Student Attendance System: Attendance. In a minute.
Teachers mark the class on the Inkwelly app. Parents of an absent child hear the moment it's saved — and the monthly register, the 75% list and the UDISE+ sheet keep themselves up to date.
Class 5-A marked38 of 38 · 9:02 amMark all presentThen tap the few1 on approved leaveAlready filled in
What is a student attendance management system?
Every child counted. Every day.
A student attendance management system is school software where teachers mark daily attendance — present, absent, late, half day or leave — on a phone or computer. Inkwelly then tells parents when their child is absent, keeps the monthly register and makes the reports boards and UDISE+ ask for, like the 75% eligibility list.
Also called a school attendance app, student attendance software or online attendance system.
- MarkedOn the app · 9:02 am
- Present35 of 38
- Absent1 · father told at 9:04
- Late1
- On leave1 · approved in the app
- Register & 75% listUpdated by themselves
What Inkwelly Student Attendance includes
- Daily attendance on the teacher app or the web: present, absent, late, half day and leave
- Mark all present, then change the few who aren't
- Absent alerts to parents on WhatsApp, SMS, email or the app, in English or Hindi
- Leave applications from the parent app; approved days fill in as leave
- Holidays from the school calendar, for the whole school or some classes
- Today's board: every class marked, partial, pending or off
- Daily attendance briefing to the principal on WhatsApp
- Monthly attendance register in Excel and PDF
- 75% board-eligibility report with your own threshold
- UDISE+ attendance workbook
- At-risk students: below 75%, absent days in a row, sudden drops
- Import this year's registers from Excel, with a dry run
- Inkwelly AI: ask about attendance in English or Hindi
Updated
Why schools move from paper registers to an attendance app
Registers. Calls. Counting. Or one tap.
On paper, attendance eats the first period every day and two days every month-end. In Inkwelly it takes a minute.
How most schools do it today
A register per class. Phone calls. Ticks counted by hand.
- A paper register for every class, filled in with a pen each morning
- The office phones absent children's parents — when someone has time
- Leave notes come in diaries and get lost in school bags
- Month-end means counting ticks to work out percentages
- The 75% list for the board is built in Excel, by hand
With Inkwelly
Riya VermaAbsent — father toldWhatsApp · 9:04
Ishita JainFrom the approved requestLeave
Kabir MehtaMarked by the class teacherLateMarked on the app. Parents told. Reports ready.
- Teachers mark the class on the app in under a minute
- Parents of an absent child are told the moment it's saved
- Parents apply for leave in the app; approved days fill in by themselves
- The monthly register is always up to date, in Excel or PDF
- The 75% list and the UDISE+ sheet in one click
Mark attendance on the teacher app in under a minute
Mark a class. In a minute.
Mark everyone present, tap the few who aren't, save. A child on approved leave is already marked. Parents of an absent child get a message the moment you save.
- 1Mark all present
- 2Tap who's absent or late
- 3Save — parents are told
Sample class. Messages go on the channels your school turns on — WhatsApp, SMS, email or the app.
See which classes have marked attendance, live
Every class. By 9:15.
The principal watches every class turn from Pending to Marked as teachers save. At 10 o'clock, the day's numbers arrive on WhatsApp.
Sample school. The briefing comes on WhatsApp, email or the app, Monday to Saturday, and skips holidays.
Monthly attendance register, 75% eligibility list and UDISE+ report
The register writes itself.
Every mark lands in the month's register. The at-risk list, the 75% board list and the UDISE+ sheet are a click away, in Excel or PDF.
register-5A-oct-2026.xlsxExcel
udise-plus-attendance-2026-27.xlsxStudent leave applications from the parent app
A leave, from the phone to the register.
Parents apply in the app in two taps. Once it's approved, Leave is filled in for each school day — and a teacher's own mark is never overwritten.
- Wed, 9:40 pmFever / cold · 2 days
Parent applies
Today, Tomorrow or pick the dates, then tap a reason. A half day works too.
How it works — Parent applies - Wed, 9:40 pmPending
School sees it
The request waits in the leave list with the dates and the reason.
- Thu, 8:10 amApproved
Approved
One tap. The family sees it approved in the app's leave timeline.
