Mentor is a powerful, comprehensive school management system designed to streamline administrative tasks, enhance communication, and provide insightful analytics for educational institutions. It brings teachers, students, parents, and administrators together onto a single, unified platform.

Dashboard

Features

• Robust Role-Based Access — Multi-role support (Admin, Teacher, Student, Parent) secured with Clerk authentication.
• Interactive Dashboards — Real-time performance charts and personalized analytics tailored to each user's role.
• Academic Management — Comprehensive tools for class organization, subject management, and lesson planning.
• Assignments & Exams — Create, distribute, and grade assignments, alongside full exam scheduling and result tracking.
• Event & Calendar Integration — School-wide and personalized event tracking using React Big Calendar.
• Attendance & Analytics — Precise student attendance monitoring combined with deep performance analytics.
• Seamless Communication — Centralized announcement systems and cross-role communication channels.

Tech Stack

• Frontend: Next.js 14, React, Tailwind CSS, Recharts
• Language: TypeScript
• Backend & Database: PostgreSQL managed via Prisma ORM
• Authentication: Clerk
• Forms & Validation: React Hook Form
• Storage & Infrastructure: Cloudinary for file storage, Docker for containerization

Architecture Highlights

Mentor is built on a modern, full-stack Next.js architecture leveraging React Server Components for maximum performance and SEO.

Data Management
The application uses PostgreSQL with Prisma ORM for type-safe database queries. The database schema is carefully designed to handle complex relationships between students, teachers, classes, and academic records, all while maintaining high query performance for dashboard analytics.

Authentication & Security
Security is paramount in an educational application. Mentor utilizes Clerk to handle complex authentication flows and multi-role authorization, ensuring that students only see their own data, while teachers and admins have appropriate broader access.

Deployment & Scalability
The entire application is fully containerized using Docker, allowing for predictable deployments across any environment.

Development Workflow

The project is built with developer experience in mind. It includes a comprehensive seeding script (prisma db seed) to instantly populate the database with realistic mock data, allowing developers to immediately start working with a fully fleshed-out dashboard environment.