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Zoho for education and training
Every admission season, institutions lose students to slow callbacks and lost enquiries. We run admissions as one journey in Zoho, from first enquiry to enrolment and fee collection.
What usually goes wrong
Enquiries lost to WhatsApp chaos
Leads from ads, walk-ins and calls handled in personal phones.
Slow counsellor callbacks
The first institution to call back usually wins the student.
Fees tracked separately
Instalments and dues in spreadsheets, disconnected from admissions.
No view of conversion
Management can't see which campaigns bring enrolments.
Document collection by hand
Certificates and forms chased by phone.
Student communication ad hoc
Notices and reminders sent manually.
The process, step by step in Zoho
Each step is a stage in Zoho, with automation and visibility at every handover.
How Zoho fits education and training
Schools, colleges, training institutes and education consultancies manage enquiries, admissions, fees and student communication. Zoho tracks each student from first enquiry to enrolment and payment, with counsellors and accounts on the same record.
What you track in Zoho
- Enquiries
- Source, course interest and the counsellor assigned.
- Applications
- Documents, eligibility checks and status through admission.
- Students
- Course, batch, attendance and communication history.
- Fees
- Fee plans, instalments, receipts and reminders.
- Agents and partners
- Referrals and commissions for consultancies.
Compliance and local rules
- Receipts for every payment, and GST on fees where it applies
- Consent and data protection for student records
- Document checks for overseas admissions and visas
Decide before you start
- Which enquiry sources to capture: website, social, walk-in or events
- How counsellors are assigned and followed up
- Fee plans, discounts and who approves them
- Whether students and parents need a portal
A typical Zoho setup
Zoho CRM as the admissions pipeline, Zoho Campaigns and WhatsApp for follow-up, Zoho Books for fees, and Zoho Creator for student records or portals where needed.
Automation
- Instant lead assignment and callback tasks
- WhatsApp follow-ups by stage
- Fee due reminders
- Document checklists per course
Integration
- Meta and Google lead ads
- WhatsApp Business
- Payment gateways for fees
Reporting
- Enquiry-to-enrolment by source
- Counsellor performance
- Fee collection and dues
Related work
Study abroad consultancy runs leads, counselling and payments on Zoho CRM and Creator
- Problem
- Leads sat in different places, counselling records were spread across tools, and payment and document status was hard to follow.
- What we built
- One Zoho CRM for leads with scoring, one for counselling, and Zoho Creator workflows for documents, payments and a visa and offer-letter milestone tracker.
- Result
- Leads are centralised, counsellors spend less time on admin, and payments and documents are tracked in real time.
Kerala education consultancy cuts lead management time by over 70% with Zoho
- Problem
- Leads from many sources were hard to distribute and track, social media was unmanaged, and admission and payment status was hard to see.
- What we built
- Zoho CRM for lead assignment and reminders, Zoho Social for posting and lead capture, Zoho Forms and Survey for applications, and Zoho Analytics dashboards.
- Result
- Within five months, time spent on lead management fell by more than 70% and social media engagement rose by 60%.
Has OHO Solutions worked with education businesses?
Yes. Clients include DCSMAT Institutions, Edubex, Leadias Campus Prime, SkillBridge Academy and Brototype, as well as study-abroad consultancies.
Can study-abroad consultancies use Zoho CRM?
Yes. We have built eligibility assessments, document collection and payment tracking for immigration and study-abroad workflows.
Can enquiries from Facebook and Instagram come straight into Zoho?
Yes. Lead forms from social channels and the website can create leads in Zoho CRM automatically, assigned to a counsellor.
Can fee reminders go out automatically?
Yes. Instalment due dates can trigger reminders by email, SMS or WhatsApp, with a payment link.
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