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Staff records, attendance and payroll on the same system

SchoolDeck holds staff records, leave balances and attendance, and runs monthly payroll with statutory deductions — PF, ESI, professional tax and TDS — producing salary slips and the registers a school is required to keep. Teacher availability feeds the timetable and substitution flow directly.

It computes payroll and produces the returns data; filing with the authorities remains the school’s responsibility and is not automated.

Staff data usually lives somewhere else — a separate payroll package, or an accountant’s spreadsheet. That is workable until the timetable needs to know who is on leave on Thursday, and the answer is in a file nobody in the staff room can open.

Records
Appointment, qualification, subjects, documents
Attendance
Staff attendance and leave balances by type
Payroll
PF, ESI, professional tax, TDS; salary slips
Feeds
Availability drives timetable and substitutions
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Why staff and academic data belong together

A teacher marked on leave in the HR system should be unavailable in the timetable within the same minute, and their periods should already be proposed for cover. Where the two systems are separate, that handoff is a phone call, and it happens at 7:50 in the morning.

Teacher qualification and subject mapping also feed the pupil–teacher ratio and the staff section of the UDISE+ return, both of which are otherwise rebuilt by hand each year from an out-of-date list.

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What payroll has to get right

The parts that generate queries if they are wrong, and when they surface.

ComponentWhere it comes fromSurfaces as
Earned salaryAttendance and approved leave for the monthA query the same week the slip is issued
PF and ESIWage ceilings and eligibility per employeeA mismatch at the annual return
Professional taxState slab for the school’s locationWrong for every employee, quietly, until audited
TDSDeclared investments and projected annual incomeA large correction in February that nobody budgeted for
FAQ

Questions people ask

Phrased the way they arrive, answered so each one stands on its own.

Does it file PF, ESI and TDS returns?

It computes the deductions and produces the data the returns need. Filing with the authorities remains the school’s responsibility — we do not submit on your behalf.

Can teaching and non-teaching staff be handled differently?

Yes. Leave types, salary structures and attendance rules are set per staff category, and only teaching staff feed the timetable and substitution flow.

Are salary slips available to staff directly?

Yes, through the staff login, with historical slips retained. This removes the most common recurring request the office handles for staff.

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