School managers and administrators always ask: Can my school get a standard website first, because we really cannot afford a portal at the moment?
The answer is : YES!
You can get your school online at once by creating a standard Academic website for it. This website would have all the features desirable of a school's website such as:
- An introductory write-up about the school,
- description of It's category i.e whether nursery, primary secondary, or tertiary or a combination of these,
- Beautiful Pictures slide of your school and the amenities you have.
- Proper address with embedded map providing driving directions to your school from anywhere in the world,
- Contact information including Telephone, E-mail, fax, and contact advise regarding visitng hours and days.
- Parent - Teacher complaint form that enables a parent make an enquiry or lodge a complaint directly to the admin from your website and receive immediate response i.e live chat option
- Periodic Newsletters can be sent to parents via the site to their e-mail adresses subscribed on the site
- Periodic Update of News and events of your school will be uploaded and available to the world, this includes videos, audio files, documents of any format.
- Online school fees payment facility, this means your distant parents and guardians can pay their wards school fees and other levies through your website using a debit or master card. The money will be credited to your corporate account immediately.
- Exam time tables, Rosters and upcoming events will be published on your website
- secure admin areas will be allocated to your I.C.T department to enable them log in and update your personal information by themselves. [a free training is required for this].
- You can upload your class assignments, syllabus and other academic materials to aid the children and their parents in conducting home lessons.
- You can upload pictures, names and designations of all your staff for easy identification by parents.
- e.t.c [Possibilities are endless].
WHAT THEN IS A PORTAL AND WHY DO I NEED IT ?
A portal is a type of dedicated website that handles students results and admission in a more personalized way for each student. It offers individuals the ability to create personal profiles on the site to which they only possess the access details such as passwords or log-in codes. The advantage of this for a school is that your students can log in privately using scratch cards to check their results, as well as admission status, School fees payment status e.t.c Also teachers and administrators can log-into the staff section to upload results automatically, thereby eliminating the manual results processing method.
This service is considered a premium one in the internet industry and thus is priced from N150,000 - above depending on level of advancement incorporated. It usually has maintenance and service charges attatched.
HOW WILL MY SCHOOL WEBSITE PERFORM WITHOUT A PORTAL?
Your school website will function just as properly with or without the portal function as it can be incorporated at a later time. All the features as described earlier will work perfectly, until you are able to afford a portal.
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