Stage 1:
Before beginning to promote new students, the system requires you to create the academic year in the system. To do this, you can click on the following link to learn how to create a new academic session:
How to Create a New Academic Session
How to Create New Academic Session (smartschool.sch.ng)
Stage 2:
1. Log in to your account as a teacher or admin.
2. Go to the Mark Menu.
3. Ensure that the Current Academic Year is already selected.
4. Choose the class from which you want to promote students.
5. Select the Promotion Academic Year, the New Academic Year to which you want to promote the students.
6. Select the Promotion Class, the new term to which you want to promote the students.
7. Click the button to fetch students in the selected class.
8. Once the students in the class are displayed,
Stage 3:
Note: Choose one option to follow for each student, either promote them or let them repeat a class.
1. Select the students you want to promote or repeat a class.
2. Below, you will find two buttons:
- Promote To Class [Grade 2]: Use this to promote the selected students to the new class in the new academic session.
- Enroll To Class [Grade 1]: Use this to enroll the student in the same class they were in last academic year to repeat the same class in the new term.
Example 1:
Let's say you have a student named John in Grade 1 in the 2023/2024 academic year, and you want to promote him to Grade 2 in the 2024/2025 academic year. You would follow these steps:
- Log in to your account.
- Go to the Mark Menu.
- Ensure the Current Academic Year is set to 2023/2024.
- Select Grade 1 from the list of classes.
- Choose 2024/2025 as the Promotion Academic Year.
- Select Grade 2 as the Promotion Class.
- Click the button to fetch students from Grade 1.
- Once John is displayed in the list of students, select his name.
- Click on "Promote To Class [Grade 2]" to promote John to Grade 2 for the 2024/2025 academic year.
Example 2:
Let's say you have a student named Alice in Grade 1 (Grade 1) in the 2023/2024 academic year, and you want her to repeat Grade 1 (Grade 1) in the 2024/2025 academic year. You would follow these steps:
- Log in to your account.
- Go to the Mark Menu.
- Ensure the Current Academic Year is set to 2023/2024.
- Select Grade 1 from the list of classes.
- Choose 2024/2025 as the Promotion Academic Year.
- Select Grade 2 (Grade 2) as the Promotion Class.
- Click the button to fetch students from Class Grade 1.
- Once Alice is displayed in the list of students, select her name.
- Click on "Enroll To Class [Grade 1]" to enroll Alice in Grade 1 (Grade) for the 2024/2025 academic year.
Stage 4:
Once you have promoted all the students in the school and are fully ready to move to the new academic year, the system requires you to change the default academic year to the new session.
To do this, read the tutorial below to learn more:
How to Change Default Academic Year (smartschool.sch.ng)
Video Tutorial