room Type, Description & click Save button. All the room types can be see right side at this page.
Hostel Rooms- Go to Hostel > Hostel Room enter Room No / Name, Hostel, Room Type, No of Bed, Cost Per Bed, Description & click Save button. All the hostel rooms can be see right side at this page.
Student Hostel Report- Go to Student Information > Student Hostel Report here you can view all students list who has availed hostel facility.
Certificate
This module has 4 sections -
Student Certificate
Generate Certificate
Student ID Card
Generate ID Card
First we will design student certificate or id card then we will generate/print them. If you will properly configure background, height, width etc. settings then you can design professional quality certificate or id cards very easily.
Student Certificate- Go to Certificate > Student Certificate enter Certificate Name (certificate name is only for certificate design reference purpose it will not be print on actual certificate), Header Left Text, Header Center Text, Header Right Text, Body Text (enter specified keywords for replcing student data dynamically at time of certificate generation), Footer Left Text, Footer Center Text, Footer Right Text, Certificate Design - Header Height, Footer Height, Body Height, Body Width, Student Photo, Photo Height and Background Image then click on Save button. In certificate design we will suggest you to try to edit certificate design parameters by edit as many time possible until you will get your perfect design. You have to adjust many time design parameters to get your perfect design. While adjusting design parameters take browser final print preview or print as pdf option from browser as final reference of print design by using Generate Certificate link. Otherwise in final print you will get little bit deviation in design. All Certificate designs can be see right side of this page.
Generate Certificate- Go to Certificate > Generate Certificate here you can select students and certificate design to generate certificate for those students.
Student ID Card- Go to Certificate > Student ID Card select Background Image, Logo, Signature (principal or authorized person signature image), School Name, Address/Phone/Email, ID Card Title, Header Color(in hexadecimal code), Admission Number, Student Name, Class, Father Name, Mother Name, Student Address, Phone (student Phone), Date Of Birth and Blood Group then click on Save button. In id card design we will suggest you to try to edit id card design parameters by edit as many time possible until you will get your perfect design. You have to adjust many time design parameters to get your perfect design. While adjusting design parameters take browser final print preview or print as pdf optionfrom browser as final reference of print design from Generate ID Card link. Otherwise in final print you will get little bit deviation in design. All id card designs can be see right side of this page.
Generate ID Card- Go to Certificate > Generate ID Card here you can select students and id card design to generate id card for those students.
Front CMS
This module has 7 sections -
Event
Gallery
News
Media Manager
Pages
Menus
Banner Images
With Front CMS we will manage our school frontsite. Here we will create Menu and Menu Item then Pages then Banner Images, Event, Gallery and News. We will use Media Manager to upload images or videos then use in different pages.
To use Front CMS first we will configure it by System Settings > Front CMS Setting here we can enable/disable Front CMS, Sidebar, Language RTL Text Mode, check Sidebar Option, upload Logo, Favicon, enter Footer Text, Google Analytics, Facebook URL, Twitter URL, Youtube URL, Google Plus, Linkedin URL, Instagram URL, Pinterest URL and Current Theme (there are 3 default themes supplied with M-Tech School but you can create your own theme by copying "default" theme with your own name in same folder. For themes /application/views/themes contains php view files and /backend/themes folder contains css, js, images etc. files).
Menus- Go to Front CMS > Menus by default there are two menu, Main Menu and Bottom Menu has been provided which are used in default supplied themes. If you want you can add your new menu but for this you have to set menu position in themes php view files. To add new menu enter Menu then add Description then click on Save button. All existing menu can see right side of this page.
To add menu items under a menu click on + sign button from Action column. Now at Add Menu Items page enter Menu Item, External URL (if this menu is pointing to a external url), Open In New Tab (if you want after clicking this url will be open in new tab), External URL Address, Pages (If you want this menu item will point any cms pages) then click Save button. From right side you can see existing menu item list. From here you can arrange menu order or add a menu item as sub menu by drag and drop.
