Invites they can hear
A notice that reaches a parent who cannot read.
- Reminders on WhatsApp, SMS and voice call
- In the language spoken at home
- Sent again to whoever has not replied
Education · School Management Committee
Parents at the table. Schools that listen.
An app for school management committees in government schools. Meetings, agendas, actions, owners and timelines, the school development plan and its budget, all in one place. It puts parents in charge, and its AI learns from thousands of other schools.
White-label · Multilingual · Works offline · DPDP compliant
The law puts parents in charge. We make it real.
Three in four members of a school management committee must be parents, half or more are women, and a parent chairs it. On paper they run the school's plan and its money. In practice, many never get a notice, a say or a vote.
Raise a topic by voice
No forms, no English.
- A parent sends a voice note; it becomes an agenda item
- Topics can come in on WhatsApp too
- Open items carry to the next meeting
Vote on every rupee
Parents decide how the school's money is spent.
- Proposals carry the cost and the balance left
- Voted in the meeting or on the phone
- Who proposed and who seconded, on the record
Everything in the open
Nothing agreed behind a closed door.
- Minutes and decisions go to every parent
- A photograph of the bill against every spend
- The same pack goes up on the school notice board
One school, every decision in view.
The school's plan and its money in one view, and the next meeting in a parent's hand.
Agendas set by parents.
Any member can put something on the agenda by speaking into their phone, in Hindi or any local language, and see it on the list before the meeting starts.
- 01Suggest a topic by voiceSpeak in Hindi; the app writes it down and adds it to the agenda.
- 02Coming, maybe, can'tOne tap, so the head teacher knows whether there will be a quorum.
- 03What other schools are discussingA topic 140 nearby schools raised this month, offered as a suggestion.
Every SMC learns from every other SMC.
Most committees meet, talk about the same few things and go home. Ours arrive knowing what matters in their school, and what worked in schools like theirs.
- 01Topics from your own schoolAttendance, learning levels, meals and repairs are read every week, and the AI suggests what to talk about, and why.
- 02Trends from other schoolsIt learns what thousands of SMCs are discussing, so a school hears about a problem before it becomes a crisis.
- 03Ideas that workedWhen a school solves something, like girls dropping out after the monsoon, the idea reaches schools facing the same thing.
- 04Minutes written for youVoice notes in any local language become clean minutes, decisions and actions, ready to share.
Your brand. Every language. Any network. Fully DPDP compliant.
Four promises that hold on every screen, for every user, from the first sign-up to the last report.
White-label
Your platform, your name.
- Your logo, colours and web address
- Android app and web in your brand
- Your data stays yours, always
- Move off any other platform, with our help
Multilingual
In the language parents and teachers speak.
- Hindi, English and major Indian languages
- Voice notes and read-aloud for low literacy
- AI translation between languages
- Messages on WhatsApp and SMS in each person's language
Works offline
Built for patchy networks.
- Meetings, attendance and votes recorded offline and synced later
- Light on data, works on basic Android phones
- SMS and voice-call fallbacks
- Nothing lost when the signal drops
DPDP compliant
Consent first, on every screen.
- Clear consent, recorded and easy to withdraw
- Only the data you need, for a stated purpose
- Parental consent for children's data
- Data in India, access logs and breach alerts
Meet, plan, spend and grow.
Meet and decide
Monthly meetings, well run
Many SMCs exist only on paper. A meeting that decides nothing is easy to skip.
- Invites that reach
- WhatsApp, SMS and voice calls in the local language.
- Attendance and quorum
- Who came, how many parents and women, marked in the app.
- Minutes in minutes
- Voice notes turned into clean minutes and decisions.
- Photos as proof
- A photo of every meeting, with date and place.
Meet and decide
Agendas set by parents
When the head teacher sets every agenda, parents stop coming.
- Any member can add a topic
- By voice, text or WhatsApp.
