Built for West Bengal's mix of boards
Secondary schools in the state prepare students for the Madhyamik examination of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE), and higher-secondary sections follow the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE). Alongside them sit a large number of CBSE schools and a long tradition of CISCE (ICSE and ISC) schools, especially in and around Kolkata.
In Aksharum, classes, sections, subjects and exams are defined by your school rather than hard-coded for one board, so a school group with campuses on different boards still runs everything from one platform.
Not every school starts its year in April
State-board schools in West Bengal have traditionally followed the calendar year, while CBSE and CISCE schools usually run from April to March. Every school in Aksharum lives in its own isolated environment with its own academic calendar, so a calendar-year campus and an April-session campus never get in each other's way — and attendance, fees and exam schedules follow the right year for each.
Notices in the language parents read
Many families in West Bengal prefer notices in Bengali; others read Hindi, English, Nepali or Urdu. Circulars and messages in Aksharum are written by your school, so they can go out in whichever language your parents actually read — and role-targeted broadcasts make sure each notice reaches only the classes it is meant for.
