Frequently asked questions

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Answers to the questions we hear most from principals, administrators, teachers, accountants, and IT teams evaluating Smart School.

Getting started

Smart School is a secure, cloud-based multi-tenant SaaS platform for CBSE and ICSE institutions. It brings admissions, academics, attendance, examinations, fees, library, transport, finance, payroll, communication, and analytics into a single application.
Click 'Request a demo' on the home page, submit your school details, and verify the email link we send you. Our team reviews the request and activates your tenant, typically within one business day.
Yes. Every new school gets a 14-day free trial with access to all modules. No credit card is required to begin.
Most schools go live within 3–5 business days. We assist with academic year setup, class/section creation, bulk student import, fee structure configuration, staff invitations, and role assignments.
Yes. The sign-in page includes one-click demo logins for School Admin, Class Teacher, Accounts, Parent, Librarian, Transport Manager, Driver, Attendant, Finance Manager, and Payroll Officer against a shared demo school.

Modules & features

22 integrated modules: Admissions CRM, Students, Parents, Teacher Assignments, Attendance, Timetable, Examinations, Marks Entry, Report Cards, Fees & Receipts, Fee Follow-up, Finance & Accounts, Payroll & Salary, Library, Transport, Diary Notes, Messages, Announcements, Reports & Analytics, Role Permissions, Audit Log, and School Setup.
Yes. Exams support scholastic and co-scholastic components, internal assessment (IA), term-wise consolidation, CBSE-style grade scales, and a controlled correction workflow (Draft → Submitted → Verified → Published → Locked).
Fee heads, structures, concessions, scholarships, installments, student assignments, receipt printing on your school letterhead, follow-ups for pending dues, and a live dashboard for Demand, Collection, Outstanding, and Overdue.
Catalogue management, member cards, issue/return with due-date tracking, reservations, fines, stock verification, and analytics — suitable for CBSE/ICSE library operations.
Routes, stops, vehicles, driver and attendant assignments, student allocation to stops, transport fee synchronization into the Fees module, live tracking readiness, and transport attendance.
Chart of Accounts, balanced double-entry vouchers, receipts and payments, bank reconciliation, ledgers, trial balance, and financial reports — integrated with the Fees module for automatic postings.
Employee master, salary structures, attendance-linked payroll runs, statutory calculations for PF/ESI/PT, income tax declarations, loans/EMI, payslip generation, and disbursement registers.
Yes. Parents receive a secure invitation email, activate their account, and access attendance, published results, diary notes, fee receipts, and announcements. Parents with multiple children can switch between them on the dashboard.
Yes. Students have a dedicated portal (/me) with their profile, attendance, published results, fee status, diary, and school announcements — read-only.
Yes. Smart School is fully responsive and works on any modern browser on desktop, tablet, or phone. No app installation is required.

Roles & access control

School Admin, Principal, Class Teacher, Accounts, Finance Manager, Payroll Officer, Parent, Student, Librarian, Transport Manager, Driver, and Transport Attendant — plus a Super Admin role for the platform operator.
Every module is gated by a permission catalog. Each role is assigned specific permissions, and School Admins can adjust the Role–Permission Matrix from the Role Permissions module. Sidebar and dashboard cards are filtered to show only what each role can access.
Yes. Class Teachers can view and manage students, attendance, timetable, exams, and marks only for the class/section assigned to them. Add/Bulk/Delete actions are hidden for them.
No. Parents have strictly view-only access to published results and attendance. All marks entry and correction actions are blocked for them at both the UI and server level.

Security & data

Data is stored on managed cloud infrastructure with tenant isolation. Every table enforces row-level security so one school can never read or modify another school's records.
Passwords are hashed, sessions are secured, failed logins are tracked, and accounts are locked after 5 failed attempts within 15 minutes. A password reset flow is available on the login page.
Yes. Security-sensitive actions (role changes, privileged edits, invitations, exam status changes) are logged in a tamper-resistant audit log visible to School Admins and Super Admins.
You do. Your school owns 100% of its data and can export students, fees, attendance, and results at any time in standard CSV formats.
You can export all data before cancellation. After account closure the data is retained for 30 days for recovery and then permanently deleted.

Communication & email

Emails (invitations, verifications, password resets, notifications) are delivered through a verified domain. Each school can configure a custom sender name and reply-to address so parents see the school's identity, not a generic platform address.
Yes. The Announcements and Messages modules let staff broadcast notices to classes, sections, parents, or the whole school, and support direct messaging between authorised roles.

Billing & support

Pricing is based on the number of active students per academic year, with volume discounts for larger schools. Contact us for a tailored quote.
Email support@raeitech.com or use the in-app help. Standard support is included in every plan; priority support with a dedicated success manager is available for larger deployments.
Yes. We ship features driven by customer feedback. Share your requirements through the demo request form or the support email and we'll evaluate them for the roadmap.

Still have questions?

Our team is happy to walk you through Smart School and answer anything specific to your school.