- AI suggestions
- Topics drawn from the school's own data.
- Carry-over
- Open items move to the next meeting automatically.
- Time for each item
- So the meeting ends on time, with decisions.
Meet and decide
Decisions and votes
Parents should decide how their school's money is spent.
- Proposals
- Clear proposals with cost and the budget left.
- Voting
- By show of hands in the meeting or on the phone.
- Record of decisions
- Every decision logged with who proposed and seconded it.
- Shared with all
- Decisions sent to every parent, not just members.
Meet and decide
Actions with owners and dates
A decision without an owner is just a wish.
- One owner per action
- A parent, teacher or panchayat member.
- Timelines
- Due dates, reminders and escalation when overdue.
- Proof of work
- Photos, bills and quotes attached to each action.
- Progress at every meeting
- Open actions reviewed first, every time.
Plan and spend
School development plan
The SDP is meant to be the school's own plan. Too often it is a form filled in once.
- Built with parents
- Goals chosen in meetings, not written in an office.
- Three years, reviewed yearly
- Goals, activities and a timeline for each year.
- Linked to data
- Learning, attendance and enrolment targets tracked.
- Ready for the department
- Export in the format your district asks for.
Plan and spend
Budgets and grants
Parents cannot oversee money they cannot see.
- All sources
- School grants, panchayat, CSR and community contributions.
- Plan vs spend
- Every activity has a budget; every spend has a bill.
- Alerts
- Warnings before the plan goes over budget.
- Joint accounts
- Records that match the SMC's bank account.
Plan and spend
Learning and attendance
The best SMCs talk about children's learning, not only buildings.
- Learning snapshot
- Reading and maths levels by class, in simple words.
- Attendance trends
- Drops flagged by class and by girls and boys.
- Out-of-school children
- Children who left, and who is following up.
- Home visits
- Parents on the SMC visit families of absent children.
Plan and spend
Social audit and transparency
Trust grows when everyone can see what was promised and what was done.
- Public minutes
- Shared on WhatsApp and the notice board.
- Bills for every rupee
- Photos of bills against every spend.
- Social audit pack
- Everything the community needs, in one report.
- Grievances
- Any parent can raise a concern, safely.
Support and scale
Field teams and trainings
SMC members need training to lead with confidence.
- Training modules
- Short videos and audio on roles, money and child rights.
- Cluster coordinators
- An app for field staff who support many schools.
- Visit notes
- Support visits recorded against each school.
- Certificates
- For members who complete training.
Support and scale
AI that learns across schools
A committee in one village rarely hears what worked in the next.
- Suggested topics
- From the school's data and seasonal patterns.
- Trending issues
- What hundreds of SMCs are discussing this month.
- Ideas library
- Solutions that worked, with results.
- Early warnings
- SMCs that stopped meeting, flagged for support.
Support and scale
Reports for funders and government
Foundations and departments need to see which SMCs are working.
- SMC health score
- Meetings, parent attendance, actions and spend.
- Portfolio view
- Hundreds of schools by district and block.
- Outcomes
- Changes in attendance, learning and facilities.
- Exports
- For UDISE+ and state reporting.
Support and scale
Works where schools are
Most SMC members have a basic phone and patchy data.
- Low data, offline
- Works on basic phones; syncs when back online.
- Voice first
- Listen and speak instead of reading and typing.
- Many languages
- Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Bengali and more.
- Your brand
- White-label for your foundation or programme.
Built for every government school.
75%Of SMC members are parents; the app is built around them
12 meetingsA year per school, each with an agenda, decisions and owners
3 yearsSchool development plan, reviewed every year with parents
1 placeFor every action, every rupee and every bill
Every step of an SMC, handled.
Four things every SMC needs first.
- 01 · Meet
Meetings that decide
Invites in the local language, agendas from parents, votes and minutes.
