SchoolOrbit
An all-in-one school operating system — product, engineering, and long-term execution for educators.
Role · Founder & Lead Engineer
The problem
Growing up in a family of educators, I repeatedly observed teachers and school administrators spending more time on administrative work than on teaching.
- Attendance tracking
- Timetable management
- Exam administration
- Fee management
- Staff management
- Lesson planning
This led to inefficiencies, errors, and increased workload for educators.
The goal
Build a comprehensive school operating system that enables schools to centralize administrative operations and allow educators to focus on teaching.
My role
Founder & Lead Engineer
- Product strategy
- UX planning
- Database design
- Backend architecture
- API development
- Frontend development
- Mobile application architecture
- Infrastructure planning
Solution
SchoolOrbit was designed as an all-in-one school management platform, accessible via both web and mobile applications:
- Student management
- Teacher management
- Attendance management
- Timetable management
- Assignment management
- Lesson management
- Fee management
- Leave management
- Announcement management
- Exam management
Technical architecture
Frontend
- Flutter
- React
- TypeScript
Backend
- Laravel
Database
- MySQL
Infrastructure
- Cloud deployment
- REST APIs
Key challenges
Designing for multiple stakeholders
The system serves administrators, teachers, students, and parents — each with different workflows and expectations.
Permission management
Role-based access needed to remain flexible while maintaining security across school hierarchies.
Scalability
The architecture was designed to support multiple schools with isolated datasets on a shared platform.
Outcomes
- Successfully developed a near-production-ready platform.
- Created a foundation capable of serving schools across Nigeria and Africa.
- Established SchoolOrbit as the flagship product of SchoolTech.
Lessons learned
- Product-market fit matters more than code.
- Educational workflows are highly nuanced.
- Building software is easier than selling software.
