Multi-tenant by design
Each school gets its own branded portal: crest, colours, and optional custom domain (e.g. portal.yourschool.co.za).
A Thunderbolt Digital product
Chalkboard
School administration and fee payments for SADC schools.
A hyper-lightweight, multi-tenant school portal that replaces paper logbooks and spreadsheet bursar workflows. Parents pay fees from their phone; bursars and admins run the school from one secure platform.
Built for the corridor
- South Africa
- Malawi
- Zambia
- Botswana
- Zimbabwe
Parents
View fee statements, track outstanding balances, and pay securely from a mobile-first dashboard, with no trip to the school office.
Bursars
Manage students, issue invoices, link guardians, and record office payments with a live view of what is still outstanding.
School admins
Control enrollment, review online applications, import students via CSV, and manage staff access per school.
What Chalkboard replaces
Manual paper logbooks, fragile spreadsheet bursar workflows, and parents queuing at the school office to check balances or pay fees.
Fee ledger & audit trail
Automated invoicing with payment status tracking. Every transaction is recorded, with no lost spreadsheet rows.
Built for local payments
Ozow / Instant EFT for South Africa and PayChangu for Malawi and Zambia, aligned with how parents actually pay.
Secure & isolated
PostgreSQL with Row-Level Security: each school's data is tenant-isolated. Parents only see their own children's records.
Online enrollment
Configurable application forms so schools can accept new learner registrations digitally and reconcile them in admin.
Mobile-ready PWA
Works in the browser on any phone, installable as a progressive web app for parents on the go.
Payment integrations
- Ozow / Instant EFT (South Africa)
- PayChangu (Malawi & Zambia)
- Supabase (PostgreSQL + Auth)
Each school runs on its own tenant: branded portal, isolated data, role-based access for parents, bursars, and administrators.
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