What Academium sets up for you
When you create a school, Academium sets up the essentials so you can start straight away. Everything here can be changed later.
From your answers
- The school owner's account, with the email and password you entered. Use them to sign in to Academium SMS.
- Your school's details and logo. The one logo is used everywhere: in the app, on printouts and on report cards. You can upload different logos later in School settings.
- Your classes, in teaching order (Creche, then Nursery, Primary or Basic, JSS and SSS), with their sections.
- Your assessment pattern: the mark columns, such as First C.A, Second C.A and Exam.
Worked out for you
The current session and its terms
Academium creates the session you are in now, following the Nigerian school year from September to August. From January to August, that is the session that started the previous September.
| Term | Starts | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| First Term | 1 September | 15 December |
| Second Term | 5 January | 1 April |
| Third Term | 20 April | 31 August |
Check and adjust the dates to your school's calendar. See Sessions and terms.
Admission numbers
Admission numbers get a prefix from your school's initials. For example, Bright Gate School becomes BGS. Change it under School Settings → Admissions.
Ready-made settings
| What | Starts with |
|---|---|
| Grades | A 70–100 (Excellent), B 60–69 (Very Good), C 50–59 (Good), D 45–49 (Fair), E 40–44 (Pass), F 0–39 (Fail), with grade points 5 to 0 |
| Comment templates | 18 teacher and principal comments, banded by percentage |
| Payment methods | Cash, POS, Bank Transfer, Other, Family Wallet |
| Staff designations | Principal, Head Teacher, Head master, Class Teacher, Accountant, Admin, Owner, House master, Nurse, Driver, Security |
| Tax | The current PAYE tax bands and deduction types |
| Daily greetings | 10 dashboard greetings |
| Student fields | Which fields show on the admission form |
| Inventory | Starter product categories and units |
Academium only fills these in where your school has none, so it never overwrites changes you have made.
Not set up for you
These are for your school to decide:
- Subjects. The first-time welcome offers to add the standard Nigerian subjects. See First-time school setup.
- Fees: fee types, templates and allocations. See How school fees work.
- Junior (skills) assessment: categories, skills and rating scale. See Setting up junior assessment.
- Staff, students and parents.