- Thu – FriLV · 15–16 Oct
Register fills itself
Leave is filled in for each school day of the leave. Sundays and holidays are skipped; a teacher's own mark stays.
How it works — Register fills itself - Today · Fri 16 Oct
- Sat, 17 OctPresent
Back in class
Marked present as usual. The leave stays in the month's register and the child's history.
75% rule, UDISE+ and Hindi messages for Indian schools
Made for Indian schools. And their registers.
The rules, reports and languages Indian schools work with — already there.
The 75% board rule
An eligibility list at 75%, or the figure your board uses. Late counts as present, a half day as half.
UDISE+ attendance sheet
A ready workbook: cover, student-wise sheet and class summary with children below 75% and below 60%.
English and Hindi alerts
Parents get their messages in English or Hindi — on WhatsApp, SMS, email or the app.
Your holiday calendar
Holidays on the school calendar stop marking, for the whole school or only some classes. Sunday is the weekly off.
Hostel leave counted right
A boarder on approved hostel leave who's marked absent becomes Leave — so no wrong “absent” message goes home.
Old registers, brought in
This year's registers come in from Excel, class by class, with a dry run before anything is saved.
Attendance for class teachers, the principal, the office and parents
One mark. Everyone in the loop.
Each person sees what their role allows — nothing more.
Class teacher
Marks the class on the app in under a minute, and sees who's on approved leave before starting.
Principal
Every class's status by 9:15, the 10 am briefing, and the 75% list well before the boards.
Office
Corrects a past day, approves leave, and prints the monthly register and the UDISE+ sheet.
Parents
Told the moment their child is marked absent. Apply for leave and see the month's calendar in the app.
Ask Inkwelly AI about attendance, in English or Hindi
Ask about attendance. Get names and numbers.
Ask in English, Hindi or Hinglish. Inkwelly AI reads your attendance — today's board, any child's history, the 75% list — and answers with names and numbers, or makes the Excel.
It answers. It also does the paperwork.
- Spot
Who needs a call today.
It flags the children slipping — absent days in a row, below 75%, or a sudden drop — before it's a board problem.
- Reports
Excel or PDF, in seconds.
Ask for any list or summary and download it as a file.
- Cards
A child's attendance, in the chat.
Session %, this month and the last absence — with a button to the full record.
- Letters
A shortage notice, on your letterhead.
It drafts the letter with the real numbers. You check it, then it issues the PDF with a serial number.
- How-to
“How do I change a past day?”
Clear steps for any task, with a button to the right page.
- Safe by design
Your data. Your rules.
You approve every changeFollows each person's roleEvery question and action loggedNever used to train AI - AI Connect
Also in Claude and ChatGPT.
Ask about attendance right inside Claude or ChatGPT — with the same permissions.
See everything Inkwelly AI can do
Inkwelly AI and AI Connect come with the Premium plan. Inkwelly AI reads attendance; teachers mark it. Answers above are from a sample school.
Attendance connected to students, parents, the calendar and report cards
Marked once. Used everywhere.
Class lists come from the student record and holidays from the school calendar — and every mark reaches parents, report cards and the principal.
Today's attendance
One mark per child per day — behind every alert, register and report.
Students
Class lists come straight from the student record.Communications
Absent alerts on WhatsApp, SMS, email and the app.Calendar
Holidays on the school calendar stop marking.Exams
Month-wise attendance prints on the report card.Hostel
Boarders on hostel leave show as Leave, not absent.Transport
Bus boarding keeps its own attendance.Staff attendance
The same morning, for teachers and staff.AI Connect
Ask about attendance in Claude or ChatGPT.Student attendance features
Every feature, explained.
Each part of Student Attendance has its own page, with screens and steps.
Mark daily attendance
A class in a minute, on the app or the web.Read moreMonthly register
The day-wise grid for any class, in Excel or PDF.Read moreLeave applications
Parents apply in the app; approved days fill in as Leave.Read moreChronic absentee watchlist
Children slipping under 75% or absent days in a row.Read more
Switching from paper registers or another school ERP
Halfway through the year? Bring the registers too.
Start on any day of the session. We bring this year's attendance in, so percentages and the 75% list are right from your first day.
