Admissions to alumni
Applications, enrolment, classes and the full student record in one place.
School management
Ruzivo Educore
The school management system built for Zimbabwe, from ECD and primary through secondary to colleges, on the ZIMSEC or Cambridge curriculum.
Admissions to alumniAttendance and a live markbookReports that write themselvesFees with PaynowParent and student portalsAI insights
The problem it solves
Run your school from one calm place
Registers on paper, marks in spreadsheets, fees in a ledger and parents on the phone. Every term ends with a scramble to produce reports, and a power cut can wipe out a morning of marking.
School management
Live at ruzivo.nhimbe.space
See Ruzivo Educore working, or ask our AI anything about it
Every question you ask is answered from what Ruzivo Educore actually does, and anything the AI cannot settle goes straight to a person.
What it does
Everything included
Attendance and a live markbook
Marks save as teachers type, keep working offline and sync when the connection returns.
Reports that write themselves
ZIMSEC or Cambridge report cards and position in form, with report comment drafts for teachers to review.
Fees with Paynow
Invoices, online payments, balances and reminders, reconciled automatically.
Parent and student portals
Parents see progress and pay fees from their phone; students see work and results.
AI insights
Early warnings, focused study plans and trends across classes, with teachers making the final call.
Who it is for
It fits best when this sounds familiar
- ECD and primary schools
- Secondary schools on ZIMSEC or Cambridge
- Colleges and training institutions
- School groups, trusts and churches running several schools
Why this one
What makes it different
- Built in Zimbabwe for Zimbabwean schools, not adapted from elsewhere
- Keeps working through load shedding and internet drops
- Every school on its own separate database
- Live demo school you can explore before you talk to anyone
How it goes in
From first conversation to live
Demo
We show you the real system with your kind of data in it, not a slide deck. Half an hour, no charge, no obligation.
Discovery
We sit with the people who will use it, map how you work today and agree what success looks like. You leave with a written scope and a fixed price.
Configure and migrate
Set up around your processes, with your existing data brought across and checked against what you have now.
Train and go live
Training by role, a parallel run where it matters, and we are on site for the first days.
Support
Agreed response times and a quarterly review of what to improve next. Written into the contract, not sold on later.
Questions
What people ask about Ruzivo Educore
Can we see it working first?
Yes. The demo school at ruzivo.nhimbe.space is open to explore, and we will run a free 30 minute demonstration on a sample of your own school.
How much does it cost?
Community is US$49 a month for up to 300 learners, Growing US$129 for 300 to 800, Flagship US$259 above 800, and custom pricing for groups.
How long does it take to go live?
Most schools are marking live within two weeks: setup, importing pupils and staff, and a morning of training.
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