Media Manager- Go to Front CMS > Media Manager here in Media Manager you can manage you all media assets like images, doc, pdf, zip, rar, text, video files in centralise way used Front CMS module. To non video media files just drag file over "Choose a file or drag it here" area or click to select your file. Upload video media content directly in Media Manager is not supported due to streaming issues, so it s recommended to upload your all video content on Youtube then addd video url in Media Manager. To add Youtube video url simply enter video Youtube url then click on Submit button. You can check media details/preview by clicking on them. You can also search media by any keyword (file name) or filter by media type.
Pages- Go to Front Office > Pages Here you can manage all pages of Front CMS. There are 4 pages by default supplied with Front CMS, Home, Contact, Complain and 404 Page (page not found landing page). To Edit/Delete any existing page click on Edit/Delete button from right side Action column. To add new page click on + Add button from top right corner of this page. Here enter page Title, select Page Type (Standard, Event (page to show all Events), News (page to show all News/Notices), Gallery (page to show all images/video Galleries)), Description, SEO (search engine optimization) Details Meta Title, Meta Keyword, Meta Description then select Sidebar Setting to show/hide sidebar, select Featured Image (featured image will be show only those themes or pages which have support for featured image) then click on Save button.
Event- Go to Front CMS > Event Here you can add all events scheduled past/future in your school. To add new event click on + Add button from top right corner of this page. Here enter event Title, Event Venue, Event Start Date, Event End Date, Description, SEO Detail Meta Title, Meta Keyword, Meta Description then select Sidebar Setting, Featured Image then click on Save button.
Gallery- Go to Front CMS > Gallery Here you can add all image/video galleries of your school. To add new gallery click on + Add button from top right corner of this page. Here enter gallery Title, Description, Gallery Images, SEO Detail Meta Title, Meta Keyword, Meta Description then select Sidebar Setting, Featured Image then click on Save button.
News- Go to Front CMS > News Here you can add all News/Notices of your school. To add new news click on + Add button from top right corner of this page. Here enter news Title, news Date, Description, SEO Detail Meta Title, Meta Keyword, Meta Description then select Sidebar Setting, Featured Image then click on Save button.
Banner Images- Go to Front CMS > Banner Images Here You can add/remove images in Home Page banner. To add images in home page banner click on + Add Images button from top right corner of this page.
Alumni
Since version 6.0.0 we are shifting M-Tech School documentation at our online help portal so please visit https://M-Tech-school.in/category/alumni to see Alumni module documentation articles.
Reports
Reports are self explanatory but further we will provide more details at online documentation.
Calendar ToDo List
This module has 2 sections -
Calendar
ToDo List
In Calendar we can add personal or public events can be visible under login panels. In ToDo List we can add our personal task.
Calendar- Go to top right corner of page besides your profile icon you can see Calendar icon now at calendar page click on any date or time frame, at this modal window enter Event Title, Description, Event Date, Event Color and Event Type (Public is visible to all, Private is only you can see this event, All <your role> is this event will be visible to all users of your role, Protected that means it is visible to all staff members but not student or parent) then click on Save button.
ToDo List- Go to top right corner of page besides your profile icon you can see ToDo List icon, click on View All button now at calendar page right side you can see all your task click on + icon button, at this modal window enter Title and Date then click on Save button.
Chat
In Chat System, staff can chat with other staff members and student can also chat with other staff members
System Settings
This module has 17 sections -
General Setting
Session Setting
Notification Setting
SMS Setting
Email Setting
Payment Methods
Print Header Footer
Front CMS Setting
Roles Permissions
Backup / Restore
Languages
Users
Modules
Custom Fields
System Fields
Student Profile Update
System Update
All 17 sections of this module are mutually interdependent but need to configure to run whole system properly.
General Setting- Go to System Settings > General Setting
Here update your
School Name, Address, Phone, Email, School Code (School Code is your school affiliation / accreditation no)
Session (current running Academic Session for the school), Session Start Month
Attendance Type, Biometric Attendance an