The parent at the front desk
A father asks at the office whether September has been paid, why his daughter was marked absent on Tuesday, and whether he can leave with a certificate. One student database answers all three questions: the family's payments, the absences and the documents already issued are attached to the same pupil.
The certificate needed today
A family needs a school certificate today, for a bank or a visa application. It is generated from the record, with nothing retyped, entered in the school's register with a QR code for verification; reissued, it comes out identical.
The change of class
In November, a pupil moves from one class to another in the same year group. The change is made once, in the student database: there is no second file to correct, and their guardians, the family's payment schedule and their documents stay in the same record.