Advantages of School Mobile Apps

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The rise of school mobile apps in the market is helping to bridge the communication gap between schools and parents. Communication in the schools was till now done with school newsletter which not only involves high monthly paper usage & associated printing cost but also degrades the environment. School mobile apps lets schools “Go Green” Schools can adopt eco-friendly mobile apps for parents’ communication leaving behind traditional paper use. Thousands of trees can be saved in this way. It eliminates the process of photo-copying and above all ensures that parents find the information required whenever they need it, unlike today when they keep searching for circulars at the last moment. School mobile apps lets parents get real time info Parents concerned about their child's safety can have real time access to details about their child using such apps. Downloading school app on their mobile device helps them to save the time and cost of finding school related information of their child. School Mobile Apps let Schools and Parents communicate better, cheaper, faster Schools, Parents and the school staff, everyone wishes to have a more structured communication so as to improve the standard of education delivery and to increase the participation of students and parents in the school activities. School mobile apps let schools build a better brand image Mobile apps have become the mainstay in today’s life. The high brand recall offered by the repeated use of a mobile app on one’s mobile device is the holy grail of digital marketing. Schools can benefit from this tremendously as parents will immediately download, check multiple times a day and never (OK, as long as the child is in school!) delete the app from their child’s school. The role of school mobile app is to provide a platform for better communication between parents and teachers about their children. Schools can use the mobile app for reporting the following things- Query management News letters Event notifications Attendance report Student Grades Student's Daily performance Bi-directional messaging Online Fees Payment Mobile Apps – The Future of School-Parent interaction Mobile apps are fast becoming an integral part of schools. Schools need to embrace the same is no longer the question, the question is who do they partner with. Schools can get their own app designed by hiring a software company, but this approach often turns out to be expensive to begin with and almost always to maintain and upgrade, as the developer charges the entire cost of development to one school only. The other option is to use market ready solutions like d6 communicator which don’t charge as much but do not provide any branding options to schools. There is a third option provided by players like mylyapp.com which provide cloud-based subscription driven solutions with prominent school branding. Parents are waiting for their schools to go mobile, but won’t wait forever. Schools need to hurry up!!