Transactional messages are automated messages triggered to a particular set of audience that has contacted you or interacted with you, via a website, for example.

These messages are critical natured and require ample attention to respond.

Transactional messages can also be used for providing information and promote organizational messages.

This kind of messages are very useful for educational institutions.

Institutions, colleges, and schools can avail these transactional SMS to send Emergency alerts.

Educational institutions can also build relationships with students through regular messaging.

Few other ways in which transactional SMS can be useful for educational institutions:

• Parents are anxious to know their child’s performance and SMS can be used to send parent-teacher meeting notifications through transactional SMS. All meetings and reminders can be scheduled with SMS
• Educational institutions can inform parents of a sudden closure of schools due to calamities such as inclement weather, or power outages. This allows the parents to act immediately and safeguard their children
• Examination date sheets, location, and time can be informed through SMS to both parents and students. The daily timetable also can be sent via SMS
• Colleges and schools can manage admission notifications, selection processes, reminders for deadlines and other related information through SMS to parents
• College and school events, competitions, new courses, and other activities can be shared via SMS to enable students to participate more
• Educational institutions can also communicate with staff and teachers through SMS. They can send all alerts, event notifications, exam notifications, shift timings, and change is duty through SMS
• SMS is all the more beneficial to educational institutions now during the Covid-19 circumstances where reaching in-person is not a viable solution. Schools and colleges can remain in communication through SMS during these trying times

Given that SMS is the fastest mode of communication, also the most read, and this method is more viable for educational institutions than any other methods.

SMS does not require Internet availability like emails and does not require the other person to speak as on phone calls, this is easy for receivers, and senders alike.

This method definitely is where the future of communication is for educational institutions.