Next SMC meetingLive- Monthly SMC meeting5 items
- Mothers' meetNotice
- Social auditOpen
Committee members- SDSunita Devi
- MBMeena B.
- RKRamesh K.
- PSPradhan S.
- 02 · Act
Owners and dates
Every decision becomes an action, with reminders until it is done.
Actions and owners- !Water filter quotes · Sunita Devi · 20 Oct
- Reading hour for Class 2 · Ramesh K.
- !Boundary wall gate · Pradhan · overdue
Add an action- DecisionGet 2 quotes for a water filter
- OwnerSunita Devi · parent
- Due date20 October
- Budget headComposite grant · repairs
- 03 · Plan
A plan parents own
A three-year school development plan, reviewed every year.
SMC members by gender% women56WomenMenSDP budget used₹39,000
Q1Q2Q3Q4 - 04 · Spend
Every rupee in the open
Grants, CSR and panchayat money, with a bill for every spend.
Topics from parents- GaGirls' attendance in Class 6Raised by a mother · today×
- WfWater filter for drinking waterRaised by a parent · 2 days×
- MmMid-day meal qualityFrom 4 parents on WhatsApp×
Action- Raised
- Discussed
- Decided
- Done
Everything a school committee cares about.
The plan, the meetings and the money cover every part of school life that parents can change.
01Learning
Reading and maths levels, and what parents can do at home.
02Buildings and water
Toilets, drinking water, walls and gates, fixed and kept working.
03Girls and inclusion
Girls, children with disabilities and those at risk of dropping out.
04Attendance and enrolment
Every child in school, every day, and none left out.
05Community
Mothers' meets, school days and volunteers from the village.
The Global Goals it moves.
4
Quality Education
Quality Education5
Gender Equality
Gender Equality6
Clean Water and Sanitation
Clean Water and Sanitation10
Reduced Inequalities
Reduced Inequalities16
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Peace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsWhat a school committee sees at a glance.
Pieces of the product teams open every day.
In the parent's hand
- GaGirls' attendance in Class 6Raised by a mother · today×
- WfWater filter for drinking waterRaised by a parent · 2 days×
- MmMid-day meal qualityFrom 4 parents on WhatsApp×
Topics from parents
4
13
At the meeting
- Raised
- Discussed
- Decided
- Done
Action journeys
EducationSchool Management Committee
- Field appOffline
- Auto syncOn
Voice first, works offline
MonTueWedThuFriSat
Attendance
₹39,000
Q1Q2Q3Q4
SDP budget used
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In 11 languages
% women56
SMC members by gender
Everything an SMC runs on.
Open any one to see it in the product.
The plan, the budget, the open actions and the next meeting, on one screen.
Next SMC meetingLive- Monthly SMC meeting5 items
- Mothers' meetNotice
- Social auditOpen
Committee members- SDSunita Devi
- MBMeena B.
- RKRamesh K.
- PSPradhan S.
Agenda, attendance, votes, decisions and minutes, live in the meeting.
Actions and owners- !Water filter quotes · Sunita Devi · 20 Oct
- Reading hour for Class 2 · Ramesh K.
- !Boundary wall gate · Pradhan · overdue
Add an action- DecisionGet 2 quotes for a water filter
- OwnerSunita Devi · parent
- Due date20 October
- Budget headComposite grant · repairs
Goals, activities, timelines and money for three years, with proof of work.
SMC members by gender% women56WomenMenSDP budget used₹39,000
Q1Q2Q3Q4SMC health across hundreds of schools, with trends and what worked.
Topics from parents- GaGirls' attendance in Class 6Raised by a mother · today×
- WfWater filter for drinking waterRaised by a parent · 2 days×
- MmMid-day meal qualityFrom 4 parents on WhatsApp×
Action- Raised
- Discussed
- Decided
- Done
Invites, topics by voice, actions and votes, in the parent's language.
