ZERO LMS
ZERO LMS is an electronic gradebook, diary and learning environment for private schools in Kazakhstan. Teachers enter grades and mark attendance, parents see the result right away, and the director gets a transparent view of the learning process without paper registers or scattered spreadsheets.
Sound familiar?
A paper register and spreadsheets work while a school has a few classes. As enrollment grows, the academic office spends its time collecting and reconciling data instead of improving teaching.
Teachers keep a paper register, the deputy head compiles a spreadsheet, and parents have to ask the class teacher. There is no single version of the truth, and every figure needs to be double-checked.
A failing grade or a run of absences comes up at a parents' meeting or at the end of the term, when it is hard to fix. The school looks closed, and families end up with extra questions.
Lesson substitutions and room changes are sent out manually in chats. Someone misses the message, someone gets it late, and the result is calls to the academic office and unhappy parents.
Assignments and materials land in group chats and sink in the conversation. A student who missed a lesson cannot quickly see what they missed, and a parent cannot see what was assigned.
Conference links are sent out by hand, and attendance at online lessons has to be copied into the register manually. That is extra work for the teacher and a source of errors.
To understand how learning is going across classes and teachers, the director asks the deputy head for summaries. By the time they are ready, the data is already out of date.
Features
ZERO LMS brings the learning process into one environment for teachers, students and parents, and connects it with the other modules of the ZERO platform.
Teachers record grades and attendance directly in the system. The data is immediately available to the academic office and to parents, and end-of-year report cards are generated automatically, so there is no need to rewrite figures from the register into separate documents.
The student and parent portal shows the schedule, learning materials, homework, grades and attendance. Parents follow their child's progress and read teachers' feedback, and they learn about important events from automatic notifications instead of forwarded messages.
Lessons are planned in the system: the academic office builds the schedule, and students and parents see it in their portal. When the schedule changes, everyone works from the current version rather than an outdated chat message.
Teachers publish learning materials and homework in the LMS, and they stay attached to the lesson. Students find them in one place, and parents see what was assigned without asking for a forward from the class chat.
The ZERO integration with Microsoft Teams is built for online schools: student accounts are created, online lessons are scheduled, and conference attendance is recorded in the system. Teachers do not have to collect links separately or mark attendance by hand.
The electronic gradebook does not live on its own: the student record, contracts, payments and communication with parents sit in the same platform. An application can be taken through to enrollment in the CRM, the contract signed via eGov, and the student then managed in the gradebook — with no re-entering of data. Read more about the school CRM on its own page.
In practice
Three roles that most often feel the difference after moving from paper and spreadsheets to a single LMS.
Teaches the lesson, marks who is present and enters grades in the system. Publishes homework and materials on the spot, and schedules the lesson in Microsoft Teams for an online session. In the evening there is no need to copy data from a notebook into a spreadsheet: everything is already in the gradebook and available to the academic office.
Opens the portal and sees the child's schedule, homework, grades and attendance. Reads teachers' feedback and receives notifications without waiting for a meeting. If a contract or payment details are needed, they are in the same portal.
See current attendance and progress data without compiling summaries by hand. Notice problems, such as a run of absences or slipping grades, while they can still be fixed, and make decisions based on facts rather than hearsay and verbal reports.
Comparison
A paper register and spreadsheets are cheap at the start but scale badly. Here is how the two approaches differ in everyday tasks.
| Task | Paper and spreadsheets | ZERO LMS |
|---|---|---|
| Grades and attendance | Paper register, manual transfer into summary spreadsheets | One electronic gradebook, data available to the academic office immediately |
| Keeping parents informed | Meetings, phone calls and forwarding in messengers | Parent portal: schedule, homework, grades, attendance and notifications |
| Schedule and substitutions | A file or a chat message that is easy to miss | The schedule lives in the system, and the current version is visible in the portal |
| Online lessons | Links and attendance marks handled manually | Microsoft Teams integration: lessons, accounts, conference attendance |
| Link to contracts and payments | The gradebook and accounting are kept independently | One platform: student, contract, payment and gradebook in a single system |
Implementation
A personal ZERO manager guides the school through every stage, from the demo to the first lessons in the system.
We show the system on a demo call and give you a test server, so the academic office and teachers can see the gradebook in action before deciding.
We configure the system in the standard setup for your school: classes, teachers, schedule. If you teach online, we connect Microsoft Teams.
The personal manager trains teachers, deputy heads and administrators on their working scenarios and hands over instructions.
The school starts keeping the gradebook in the system, and the ZERO team stays in touch: on the Start plan, support runs through WhatsApp on working days from 09:00 to 17:00.
Pricing
The price depends on the number of students. The Start plan is for schools that want to launch quickly and work on their own.
For schools of any size
₸1,000 per student per month
The ZERO LMS Enterprise plan starts from ₸5,000 per student per month and is available to schools with 100 or more students.
Enterprise includes everything in Start, plus a personal LMS development manager, priority support, development of integrations and custom enhancements on the school's request.
CRM, contracts and payment collection are connected as separate platform modules — the scope and price are clarified at the demo.
FAQ
It is a learning environment for a school: teachers record grades and attendance and publish homework and materials, the academic office manages the schedule, and students and parents see all of this in their portal. For online lessons there is an integration with Microsoft Teams.
Yes. ZERO is a universal solution for private and public schools, kindergartens and educational centers. The Microsoft Teams integration is built specifically for online schools: student accounts are created, online lessons are scheduled and conference attendance is recorded.
The parent portal shows the child's schedule, homework, grades and attendance, as well as teachers' feedback. Parents also find contracts and payment information there.
Attendance is recorded in the gradebook during the lesson and is immediately available to the academic office and parents. For online lessons in Microsoft Teams, conference attendance is recorded in the system.
The ZERO LMS Start plan costs ₸1,000 per student per month. The Enterprise plan starts from ₸5,000 per student per month; it is available to schools with 100 or more students and includes a personal LMS development manager and custom enhancements.
Usually 7–10 days. A personal manager handles implementation and staff training, and before buying you can try the system on a test server and a demo call.
Yes, it is a single platform. The gradebook can be used together with the CRM, electronic contracts signed through eGov, payment collection via Kaspi.kz and banks, WhatsApp mailings and club accounting. We agree on the set of modules at the demo.
Data is stored on servers in the Republic of Kazakhstan. ZERO is an Astana Hub resident.
30 minutes online: we'll review your school, walk through the modules, and estimate the rollout. No strings attached.
