Everything you need to know to log in and get things done in Scholar — for School Admins, Teachers and Students.
SC-001) — or your username/email if one was set up for you.Forgot your PIN or password? Use the "Forgot password?" link on the login page, or contact ScholarUg support.
See a live snapshot of your school — student counts, fee collection, attendance and recent activity — the moment you log in.
Add classes, enrol students, edit student profiles, and manage parent accounts under Students & Family.
Add teaching and non-teaching staff in Staff Manager, then assign each teacher to the classes and subjects they teach under Assignments.
Set up your subject catalogue, create assessments (e.g. Mid-Term, End of Term), and configure grading scales for report cards.
Track which teachers have submitted marks for a given assessment, and chase up the ones still pending before generating report cards.
Review daily attendance across the school, class by class.
See every note and past paper teachers have shared with their classes, school-wide, for oversight.
Build and publish the school timetable so every class and teacher can see their periods.
Open student leadership elections, approve candidates, and publish results.
Set up your fees structure and hand day-to-day collection to a Bursar account, or manage it yourself.
Send bulk SMS to parents, and message staff or the ScholarUg developer directly for support.
Upload your school badge/logo, switch light/dark mode, and manage your subscription.
Teaching at more than one school with the same email or phone? Just use the password for the school you want to open — Scholar will take you straight to that school.
Your starting point — quick links to every feature below, plus a glance at unread messages.
Pick a class, subject and assessment, enter each student's marks, and submit — school admins see submission status instantly.
See exactly which periods you're teaching, and where.
Take attendance for any class you teach.
Upload PDF Notes or Past Papers for a class/subject you teach. Students in that class can read them online — they cannot be downloaded, so your material stays yours.
Chat directly with your students and their parents, WhatsApp-style, right inside Scholar.
If you're a class teacher, you'll also see Print Class Reports, Generic Skills entry, and your Students' Logins for the class you head.
A card for every feature below, so you can jump straight to what you need.
See your marks and report cards as soon as your school admin publishes them.
Check your fees balance and payment history.
See your own present/absent record for the term.
Read the Notes and Past Papers your teachers have shared for your class, organised by subject. Documents open for reading only — there's no download button.
Apply to run for a student leadership position, or vote once your school opens the ballot.
Chat with your teachers directly, WhatsApp-style, right inside Scholar.
Active staff count, pending leave requests, and your Bulk SMS wallet balance, at a glance.
Register teaching and non-teaching staff, and generate their login codes, in Staff Manager.
Review staff leave requests and approve or decline each one.
Record each staff member's pay for a period, and mark payments as paid.
Top up your SMS wallet by mobile money and track the transaction history.
Build named contact groups (e.g. "All Parents", "S.4 Parents") by importing a CSV or ticking students/staff directly.
Write a message, pick a contact group, preview the cost, and send — with delivery tracked in History.
Connect a WhatsApp Business number so messages can go out over WhatsApp as well as SMS.