School Management System for Malaysian Schools

Spend less time running the school. More time growing it.

EduNest is one system for the whole school — academics, admissions, fees, boarding, the gate, and the parent portal. Built for private and international schools in Malaysia, so your team stops re-typing the same student into five different places.

LHDN MyInvois e-Invoicing SST filing included MOE · Cambridge · IB Gate check-in& linked to attendance
EduNest school management system dashboard showing fee collection rate, receivables ageing, admissions pipeline and attendance for a Malaysian school
What the principal sees first thing — who’s enrolled, what’s been collected, who’s overdue, who’s applying, and who’s in school today.
What actually changes

From admin work to growth work

Six jobs that eat up a school’s week — and what they look like once EduNest is doing the heavy lifting.

Timetabling
Weeks spent hand-building class and exam timetables in spreadsheets, resolving clashes one by one.
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Build the timetable on screen, catch clashes as you go, lock rooms and split classes — in a fraction of the time.
Academics →
Admissions
Enquiries tracked across inboxes and spreadsheets — nobody has one view of where a family stands.
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One visible pipeline from first enquiry to a signed, paid, enrolled student.
Admissions →
Billing
Manual invoicing, chased payments, and tax reports built by hand every filing period.
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Bill a whole term in one go, take payments online, and have LHDN e-Invoices and SST ready without a separate scramble.
Finance →
Withdrawals & transfers
Paper forms and separate manual updates across records, fees and attendance.
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One built-in workflow carries the record, history and deposit with the student.
People & Records →
Curriculum & grading
Lesson plans, syllabus coverage and grading live in separate documents nobody cross-checks.
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Standards mapped to teaching plans, monitored for coverage, and graded automatically.
Academics →
Attendance & safety
Paper registers, manual roll calls, and gate security that has no idea who is allowed out.
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Students check in at the gate, an approved leave pass opens the turnstile, and Monday’s register is already waiting for the teacher.
Student Life →
What it frees up

The work does not disappear. The people move.

Nobody buys software to make their registrar redundant. They buy it because the registrar is typing instead of talking to families. Numbers below are for a 600-student school - every figure is your own roll multiplied by something that is simply true about running a school.

Shown for 600 students
Fee documents typed by hand
600 students x an invoice and its LHDN e-Invoice
1,200
every billing cycle
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0 typed
Raised from each student’s fee plan and sent to LHDN MyInvois for you.
Grade entries collated into report cards
600 x 9 subjects x 3 assessments
16,200
every term
->
0 re-keyed
Marks flow from coursework into the report card — no re-typing.
Attendance marks taken
600 x 8 periods
4,800
every day
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exceptions only
Already filled from the gate scan. The teacher only corrects the exceptions.
Parent updates chased across admissions
~120 applicants x 6 notifiable moments
720
every intake
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0 chased
Parents get an update when the application moves to the next stage.

Figures assume one invoice (and its LHDN e-Invoice) per student per billing cycle, nine subjects at three assessments a term, eight periods a day, and roughly one applicant for every five students on roll.

So what does the team do instead?

The hours come back to the same people. Where they go is a decision, not a saving: chasing enquiries that went cold, sitting with the families deciding between you and the school down the road, calling the parents of the students whose attendance just slipped.

One school, one record

Change it once — it updates everywhere

EduNest keeps one student record for the whole school. Approve a leave pass, raise a fee, or move a class — and the related screens update on their own. No re-typing. No waiting overnight for systems to catch up.

From syllabus to report card
Curriculum standards->40-week scheme of work->Weekly coursework and quizzes->Gradebook->Report cards
From leave pass to the gate
Digital exeat approval->Turnstile / gate release->Hostel nightly roll call->Monday class register->Dining roster
From fees to tax filing
Fee plans->Credits applied automatically->SST and late interest->LHDN e-Invoice->Export to your accounts system
What your team gets

Nine workspaces, built for how schools work

Everyone sees only what they need — a teacher never sees the bursar’s books, and a warden never sees the admissions queue.

