A school, a study centre and a year of events, under one trust

Meet the people behind Neem Tree Education Trust

• Revathi IyerManaging trustee
• Imran SheikhHead of the study centre
• Ananya BoseEvents and alumni
• Thomas VargheseSchool office manager

What was going wrong

The workarounds that got them this far

1. A school management package on one office PC

   It worked, but only in the office, and only Thomas knew how.

2. A separate course platform for the study centre

   Students had another password, and the money landed somewhere the trust’s accounts never saw.

3. Envelopes and a notebook for events

   Honest, slow, and impossible to reconcile after annual day.

Neem Tree Education Trust on Intersink

Revathi creates her User ID and adds the trust as the business. The school, the study centre and events each get a channel, and a fourth channel holds the office work. Thomas is given the school channel, Imran the study centre, Ananya events, and the trustees a role across all four.

The apps in this story

A day in their life, some months in

1. 7:45

   Attendance is taken class by class on a tablet. Parents of absent children get a notice through the parent app.

2. 9:30

   Thomas checks new admission forms with documents attached. Nothing is photocopied.

3. 12:00

   Fee reminders go out for the term. Parents pay online and receipts arrive straight away.

4. 16:30

   Ananya opens ticket sales for the science fair. Stalls, visitors and sponsors each get their own ticket type.

5. 18:00

   Imran’s evening cohort starts. Students who missed last week watch the recording and take the quiz.

6. 20:00

   A parent asks about evening coaching on the school’s website chat. Thomas passes it on, and Imran adds the family as a lead in the study centre’s CRM.

What is different now

In plain words, because this is an illustrative story and there are no real measurements behind it.

What it would cost each month

What others could take from this

1. Begin with what parents feel

   Admissions and fees touched every family, so that was where the trust started.

2. Let each part keep its own space

   The study centre has a different audience and rhythm from the school, so it has its own channel.

3. Check if you qualify for credits

   A registered trust may be able to apply for nonprofit credits, which are used before the card is charged.

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