Extract
This year's attendance from your current software's export or your Excel registers.
We do thisFill the sheet
Each class goes into Inkwelly's register sheet: one row per child, one column per day, P, A, L, HD or LV.
We do thisDry run
Every child and every code is checked before anything is saved. Holidays and Sundays are skipped.
We do thisPick a date
You approve and choose the day. Go-live can be the next working day.
You do this
- ₹0
To move
₹0 migration, ₹0 training, ₹0 setup. Data extraction from your current system — or from Excel if the vendor won't cooperate — is on us.
- Next day
Go-live
Go-live can be the next working day. You pick the date; we don't need months of parallel running to get there.
- 90 days
Pilot
90-day paid pilot on your real data. If it isn't working at day 90, pro-rata refund and your data back in standard formats.
- India
Your data
Your data is stored in India, with daily database backups and role-based access on every screen.
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Student attendance system: questions schools ask.
A student attendance management system is school software where teachers mark daily attendance — present, absent, late, half day or leave — on a phone or computer. Inkwelly then tells parents when their child is absent, keeps the monthly register and makes the reports boards and UDISE+ ask for, like the 75% eligibility list.
On the Inkwelly app or the web. Open the class, tap Mark all to make everyone present, change the few who are absent, late, on a half day or on leave, and save. A class of 40 takes under a minute, and children on approved leave are already marked.
Yes. When a child is marked absent, the parents get a message on WhatsApp, SMS, email or the Inkwelly app — in English or Hindi, on the channels your school has switched on. Late, half-day and leave marks can send their own messages too.
The moment attendance is saved — not at a fixed time. A message goes only when a child's status actually changes, so saving the class again never sends the same message twice.
Yes, by staff whose role allows it. Marking today, marking past days and Mark all are separate permissions, so you decide who can change what. Future dates can't be marked.
Inkwelly takes daily attendance: one mark per child per day, usually by the class teacher in the first period. Period-wise marking isn't part of it today.
From the Inkwelly app: pick Today, Tomorrow or the dates, tap a reason like Fever / cold or Family function, and apply. A half day works too. The school approves it, and the family sees the status in the app.
Leave is filled in for every school day of the leave — Sundays and holidays are skipped. If a teacher has already marked one of those days, their mark is kept and the person approving is told.
Yes. The eligibility report shows every student's attendance for the session against 75% — or the figure your board uses — in Excel or PDF. Late counts as present and a half day as half a day; leave counts as absent.
Yes. The day-wise register for any class and month — with the codes P, A, L, H, LV, HO and WO — downloads in Excel or PDF.
Yes. Inkwelly makes an attendance workbook in the UDISE+ format: a cover sheet, a student-wise sheet and a class summary with how many children are below 75% and below 60%. You upload it; Inkwelly doesn't submit it for you.
Holidays come from your school calendar and stop marking for the whole school or only the classes they're for. Sunday is the weekly off. Neither counts as a working day in any percentage.
Yes. Today's board shows every class as Marked, Partial, Pending or off, and refreshes by itself. A briefing at 10 am on WhatsApp gives the present %, the absent count and the classes not marked yet, and there's a list of every past day a class missed.
Inkwelly flags at-risk students: below 75% for the session, absent three or more days in a row, or a sudden drop from last month — so the class teacher can call home early.
Student attendance is marked by teachers, on the app or the web. Biometric and RFID machines aren't connected for students today.
Yes. Parents and students see today's status, a month calendar, the history, a trend chart and their attendance streak — and apply for leave from the same screen.
Yes. Download a sheet for each class with the students already filled in, add each day's code (P, A, L, HD or LV) and import it. A dry run checks every row first. Or send us your registers and we'll do it, at no cost.
Yes, on plans with Inkwelly AI. Ask “aaj kitne absent?”, “who is below 75% in Class 10?” or “Riya ki attendance?” in English, Hindi or Hinglish, and get names, numbers or an Excel. The AI reads attendance; teachers mark it.
Yes. Inkwelly works in English and Hindi, and parents get their messages in English or Hindi.
Student Attendance is in every plan, from Lite at ₹49 per student per year (GST extra). Plans run ₹49–₹199 per student per year, with ₹0 migration, training and setup.
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