Education CRM Software

One education CRM for every kind of institute

Schools, coaching institutes, academies and training centres all run the same underlying loop: capture an enquiry, convert it, collect the fee, keep the student. SCRMAI is one platform built around that loop, with AI doing the repetitive parts.

  • Works for K-12 schools, coaching institutes, academies and training centres
  • Full lifecycle — enquiry, admission, fees, attendance, exams, retention
  • AI scoring, AI voice calling and AI parent reports included from Professional
  • WhatsApp-first communication, because that is what Indian parents answer

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What education CRM means

Education CRM is student-lifecycle software, not sales software

A generic CRM models a deal: a company, a contact, a value, a close date. Education does not work like that. You have an enquiry that belongs to a parent but is about a child, a fee that arrives in installments, a batch with a seat limit, attendance that predicts drop-out, and a relationship that continues for years after the "deal" closes.

Education CRM software models those things natively. SCRMAI treats the admitted student as the beginning of the relationship rather than the end of it, which is why attendance, exams, fees and drop-risk all live in the same system as the original enquiry.

The lifecycle

Six stages, one system

Each stage feeds the next — which is the entire point of using a CRM rather than four disconnected tools.

  • 1. Capture

    Public lead-capture page, website embed, Facebook Lead Ads, bulk import, walk-in entry and phone enquiries — all into one deduplicated pipeline.

    Lead management
  • 2. Qualify

    AI lead scoring ranks the pipeline by conversion likelihood and tells you why, so limited counsellor time goes to the enquiries that will actually convert.

    AI lead scoring
  • 3. Convert

    Automated three-touch WhatsApp and SMS follow-up, an AI voice agent that calls and books demos, and a two-way inbox for the human conversations that matter.

    Admission CRM
  • 4. Collect

    Razorpay-powered online fee collection with installment plans, discount codes, GST invoices and automated due and overdue reminders.

    Fees and payments
  • 5. Track

    Student and staff attendance, exam scores, batch schedules and teacher assignment — with instant parent alerts on absence.

    Attendance
  • 6. Retain

    AI drop-risk detection across attendance, exams and fees, plus automatic AI-written monthly progress reports to parents.

    Student management

Why one system

The value is in the joins, not the modules

Retention

Drop-risk is only visible when the data sits together

Attendance alone tells you a student missed four classes. Exams alone tell you a score fell. Fees alone tell you a payment is late. Put all three in one system and the pattern becomes obvious weeks before the student actually leaves — which is the only window in which you can do anything about it.

  • Drop-risk computed from attendance, exam trend and fee history together
  • A plain-English reason, so a counsellor knows what to say on the call
  • Flagged early enough to intervene, not as an exit report
  • Works the same for a school student and a coaching batch student
How drop-risk works

Rohan Desai — NEET Batch B

AI lead score

72

Why: Attendance fell from 94% to 61% over three weeks, last two test scores dropped a grade, and the second fee installment is 9 days overdue.

Next step: Call the parent this week — the fee delay and the attendance drop started in the same fortnight.

Marketing spend

Know which source paid for itself

Because the enquiry source travels with the record all the way to the paid fee, source reporting is a fact rather than an estimate. You can see not just which channel produced the most enquiries, but which produced the most admitted, fee-paying students.

  • Lead funnel and conversion trend reporting
  • Source performance down to admitted-and-paid
  • Counsellor and teacher performance dashboards
  • CSV and PDF export on every report
Analytics and reporting

Source performance — sample view

  • Referral31% convert
  • Facebook Lead Ads18% convert
  • Website form14% convert
  • Walk-in12% convert
  • Hoarding / print4% convert

Comparison

Education CRM vs. general CRM vs. school ERP

All three are useful. They are not substitutes for each other.

Which system is built for which job.
TaskGeneral CRMSchool ERPSCRMAI
Core objectDeal / opportunityStudent recordEnquiry → student, joined
Admission pipelineAdaptable with setupUsually minimalNative, with Kanban and list views
Parent as separate contactManual workaroundYesYes, with the enquiry attached to the child
WhatsApp-first communicationAdd-on, if anyRareOfficial Meta Cloud API, inbox and broadcasts
Installment fees and GST receiptsNoYesYes, via Razorpay to your own account
Attendance and examsNoYesYes, joined to drop-risk and parent alerts
Drop-out predictionNoRarelyAI, from attendance + exams + fees
AI voice calling of enquiriesNoNoYes, in Indian languages
Priced for a Tier 2/3 instituteUsually notVariesFrom ₹999/month

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is CRM in education?

CRM in education means managing the full relationship with a prospective and enrolled student — from the first enquiry a parent makes, through follow-up and admission, into fees, attendance, results and retention. Unlike sales CRM, the relationship does not end at the close; most of its value comes after the student joins.

Is SCRMAI only for schools?

No. SCRMAI is used by K-12 schools, coaching institutes and test-prep centres, and skill academies. The underlying model — enquiry, batch, fee, attendance, exam, parent — is shared, and the configurable fields let each format name things the way it actually speaks. There are dedicated pages for schools, coaching institutes and academies.

Can it replace our existing school management software?

Sometimes, but that is usually not the right question. If your current system handles payroll, transport and library well, keep it. SCRMAI is strongest at the growth and retention half of the problem — admissions, communication, fees and drop-risk — and is designed to sit alongside an existing ERP rather than demand you rip it out.

How many students and enquiries can it handle?

Starter covers up to 500 leads, Professional up to 5,000, and Business is unlimited. Student records are not capped by plan — the lead limits apply to enquiries in the pipeline.

Do you support regional languages?

Yes, in the places it matters most. The AI voice agent calls enquiries in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi or another configured language, and WhatsApp and SMS templates can be written in any language your parents read.

One platform for the whole student lifecycle.

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