Changelog

What's New in Gyan Suite

We ship new features and improvements every month — driven by feedback from real schools. Here's a record of every release.

v2.4.0

Latest
March 2025
New
  • Added bulk student promotion — move entire classes to next grade in one click
  • Fee installment plan support — split annual fees into configurable installments
  • New data export: attendance report to Excel with class and date range filter
  • Staff leave tracking module (beta)
Improved
  • Fee receipt PDF redesigned with school logo and stamp area
  • Dashboard load time reduced by 45%
  • Student profile photo upload now supports HEIC format
Fixed
  • Fixed section capacity not updating when class teacher was changed
  • OTP email delivery issue with Gmail SMTP on port 465 resolved

v2.3.0

January 2025
New
  • Advanced reports module — student strength, fee summary, and gender distribution reports
  • PDF export for all reports
  • Email template duplicate/clone feature
  • Bulk student import via Excel template
Improved
  • Redesigned staff profile form — now a 5-tab layout for better organization
  • Role permissions page now shows a visual checkbox matrix
  • Mobile menu improved with smooth open/close animation
Fixed
  • Fixed password reset OTP not expiring after 10 minutes
  • Section room number field now accepts alphanumeric values

v2.2.0

November 2024
New
  • Departments and Designations management module
  • Staff designation AJAX filter — designation dropdown updates automatically when department is changed
  • System-wide app settings — school name, logo, address, social links
  • Dark sidebar option in admin panel settings
Improved
  • Sidebar navigation now highlights active module with accent color
  • User management now shows last login date
  • Email template editor now has character count for subject line
Fixed
  • Fixed staff edit form not saving bank details when fields were unchanged
  • Fixed role permission grid not saving "delete" permission for some modules

v2.1.0

September 2024
New
  • Staff management module — full employee profiles, documents, and payroll fields
  • Staff portal login with role-based access
  • Class teacher assignment to sections
  • Attendance tracking for staff
Improved
  • Classes and sections now have numeric ordering for correct class sequence display
  • Section capacity validation prevents over-enrollment
Fixed
  • Fixed pagination breaking on student list when search was active
  • SMTP test email button now shows correct success/failure status

v2.0.0

Major Release
July 2024
New
  • Complete platform rebuild on Laravel 12 and PHP 8.2
  • New role-based permission system with module-level CRUD controls
  • Student management module with full profile, documents, and parent contacts
  • Fee management — fee heads, collection, receipts, and due tracking
  • Automated email notifications with configurable SMTP and template engine
  • Forgot password with OTP — 6-digit OTP via email, 10-minute expiry
Improved
  • Entire UI rebuilt with Tailwind CSS — mobile responsive from ground up
  • Database queries rewritten using Query Builder — 3× faster than previous version
  • Session security hardened — httponly cookies, CSRF protection on all forms
Fixed
  • All known security vulnerabilities from v1.x patched
  • Database schema normalized — removed 14 redundant columns across tables

v1.0.0

Initial Release
March 2024
New
  • First public release of Gyan Suite
  • Basic student records management
  • Simple fee tracking with manual receipts
  • Admin login and session management
  • Basic dashboard with student count and fee summary

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