School ERP Glossary

Plain-English definitions of the school-ERP and Indian-education terms you'll meet when choosing software — from ERP and SIS to CBSE FA/SA, BSEB and the WhatsApp Business API.

School ERP

School ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) is cloud software that runs a school's day-to-day operations — admissions, fees, attendance, exams, payroll and parent communication — from one dashboard. See EduGradUP's ERP.

SIS (Student Information System)

A centralised database that stores every student record — admissions, demographics, attendance, marks, fees and certificates — and powers one-click documents like Transfer Certificate (TC) and bonafide. More on SIS.

CBSE FA/SA

Under CBSE's assessment pattern, FA (Formative Assessment) is continuous in-term evaluation and SA (Summative Assessment) is the term-end exam. Report cards combine both, with scholastic and co-scholastic areas.

Fee defaulter

A student whose fees are overdue. Fee modules auto-flag defaulters and can send WhatsApp/SMS reminders to parents, improving collection rates. Fee management.

BSEB

Bihar School Examination Board — the state board for Bihar. BSEB-ready ERPs generate Bihar-format report cards and Medhasoft-compatible exports. BSEB ERP.

Medhasoft

The Bihar government portal used by schools for student and scholarship data. BSEB-ready ERPs export records in a Medhasoft-compatible format so admins avoid manual re-entry.

WhatsApp Business API

The official Meta API that lets schools send automated WhatsApp messages — fee reminders, attendance and result alerts — to parents. Messages are billed per conversation by Meta, separate from the ERP subscription.

Multi-tenant

An architecture where each school's data is isolated in its own logical space on shared cloud infrastructure, keeping records private and secure while one platform serves many schools.

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