MERN Stack School Management System

This is a School Management System built using the MERN (MongoDB, Express.js, React, Node.js) stack. The frontend is developed with React and Vite, with styling done using styled-components.

Features

Admin Dashboard: Administrators can manage student records, teacher information, courses, exams, assignments, track student attendance, add teachers, and view school performance metrics.
Student Dashboard: Students have access to their own dashboard where they can view their class schedules, assignments, submit assignments, and track their academic progress.
Teachers Dashboard: Teachers can manage class schedules, assign and grade exams and assignments, and view student performance metrics.

Operations Include:

Adding Students: Admins can add new student records, including personal details and academic information.
Class Management: Admins can create and manage classes, assign teachers, and schedule classes.
Exam Management: Teachers can create and manage exams, assign them to classes, and grade student submissions.
Assignment Management: Teachers can create assignments, assign them to classes, and track student submissions.
Student Submission: Students can submit assignments through the student dashboard.
Adding Teachers: Admins can add new teachers to the system.
School Performance Metrics: Admins can view various metrics related to the school's performance.

Technologies Used

Frontend: React, Vite, styled-components
Backend: Node.js, Express.js
Database: MongoDB
Authentication: JSON Web Tokens (JWT)
Deployment: Not deployed yet

Setup Instructions

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yatunyi15075/mern-school-management-system.git

Install dependencies:

cd mern-school-management-system npm install

Set up environment variables:

Create a .env file in the root directory.

Define the following environment variables:

PORT=4000
MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key_for_jwt

Run the development servers:

Start the frontend server:
```
npm run dev
```
Start the backend server:
```
npm start
```

Access the application:

Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:5173 for the frontend and http://localhost:4000 for the backend.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit pull requests, bug reports, feature requests, or any suggestions to improve this project.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.