Sections
Manage class sections
Class 6 - A
Class Teacher: Mr. Deepak Joshi
Class 6 - B
Class Teacher: Mr. Deepak Joshi
Class 6 - C
Class Teacher: Mr. Deepak Joshi
Class 7 - A
Class Teacher: Mrs. Kavita Singh
Class 7 - B
Class Teacher: Mrs. Kavita Singh
Class 8 - A
Class Teacher: Mrs. Neha Gupta
Class 8 - B
Class Teacher: Mrs. Neha Gupta
Class 9 - A
Class Teacher: Mrs. Priya Sharma
Class 9 - B
Class Teacher: Mrs. Priya Sharma
Class 10 - A
Class Teacher: Mr. Amit Verma
Class 10 - B
Class Teacher: Mr. Amit Verma
Sections are the level at which a school actually teaches. A class says which year group a student belongs to; a section says exactly who sits in front of the teacher at 8:30. VEDIK treats the section as the default unit for attendance, timetabling and marks entry.
Why the section is the important unit
Attendance is marked per section, not per class. A student absent from Class 10-A on a Tuesday is a fact about that section, and the class-wise percentage VEDIK reports is calculated from section-level records. Timetable periods are allocated to sections too, which is how a substitution for one section does not disturb the rest of the year group.
Because a section carries its own class teacher, staff accountability is unambiguous. When a parent asks why their child missed three periods, the section and its teacher are the first thing you look up.
- Section-level attendance marking
- Weekly periods per section
- Marks entry scoped to the section
- Named class teacher per section
- Headcount derived from admissions
- Feeds class-wise reporting
Planning section sizes
A useful sanity check before each academic year is the ratio of section headcount to available classrooms. VEDIK surfaces the headcount on every section card so an over-loaded section is visible without exporting anything.
If you are splitting a section mid-year, remember that existing attendance and marks history stays attached to the section the student was in at the time. Creating a new section affects future records only, which is the behaviour most schools want for a mid-year split.
Frequently asked questions
Why split a class into sections?
Sections exist for practical reasons: a room holds a limited number of students, a school may run parallel streams for the same year group, and a class teacher needs a manageable group to be responsible for. VEDIK lets a class carry any number of sections, each with its own headcount and class teacher.
Is a section the same as a house?
No. A section is an academic grouping for teaching, timetabling and attendance. A house is a competition grouping used for sports and annual days. A student sits in exactly one section and one house, and VEDIK tracks the two independently.
How does VEDIK split students across sections?
VEDIK does not create students for you. Admissions allocate a student to a class and a section, and the section headcount shown here is derived from those allocations, so it is always consistent with the student register rather than a separately maintained number.