123 Consultants & Clickatell launch Schools-SMS service

Link: webitpr | Parents find out if children are playing truant via SMS

Launched today, ‘Schools-SMS’ is an information and communication service for schools provided by 123 Consultants and Clickatell, the world’s leading messaging provider.  Schools-SMS utilises the power and popularity of SMS text messaging to inform parents if their children are playing truant, as well as providing educational tools and services.

Parents can register with their child’s school to receive a truant alert SMS. If a pupil does not turn up for school, teachers can then inform the parent with an SMS message; a convenient and discreet method of communication. The system can deliver texts in several languages and also to landlines via text translation for parents who do not have a mobile phone.

I’ve always been a fan of this kind of service — for Universities, Colleges and Schools. Anything that gives a degree of transparency to students and/or parents.

I’m going to see if I can talk to Clickatell and get some screenshots. I’d like to understand how exactly this integrates into a school’s registration system.