UniDirect® is a specialised software service which can be used by parents from their mobile phones or PCs to connect to their child’s/ward’s school, to access important information online or engage in day-to-day tasks. Parents would also be able to receive alerts and notifications on their mobile phones or email on important school announcements and messages. For example, parents would be able to check/receive their child’s homework, or even submit a leave letter, online, at any time.

The UniDirect® Experience

UniDirect® has been created based on feedback from heads of institutions and parents to address three areas:

1. Online Information Availability & Delivery

Schools have realised that:

• Parents and students require regular day-to-day information on various school/classroom related tasks (For example, homework for the day).
• The lack of information in these areas could lead to parental/student anxiety.
• By ensuring that information in these areas are made available online, or pushed to their mobile phones automatically, schools can demonstrate that they are proactive and responsive to parental requirements, thereby creating a strong connect between the school and its parental community. UniDirect® is the ideal platform through which the school would be able to deliver a rich experience to the parents/students and establish a strong connect.
2. Online Transaction Capability

   UniDirect® is much more than a platform for providing information. It incorporates features through which parents can engage in online transactions, to deliver greater convenience. For example, fees can be paid online, or a leave letter may be submitted online.

3. Online Learning Assets

   UniDirect® facilitates teachers to create question banks and quizzes using easy-to-use interfaces. These quizzes can be taken online by students, at any time. The Learning Zone would continuously be populated with learning materials by the teachers, and would become a great asset for the school and its students.

Features of UniDirect

UniDirect® Services can be experienced on:

• Mobile Phones (Wireless)

• PCs (Internet/Web)

In addition, all the information on UniDirect® can be experienced on a "To & Fro" basis from the mobile phones and PCs.

• On the mobile phones, users can receive information as SMS and can also request for specific information by sending an SMS and receiving an immediate response.

• On the web, of course, users can engage with UniDirect® on an interactive basis to access and submit information, and to engage in various transactions and tasks.

UniDirect® provides information and the ability to engage in interactive transactions in the following areas:

Office Zone

Classroom Zone

• Syllabus

  The class wise subject wise syllabus outline along with the board syllabus file would be updated at the time of the start of the implementation and the same would be available for reference for the parents and the teachers at the UniDirect® portal.

• Curriculum

  The class wise overview of the subjects to be taught would be updated at the time of the start of the implementation and the same would be available for reference for the parents and the teachers at the UniDirect® portal.

• Books

  The class wise subject wise prescribed books details of the subjects to be taught would be updated at the time of the start of the implementation and the same would be available for reference for the parents and the teachers at the UniDirect® portal.

• Lesson Plan

  The class, section and subject wise overview of lesson plan charted out by the teachers would be updated at the time of the start of the implementation and the same would be available for reference for the parents and the teachers at the UniDirect® portal.

• Timetable

  The class, section wise time table would be updated at the time of the start of the implementation and the same would be available for reference for the parents and the teachers at the UniDirect® portal.

• Teachers

  Parents would be able to request for meetings/ interactions with teachers at school and receive confirmation on their mobile phone and on their home page on the UniDirect® portal.

• Attendance

  The attendance records would be updated by the school to the UniDirect® portal and would be available to parents at any time. They can also send an SMS to query this information. In case a child is on leave without any intimation to the school, the concerned parent would also receive an SMS message on his/her mobile phone.

• Leave Letter

  A child is not well in the morning, or there is some emergency situation that requires the child to be absent from school – No problem. Parents can send an SMS to intimate the school, or they can log into the UniDirect® portal and submit a leave letter. The information will reach the school and the same will be updated to the attendance register available on the website.

• Homework

  The daily homework information, subject-wise, for each class would be updated to the UniDirect® portal, and parents would be able to look up their child’s homework assignments at their convenience. A summary of homework for each day would be sent as an SMS alert to their mobile phones. They could also send an SMS to the UniDirect® central number at any time to get this information.

• Tests & Exams

  Class test/exam schedules would be updated to the UniDirect® portal. The subject-wise results/marks would also be available on the website.

• Progress Report

  A scanned copy of the students’ progress report can be uploaded and the same can be downloaded by the parents from the UniDirect® portal

Activities Zone

• Activities Calendar

  You will receive alerts and updates about any requirements that your child needs to fulfill to participate in extra-curricular activities at school, whether it be Sports Day, School Day function, etc.

• Registration

  If you need to register your child’s participation in any extra-curricular activity, the same can be done through the UniDirect® portal.

• Gallery

  Image Gallery pertaining to various latest extra-curricular activities would be made available on the UniDirect® portal.

• Archives

  Image Gallery and write-ups about earlier extra-curricular activities can be archived and made available on the UniDirect® portal for viewing by Parents and Teachers.

Learning Zone

• Learning Material

  An online repository of online learning resources class, subject and topic wise, in the form of small writeups, presentation files (PPTs), images, word documents can be uploaded, which can be viewed/ downloaded by the parents and teachers from UniDirect® portal.

• Quiz

  An online repository of quizzes, class, subject and topic wise, in the form of multiple choice/ true / false answer types can be uploaded, which can be taken online at UniDirect® portal.

• Question Bank

  An online repository of class, subject and topic wise, question bank in the form of word documents can be uploaded, which can be viewed/ downloaded by the parents and teachers from UniDirect® portal.

Benefits of UniDirect

UniDirect® offers the following benefits to parents/students, and to the school.

To Parents/Students

• Availability of timely information on important school/classroom activities and tasks.

• Receipt of alerts and notifications to mobile phones and to email addresses on all important information and events.

• Ability to receive or “pull” information as required from mobile phones, to take advantage of the “To & Fro” nature of UniDirect® Services.

• Convenience of engaging in online tasks & transactions for various school and classroom related situations.

• Value addition in terms of interactive access to learning materials uploaded by class/subject teachers.

• Participate in discussion forums to benefit from the knowledge base available to the entire parental community.

To School

• Ability to provide timely information, alerts and updates to parents on various school/classroom activities and tasks.

• Ability to provide greater convenience to parents to engage in online tasks and transactions.

• Ability to create a knowledge-based repository within the Learning Zone, in terms of question banks, quizzes and other learning materials on a variety of topics and subjects for the benefit of the entire student community. Since these learning assets are digital and in a central location, their usefulness would span across many years.

• Ability to create a close connection with the parental community and establish the school as proactive and responsive to parental concerns and requirements.