Features

Modules that match the real rhythm of school operations

Reduce manual work, connect departments, and give every stakeholder the visibility they actually need — on one AI-powered School ERP.

Teachers planning the school day together in a staff room
Academics

Admissions, classes, homework, timetable, and exams.

Finance

Fee planning, collections, invoicing, and follow-up.

Communication

Notices, updates, reminders, and parent visibility.

Operations

Transport, library, inventory, HR, and premium add-ons.

Core modules

Everything your school needs to run smoother every day

From student records to transport visibility, Penpulse is designed around the real workflows schools perform daily, not just surface-level dashboards.

Admissions & Enquiry

Enquiries, follow-ups, entrance tests, offers, and the complete admission pipeline.

Student Information

Profiles, parent mapping, promotions, certificates, and lifecycle records.

Smart Attendance

Daily, QR, GPS, RFID, biometric, staff attendance, and live monitoring.

Fees & Accounting

Fee plans, invoices, receipts, payments, scholarships, ledgers, and reports.

Exams & Report Cards

Multi-board marks, publish workflows, hall tickets, results, and report card PDFs.

Academic Operations

Classes, subjects, calendar, timetable, substitution, homework, and lesson plans.

HR, Leave & Payroll

Staff records, leave policies, approvals, payroll, LOP, comp-off, and offer letters.

Communication Hub

Notices, internal messaging, push, WhatsApp, SMS, email, and delivery monitoring.

Transport & GPS

Routes, vehicles, drivers, live GPS, RFID, trips, assignments, and transport fees.

Parent & Student Apps

Attendance, fees, homework, results, diary, bus tracking, messages, and more.

Library & Inventory

Catalogs, issue and return, assets, supplies, labs, and stock visibility.

Campus Operations

Visitors, health, PTM, canteen, sports, clubs, alumni, lost and found.

Reports & Analytics

Attendance, fees, admissions, academic performance, revenue, and leadership KPIs.

Bulk Import & Documents

Excel import with smart mapping, audit logs, TC, bonafide, and branded templates.

Online Learning

Online classes, online exams, courses, resources, and teaching materials.

Multi-school HQ

Tenant provisioning, entitlements, subscriptions, health, security, and branch oversight.

Beyond the basics

The rest of the platform, in one place

Care, assessment, residential campuses, AI and integrations. Many of these are add-ons you switch on for your school.

Learning and assessment

  • Competency gradingRate each learning outcome by level, with notes parents can read.
  • Online exam integrityMonitoring for online exams, with a review queue for teachers.
  • AI homework marking assistantSuggested marks and feedback that the teacher reviews and approves.
  • AI question paper generatorBuild a question paper for a chapter or exam, then edit it.
  • Personal learning pathsGuided practice for each student based on how they are doing.
  • Online classesSchedule sessions on the provider your school already uses.

Care and campus

  • Counselling and mentoring logConfidential session notes and follow-ups, shared with parents only where you choose.
  • Infirmary and health roomRecord visits and let parents know.
  • Authorized pickupVerify who collects a child at the gate.
  • Campus security and gate passVisitors, gate passes and entry logs.
  • Parent surveys and pollsAsk families, collect answers, see the results.
  • Weekly parent summaryOne digest of the week for each family.

Residential campuses

  • Hostel and roomsBoarders, rooms and wardens for residential and mixed schools.
  • Roll calls and passesNight roll calls and leave passes with parent updates.
  • Hostel requestsRequests from boarders and parents, tracked to a decision.
  • MessMeal attendance for hostel students.
  • Day and residential togetherDay scholars and boarders in one school and one student record.

Insight and AI

  • Student early warningFlags students at risk from attendance, marks, dues and discipline, with the reasons.
  • Ask your school dataAsk questions about your own attendance, fees and academics in plain language.
  • Advanced analyticsDeeper management reports and trends.
  • Notice translationTranslate school notices into the languages families read.
  • Admission document readerRead admission documents to fill in forms faster.
  • Website enquiry assistantAnswer visitors' questions on your school website from what you have published.

Operations and integrations

  • Timetable generatorDraft a clash-free timetable from your rules.
  • Route planningPlan bus routes and stops.
  • Bring your own map keyUse your school's Google or LocationIQ map key for transport maps.
  • Accounting exportTally and journal CSV exports for your accountant.
  • Compliance exportsReports prepared for school compliance.
  • Payment gateway and WhatsApp/SMSOnline fee payments and messages on the channels families use.

Control and identity

  • Audit logsWho changed what, and when.
  • Purchases and vendorsPurchase orders and vendor records.
  • School store and inventoryStock, orders and store receipts.
  • White-label branding and themesYour school's logo, colours and web address.
  • Data migrationBring in existing records from spreadsheets.
  • Developer APIConnect other systems to your school's data.
Premium add-ons

Scale when you're ready

Add advanced capabilities when your school is ready. Keep the core platform stable, then activate premium workflows based on your operational priorities.

Online Classes

Virtual session scheduling and provider-ready workflows.

Premium add-on

Biometric Attendance

Premium device-based attendance sync with school-specific setup.

Premium add-on

School Bus GPS Tracking

Live tracking, route playback, and parent transport visibility.

Premium add-on

WhatsApp/SMS Alerts

Faster school communication for reminders, notices, and updates.

Premium add-on

Payment Gateway

Online fee collection with school-specific payment setup.

Premium add-on

Advanced Analytics

Deeper management reporting for performance and operations.

Premium add-on

Custom Domain

Branded public presence and school-specific digital identity.

Premium add-on
Dashboards

The first screen each role actually needs

Illustrative layouts of the home screen for each portal. Book a demo to see them on your own school's data.

Portal

Admin Dashboard

Operations, admissions, classes, dues, and school-wide snapshots.

StudentsLive
Fees dueLive
Attendance trendLive
Portal

Teacher Dashboard

Today's classes, pending homework, attendance actions, and notices.

Today's periodsLive
Homework queueLive
Class attendanceLive
Portal

Parent Dashboard

Child attendance, notices, homework, fees, and transport updates.

Child summaryLive
Due remindersLive
School updatesLive
Portal

Student Dashboard

Daily timetable, assignments, exams, and academic visibility.

Today's scheduleLive
Upcoming examsLive
Homework statusLive
Portal

Super Admin HQ

Tenant oversight, feature control, and platform-level administration.

Tenant healthLive
Feature coverageLive
Operational readinessLive
FAQ

Questions schools ask before booking a demo

Can we use Penpulse for one school?

Yes. Penpulse is designed to support a single school cleanly and can grow with you as your needs become more advanced.

Can it support multiple branches?

Yes. The platform is built with tenant-safe architecture and a roadmap suited for multi-branch school groups and HQ oversight.

Can parents access student details?

Yes. Parents can access child-specific information such as attendance, homework, notices, fees, and results based on permissions.

Can teachers mark attendance?

Yes. Teacher-facing attendance workflows are part of the core product experience.

Can we manage fees?

Yes. Penpulse supports fee planning, invoicing, due tracking, and collection workflows.

Is biometric attendance available?

Yes, as a premium add-on that can be enabled based on plan and school requirements.

Is bus tracking available?

Yes, School Bus GPS Tracking is available as a premium add-on based on plan and configuration.

Can we use online classes?

Yes. Online Classes is offered as a premium add-on with manual meeting workflows and future provider integrations.

Is pricing customizable?

Yes. We offer flexible plans for different school sizes and needs. Contact us for customized pricing.

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