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How to set up an academic calendar in Kolkata
setting up an academic calendar in Kolkata: practical steps on one student record and one academic calendar, then a Schoolyi demo with your awkward case.

setting up an academic calendar in Kolkata
Every downstream fight — attendance, exams, fees — is a calendar fight that started in week zero.
Every downstream fight — attendance, exams, fees — is a calendar fight that started in week zero. Kolkata still has to do this against West Bengal Board, WBBSE, ICSE, CBSE. April academic year with Durga Puja and local holidays that must be on the holiday master. Named facts: West Bengal Board, WBBSE, Durga Puja, INR.
INR tuition; development fees should be named heads. Named facts: West Bengal Board, WBBSE, Durga Puja, INR. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.
- Importing last year’s file blindly.
- Three unofficial calendars.
- INR tuition; development fees should be named heads. Named facts: West Bengal Board, WBBSE, Durga Puja, INR.
Name the year start
April, September, January, July — whatever this campus actually uses.
In Kolkata: April academic year with Durga Puja and local holidays that must be on the holiday master. INR tuition; development fees should be named heads. Named facts: West Bengal Board, WBBSE, Durga Puja, INR.
Every downstream fight — attendance, exams, fees — is a calendar fight that started in week zero. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.
- April, September, January, July — whatever this campus actually uses.
- Schoolyi treats the academic calendar as the source of working days for attendance, exams, and leave.
- Named facts: West Bengal Board, WBBSE, Durga Puja, INR.
One owner
Official exceptions only.
In Kolkata: April academic year with Durga Puja and local holidays that must be on the holiday master. INR tuition; development fees should be named heads. Named facts: West Bengal Board, WBBSE, Durga Puja, INR.
Every downstream fight — attendance, exams, fees — is a calendar fight that started in week zero. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.
- Official exceptions only.
- Schoolyi treats the academic calendar as the source of working days for attendance, exams, and leave.
- Named facts: West Bengal Board, WBBSE, Durga Puja, INR.
Board seasons as blocks
Until circulars exist, do not invent Mondays.
In Kolkata: April academic year with Durga Puja and local holidays that must be on the holiday master. INR tuition; development fees should be named heads. Named facts: West Bengal Board, WBBSE, Durga Puja, INR.
Every downstream fight — attendance, exams, fees — is a calendar fight that started in week zero. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.
- Until circulars exist, do not invent Mondays.
- Schoolyi treats the academic calendar as the source of working days for attendance, exams, and leave.
- Named facts: West Bengal Board, WBBSE, Durga Puja, INR.
Staff vs pupil days
INSET can be a pupil holiday and a staff working day.
In Kolkata: April academic year with Durga Puja and local holidays that must be on the holiday master. INR tuition; development fees should be named heads. Named facts: West Bengal Board, WBBSE, Durga Puja, INR.
Every downstream fight — attendance, exams, fees — is a calendar fight that started in week zero. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.
- INSET can be a pupil holiday and a staff working day.
- Schoolyi treats the academic calendar as the source of working days for attendance, exams, and leave.
- Named facts: West Bengal Board, WBBSE, Durga Puja, INR.
Where this usually breaks
Importing last year’s file blindly. Three unofficial calendars.
Kolkata is not exempt. West Bengal Board, WBBSE, ICSE, CBSE. Named facts: West Bengal Board, WBBSE, Durga Puja, INR.
Schoolyi treats the academic calendar as the source of working days for attendance, exams, and leave. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.
- Importing last year’s file blindly.
- Three unofficial calendars.
- Schoolyi treats the academic calendar as the source of working days for attendance, exams, and leave.
How Schoolyi fits
Schoolyi treats the academic calendar as the source of working days for attendance, exams, and leave.
Open /features/academic-foundation after you can describe the awkward case. This page is a playbook, not a feature grid. Named facts: West Bengal Board, WBBSE, Durga Puja, INR.
Working days yes. Schemes no. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.
- Playbook: /how-to/set-up-academic-calendar
- Product: /features/academic-foundation
- Book a demo with your awkward case, not a slide deck
Questions
Can two boards share a calendar? Working days yes. Schemes no.
Who may close a day? A named role. April academic year with Durga Puja and local holidays that must be on the holiday master.
Emergency same-day? Yes, or percentages are fiction. Named facts: West Bengal Board, WBBSE, Durga Puja, INR. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.
- Can two boards share a calendar? Working days yes. Schemes no.
- Who may close a day? A named role.
- Emergency same-day? Yes, or percentages are fiction.
Bring this playbook to a demo in Kolkata
Write the awkward case before you watch slides: a mid-year joiner, a concession after invoicing, or a working-day exception. Schoolyi treats the academic calendar as the source of working days for attendance, exams, and leave. Named facts: West Bengal Board, WBBSE, Durga Puja, INR. April academic year with Durga Puja and local holidays that must be on the holiday master.
Schoolyi is the operations system for that walkthrough — one student record, one academic calendar, publish gates on results, receipts that match finance. Score statutory filing and hardware as not met unless the deployment actually has them. INR tuition; development fees should be named heads. West Bengal Board, WBBSE, ICSE, CBSE
Every downstream fight — attendance, exams, fees — is a calendar fight that started in week zero. April, September, January, July — whatever this campus actually uses. Named owners still have to keep the holiday master, the roster, and the family view aligned in this place, because a brochure paragraph will not survive the first mid-year joiner or the first board week.
- Open /features/academic-foundation
- Book a demo with the awkward case
- Named facts: West Bengal Board, WBBSE, Durga Puja, INR.
Questions, answered
Straightforward answers for visitors evaluating the product.
Open /features/academic-foundation+
Open /features/academic-foundation
Book a demo with the awkward case+
Book a demo with the awkward case
Named facts: West Bengal Board, WBBSE, Durga Puja, INR.+
Named facts: West Bengal Board, WBBSE, Durga Puja, INR.

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