Devices- Field tablets · 42Offline
- Auto syncOn
- Conflict checkOn
Records queued318
will sync on Wi-Fi
Parents, teachers and panchayat members each see what is theirs to do.
Roles- AdminFull access
- School leadOwn data
- Field staffCapture only
SchoolsActive128Pending6
Next SMC meetingLive
- Monthly SMC meeting5 items
- Mothers' meetNotice
- Social auditOpen
Committee members
- SDSunita Devi
- MBMeena B.
- RKRamesh K.
- PSPradhan S.
Actions and owners
- !Water filter quotes · Sunita Devi · 20 Oct
- Reading hour for Class 2 · Ramesh K.
- !Boundary wall gate · Pradhan · overdue
Add an action
- DecisionGet 2 quotes for a water filter
- OwnerSunita Devi · parent
- Due date20 October
- Budget headComposite grant · repairs
SMC members by gender
% women56
WomenMen
SDP budget used
₹39,000
Q1Q2Q3Q4
Topics from parents
- GaGirls' attendance in Class 6Raised by a mother · today×
- WfWater filter for drinking waterRaised by a parent · 2 days×
- MmMid-day meal qualityFrom 4 parents on WhatsApp×
Action
- Raised
- Discussed
- Decided
- Done
Devices
- Field tablets · 42Offline
- Auto syncOn
- Conflict checkOn
Records queued
318
will sync on Wi-Fi
Roles
- AdminFull access
- School leadOwn data
- Field staffCapture only
Schools
Active128
Pending6
From the people using it.
We used to decide the same things every meeting because nobody remembered what was agreed. Now the last decision is the first thing we open.
The development plan stopped being a file in my cupboard. It has dates, owners and the grant sitting against it.
I can see which of my forty schools have not met this quarter, so my visits go where they are actually needed.
Reaches every parent, on any phone.
Invites and minutes on WhatsApp and SMS, voice calls for parents who do not read, and reports your district and funders can use.
Pricing that fits your schools.
Every plan is white-label: your foundation's name on the app parents and schools use, and your data stays yours.
Community
For nonprofits starting with a few schools
Custom
- Meetings, agenda and minutes
- Actions with owners and dates
- School development plan
- WhatsApp and SMS invites
Organisation
Most popularFor foundations supporting many schools
Custom
- Everything in Community
- Budgets, bills and voting
- AI topic suggestions
- Portfolio view and SMC health scores
Enterprise
For large foundations and state partnerships
Custom
- Thousands of schools
- Voice calls (IVR) in many languages
- Trainings and cluster coordinator app
- UDISE+ and state reporting
Working with government schools this year?
“Tell us how your programme runs today. We will show you the product on your own workflow, and be honest about whether it fits.”
SG
Request a demoSatyam GambhirCo-founder, commons.inc
Quick answers.
Nonprofits and foundations that work with government schools. Your teams set it up; SMC members, head teachers and parents use it every month.
The app is voice first: invites by voice call, topics by voice note, and minutes read out in the local language.
It looks at the school's own data and at what similar schools discussed and solved. It suggests; the committee decides.
Yes. It follows how SMCs are set up under the Right to Education Act, and exports plans and reports in the formats districts ask for.
Yes; we stay through launch until your team runs it.
Built for those who stand with government schools.
Nonprofits
Field teams that strengthen SMCs in hundreds of schools.
Foundations and CSR
See which schools are thriving and where your money goes.
Cluster coordinators
Support many SMCs from one phone, with visit notes and trainings.
State partnerships
District and block dashboards for the education departments you work with.
“A school belongs to its community. When mothers and fathers sit at the table, children stay, learn and thrive.*”
PM
Prashant Mehra
CEO, commons.inc
CEO, commons.inc
“commons stayed through the messy months after launch, training our team and fixing what the field broke, until the system genuinely ran without them.*”
MK
Meera Krishnan
Executive Director, Saahas Community Foundation
Executive Director, Saahas Community Foundation
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