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School management software · Mangaluru

Free school management software for Mangalore schools.

Kindred gives a Mangaluru school its student information system, geofence-verified teacher attendance, monsoon-proof live bus tracking, in-app fees, marks, homework, behaviour notes and a private parent–teacher line — in Kannada, Hindi or English — for no licence fee and no per-student charge. Built in Karnataka, hosted in India.

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The four months that decide it: June to September

Mangalore's school year opens straight into the monsoon. Roads flood, NH-66 and NH-169 back up, ghat routes slow to a crawl, and the school office spends the first term answering one question on repeat: where is the bus? Every year the answer is a guess relayed over a phone call to a driver who is trying to drive.

Kindred replaces that with a live map. The driver's GPS pings every 15 seconds, ETAs recalculate against actual conditions rather than a printed timetable, parents get a timestamped alert the moment their child boards and again on arrival, and the driver has a one-button SOS. The office phone stops ringing because the answer is already on the parent's phone. How bus tracking works →

Why Mangalore schools outgrow legacy ERPs

• Per-student licensing never stops. Coastal Karnataka schools run tight fee structures, and an annual per-head software renewal is a permanent claim on them. Kindred is free — there is no renewal conversation.
• Aided and minority-run institutions carry an extra approval layer. A paid ERP means a management committee decision, a budget line and a procurement cycle. A free tool that starts with one class does not.
• Support that isn't in Dakshina Kannada. Most ERP vendors run a ticket queue from another state. Kindred is built in Karnataka, in Bengaluru and Shimoga.
• Parents were never the customer. Legacy systems are back-office tools with a parent login bolted on. Mangaluru parents fill the gap with class WhatsApp groups, and the school loses the record of what was actually communicated.

Built for a linguistically mixed parent body

A Mangalore classroom's parents are not a single audience. Some read English by preference, many use Kannada, and coastal families bring Tulu, Konkani and Beary home languages to a school that communicates in neither. Kindred ships Kannada, Hindi and English as first-class languages and lets every parent, teacher and driver set their own — so the school writes each announcement once and stops maintaining parallel channels for different groups of families.

Deralakatte, Surathkal, and the long commute

Mangaluru's education belt stretches well beyond the city — Surathkal and Deralakatte in one direction, Ullal and Kotekar in the other, with families commuting in from Moodbidri, Bantwal and Mulki. Those routes are long, and on them the difference between "the bus left" and "the bus is 6 km away, arriving 8:40" is the whole product.

Areas we work with in and around Mangaluru

What your school gets

• Student information system, class rosters and the parent contact tree
• Geofence-verified teacher attendance with arrival time and lateness
• Live bus GPS tracking, boarding alerts, driver SOS and fuel accountability
• In-app fee collection with automatic reconciliation and overdue reporting
• Per-period attendance, homework, test marks and behaviour notes
• Private parent–teacher chat with voice notes and read receipts
• Leadership dashboard for the principal and senior faculty
• Kannada, Hindi and English throughout

Frequently asked questions

What does school management software cost for a Mangalore school?

Nothing. No licence fee, no per-student charge, no setup fee, no paid tier. See the full pricing commitment →

Does bus tracking still work during the Mangalore monsoon?

Yes — that's the point. Live GPS every 15 seconds with ETAs recalculated against real conditions, not a printed schedule.

Can Mangalore parents use Kindred in Kannada?

Yes. Kannada, Hindi and English, set per user.

Does Kindred suit aided and minority-run schools?

Yes. Being free removes the procurement and renewal cycle entirely, and schools start with a single class rather than a campus-wide commitment.