A quick look at the staff app and the family portal, filmed on a demo school.
Key Features
What schools use TabulaRasa for today.
Students & Staff
Student and staff records, bulk upload from a spreadsheet, roles and permissions, and printable ID badges.
Attendance
Daily student attendance with lateness worked out from your cutoff time, and a badge-scan check-in kiosk for staff.
Results & Promotion
Assessments, behavioural ratings, result approval with comments, class broadsheets, transcripts, and end-of-session promotion.
Timetables
Build class timetables and see each teacher’s weekly schedule.
Fees & Online Payments
Issue invoices and track transactions. Families pay online through Paystack and can download a PDF receipt.
Family Portal
Parents, students, and guardians see student profiles, attendance, fees and payments, announcements, and the school calendar.
Messages & Notifications
Message families, post announcements, and send SMS and email with delivery logs. Families hear about absences.
Works Offline
Key screens viewed in the last day open without a connection. Attendance and scores taken offline are sent when you reconnect.
Why Choose TabulaRasa?
Set up for your kind of school
Onboarding pre-fills class structure and terms for nursery and primary, secondary, polytechnic, university, and informal institutions, plus a subject list for formal schools.
Each school’s data kept separate
Every institution runs on its own subdomain with its own data, and staff only see what their role permits.
Sign in with a passkey
Staff and families can sign in with a passkey on their phone or computer instead of a password.
Installs on any phone
TabulaRasa is a Progressive Web App. Staff and families add it to their home screen, with no app store download.
Built in Nigeria
Nigerian class levels, terms, and payment rails (Paystack, local SMS) out of the box.
Regular releases
New features and fixes ship in regular releases.
Plans priced per student
Choose the features your institution needs. We confirm your plan, rates and coverage in a quote before activation. Quotes and invoices use your institution's agreed billing currency.
Basic
Institution, students and employees
Student attendance
Basic results and manual publication
Manual fees, payment records and receipts
Standard
Everything in Basic
Online collections
Broadsheets and assessment reporting
Announcements and events
Premium
Everything in Standard
Result approval chains
Automated fee reminders
Timetable and employee badge/check-in
Agree coverage that fits your institution
Formal schools can agree term or session coverage. Session quotes cover the actual dated terms. Informal institutions use yearly coverage. Paid places are reusable. Available paid places are used first. A new student needs a free paid place before enrollment; when none is free, a billing manager buys more places first, prorated for the remaining term or purchased year. Approved account credit or an agreed discount can pay for them with no card charge. No platform invoice for a place is raised after a student joins.
Departures do not create credits or refunds. Lower enrollment reduces your next renewal; prepaid session or yearly coverage stays in place. Staff can review billing errors and approved exceptions.
Eligible discounts are agreed for your plan and billing cycle and shown in your quote.
Optional custom domain
Your institution subdomain is included. A custom domain is a separate annual add-on. Ask about availability; domain setup is confirmed before purchase.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers to common questions about TabulaRasa.
What is TabulaRasa?
TabulaRasa is a school management platform built for Nigerian institutions. It covers enrollment, attendance, results, timetables, fees, online payments, and communication with families.
Who can use TabulaRasa?
Nursery and primary schools, secondary schools, polytechnics, and universities, as well as informal setups such as tutors, teaching collectives, and community education programs.
Does TabulaRasa include a portal for families and students?
Yes. Parents, students, and guardians get their own portal, on a separate subdomain from the school’s, where they can see student profiles and attendance, view invoices and payment history, pay fees online, read announcements, check the school calendar, and message the school.
What can institutions manage with TabulaRasa?
Student and staff records, classes and organisational units, attendance, subjects and assessments, result approval, promotion, timetables, invoices and payments, announcements, messages, SMS and email, and role-based permissions.
How does TabulaRasa handle data privacy and security?
Each institution’s data is isolated on its own subdomain, and access is limited by role-based permissions. Connections use HTTPS, and the cached screens and sign-in token kept on a device are encrypted. Our privacy policy explains how we handle personal data under the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA).
Does TabulaRasa work on mobile devices?
Yes. TabulaRasa works in any modern mobile browser and can be installed on a phone’s home screen as a Progressive Web App. No app store download is required.
Does TabulaRasa work without internet?
Partly. Key screens opened in the last 24 hours load from the device when the connection drops. Attendance and scores recorded offline are sent when the device reconnects on the same day; entries from an earlier day wait for a staff member to confirm them. A device that has not reached the server for 72 hours (staff) or 7 days (families) locks until the user signs in again.
Ready to run your institution on TabulaRasa?
Sign up, and a guided onboarding walks you through classes, terms, and subjects.