Overview and Dashboards

3 modules

All roles

Home screens by role · menus that match your job · notifications and to-dos

Teaching

8 modules

Teachers and academic staff

Weekly coursework · live classes · auto-marked quizzes · gradebook · 40-week teaching plans · curriculum standards · student uploads

Academic Leadership

7 modules

Principals, HODs and VPs

Lesson plan monitor · approvals · grading progress · grading schemes · report cards · class and exam timetables · year-end rollover

Admissions

6 modules

Officers and registrars

Applicant list · interest forms and capacity · pre-registration · approval queue · offers and fee plans · auto-enrolment

People and Discipline

6 modules

Student affairs and admin

Student records · photos · ID cards · behaviour and discipline · leavers and transfers · staff records

Student Life and Pastoral

9 modules

Class teachers, wardens and security

Daily and subject attendance · face check-in at the gate · gate logs · boarding roll call, leave passes and rooms · CCAs · attendance reports

Finance and Accounting

14 modules

Bursars, finance and accountants

Fee billing · deposits and credits · payments · bank matching · SST-02 · LHDN e-Invoicing · filing reminders · export for accounts · purchasing · board overview

Operations and Admin

10 modules

System administrators and IT

School calendar · library · inventory · SMS, email and WhatsApp · surveys and meetings · staff permissions · activity log · Office 365 / Google sign-in · data export on exit

Family and Student Portal

8 modules

Parents and students - web and mobile

Family dashboard · multi-child switcher · fees and payments · leave requests · report cards · messaging · parent mobile app · student portal

Why schools pick EduNest

Four things principals and bursars care about

01

One system instead of five logins

Stops the usual patchwork — a separate fees system, a parent app, and a few spreadsheets — and puts them in one place. One student record. One bill. One place to look things up.

02

Malaysian tax and curriculum, already built in

LHDN e-Invoicing, SST-02, DuitNow, and MOE / Cambridge / IB standards come with the product — not as an add-on you have to chase later.

03

Less Sunday night admin for teachers

Lesson plans, quizzes and grades share the same record — so marks typed once show up on the report card without another round of copy-paste.

04

Gate, leave pass and hostel on one chain

When a leave pass is approved, the gate knows, the hostel roll call updates, and Monday’s register already has the excuse marked.

Built for Malaysian schools

The tax filing most schools still do by hand — already inside fees.

A lot of school systems need a workaround for LHDN and SST. EduNest builds them into fees from day one, so the bursar isn’t stitching reports together at filing time.

Full finance and compliance breakdown ->
EI
LHDN e-Invoicing
MyInvois, UUID + QR
SST
SST-02 filing
Line by line, with a guided wizard
DN
DuitNow QR
Plus settlement reconciliation
Built for every role in the school

One system, nine home screens — each role sees what they need

Principal / Super Admin

Full picture: approvals, numbers that matter, activity history, board reporting.

Teachers

Timetable, teaching plans, auto-graded quizzes, gradebook, attendance.

Heads of Department

Lesson-plan approval, syllabus coverage, grading compliance.

Admissions Officers

Enquiry-to-enrolment pipeline, e-signed offers, capacity tracking.

Finance Officers

Invoicing, payments, discounts, LHDN and SST, bank matching.

Boarding Wardens

Room allocation, nightly roll call, exeat passes, dining counts.

Parents

Family dashboard, fees, report cards, attendance, live alerts.

Students

Coursework, quizzes, report cards, timetable, library.

Board of Directors

Board view: revenue, overdue fees, enrolment trends, and what needs attention.

FAQ

Common questions

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Is this really one system, or several products bundled together?

One system. When a leave pass is approved, the gate opens and Monday’s register updates. When a teaching plan is approved, the week’s coursework is ready. When an offer is signed and paid, the student account and parent portal open — without someone re-typing it.

Is EduNest suitable for multi-branch school groups?

Yes. Branches can run different academic years and terms, and primary to secondary feeder transfers carry deposits, records and history forward automatically.

Can we run more than one curriculum at once?

Yes - Malaysian MOE (KSSR/KSSM), Cambridge IGCSE/O-Level and IB (PYP/MYP/DP) can run side by side, each with its own grading scheme.

Does EduNest handle LHDN e-Invoicing and SST filing?

Yes. Invoices go out with MyInvois details and a QR code, and finance gets a guided SST-02 filing wizard every two months. You can also export the books for your accountant or accounts software.

Do parents need to install an app?

The family portal is mobile-first on the web, with a mobile app experience for dashboards, fees, leave requests and push alerts. Announcements also reach parents by WhatsApp, SMS and email.

What happens to our data if we ever leave?

You can export every record, photo and attachment as a ZIP. If you leave, admins can also ask for data to be wiped, with a certificate confirming it was destroyed.