# School SMS and WhatsApp messages to parents

Source: https://scoolin.com/features/sms-whatsapp

> WhatsApp and SMS are coming to Scoolin: WhatsApp first, then SMS on registered templates where WhatsApp can’t reach. Today, alerts reach parents by email.

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## SMS and WhatsApp

Bulk or to one parent. Coming soon: WhatsApp first, SMS where WhatsApp can’t reach.

[Book a free demo](https://scoolin.com/demo)

Coming soon

## How WhatsApp and SMS will work.

Here is the plan, and what already reaches parents today.

### Planned

- **Pick who gets it.** The whole school, a class, or one parent.

- **Type the message.** The numbers come from the student records.

- **Send.** By WhatsApp, and by SMS on a registered template where WhatsApp doesn’t reach.

- **See who got it,** parent by parent.

[Ask where it stands on a call](https://scoolin.com/demo)

### Today: email that works

[Fee reminders](https://scoolin.com/features/fee-reminders) and [gate alerts](https://scoolin.com/features/absent-alerts) go to each primary guardian by email, in your school’s name.

### Why registered templates

Indian SMS rules ask for registered templates. We would rather do that properly than send messages that get blocked.

### The numbers are already in

Every guardian’s number is stored with +91 when students come in, ready for the day this switches on.

Works with

## The rest of how you reach people.

- [Notice board Scheduled, pinned, taken down on time](https://scoolin.com/features/notices)

- [Parent chat Soon Inside the app, not personal numbers](https://scoolin.com/features/parent-teacher-chat)

- [Events and gallery Soon Photos straight to parents](https://scoolin.com/features/events)

**See what reaches parents today.** On a 30-minute call we set up a fee reminder and show the email a parent would get.

[Book a free demo](https://scoolin.com/demo)

FAQ

## Questions about messages.

**Still have questions?** Ask us on a [30-minute call](https://scoolin.com/demo) .

### Timing

### When will WhatsApp and SMS be ready?

We don’t give a date until it works. Ask on the demo call and we will tell you where it stands.

### Today

### How do we reach parents now?

By email: fee reminders and gate alerts go out on their own. Your school’s WhatsApp number can sit on every reminder.

### Absences

### Will absent alerts come by WhatsApp?

Yes. That is one of the first things it is for.

### Charges

### Will messages cost extra?

Any message charges will be on the pricing page before it switches on.