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# Hostel Management
> How to record and manage boarding students - assigning them to a school house and tracking their residential status.
Bizaxl College Management includes basic hostel (residential) tracking. You can flag students as boarding students, assign them to a School House (hostel or residential block), and keep a record of residential accommodation alongside their academic records.
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## What Hostel Management Covers
| Feature | What It Does |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **School House** | A record for each hostel, residential block, or house name in your institution |
| **Boarding Student flag** | Marks a student as a residential student on their Programme Enrollment |
| **School House assignment** | Records which house/hostel a student is assigned to |
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## Who Uses Hostel Management
| Role | What They Do |
| -------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Hostel Warden / Administrator** | Creates School House records; assigns students to houses |
| **Academic Administrator / Registrar** | Sets the Boarding Student flag during Programme Enrollment |
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## Setting Up School Houses
A School House record is simply the name of a hostel, block, or residential group. Create one record for each distinct accommodation unit.
**To create a School House:**
1. Go to **Education workspace** → use the global search bar to find "School House"
2. Click **New**
3. Enter the **House Name** (e.g. "Boys Hostel Block A", "Girls Residential Block", "North House")
4. Click **Save**
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## Marking a Student as a Boarding Student
When a student is enrolled in a programme, you can flag them as a boarding student:
1. Create or open the **Programme Enrollment** record for the student
2. Tick the **Boarding Student** checkbox
3. In the **School House** field, select the house they are assigned to
4. Save or Submit the enrollment
This records the student's residential status alongside their academic enrolment for the year.
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## What Is Not Included
Basic hostel tracking in Bizaxl College Management covers student assignment to houses. The following are not part of this module:
* Detailed room allocation (specific room numbers per student)
* Hostel fee billing through the hostel module (hostel fees are managed as a Fee Category under the standard Fees module - create a "Hostel Fee" category in Fee Structure)
* Visitor logs, meal plans, or maintenance requests
If your institution requires full hostel management, this would need to be handled separately or through a custom extension.
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## Hostel Fees
Hostel accommodation charges are handled through the standard **Fees & Finance** module:
1. Create a **Fee Category** called "Hostel Fee"
2. Add it to the **Fee Structure** for relevant programmes
3. Hostel fees will be included in the normal billing run
See [Fee Structure](/education/fees-finance/fee-structure) for how to set this up.
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## Best Practices
**Create School House records before the first Programme Enrollment.** The School House field on the enrollment requires an existing record. Create all your house records at the start of the academic year.
**Update house assignments each year.** Students may change accommodation between years. Review and update the School House assignment each time you create a new Programme Enrollment for a returning student.
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## Related Pages
* [Programme Enrollment](/education/academic-management/programme-enrollment) - where the Boarding Student flag and School House assignment are set
* [Fee Structure](/education/fees-finance/fee-structure) - for configuring hostel fee charges through the standard billing module